Medical Terminology Ch22

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psychiatrist

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Physician who treats the mind and mental disorders

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forensic psychiatrist

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specialize in the legal aspects of psychiatry

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psychologist

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Individual (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) specializing mental processes and how the brain functions in health and disease; treats patients with psychotherapy, but cannot prescribe drugs

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amnesia

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Loss of memory.

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anorexia nervosa

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Eating disorder of excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight.

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anxiety

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unpleasant tensions, distress, and avoidance behavior

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apathy

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Absence of emotions; lack of interest or emotional involvement.

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bipolar disorder

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Mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and depression

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bulimia nervosa

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Eating disorder marked by binge eating followed by induced vomiting or other forms of purging such as misuse of laxatives or enemas, and depression.

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compulsion

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Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly

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delirium

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Confusion in thinking; faulty perceptions and irrational behavior.

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delusion

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Fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence.

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dementia

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Mental decline and deterioration

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depression

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Major mood disorder marked by chronic and excessive sadness, loss of energy, hopelessness, worry, and discouragement

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electroconvulsive therapy

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Electric current produces a convulsive seizure to treat mood disorders (depression or the depressive phase of bipolar disorder); used in patients who are resistant to drug therapy or when rapid response is needed.

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euphoria

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Exaggerated feeling of well-being; elevated mood, ''high.''

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hallucination

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False or unreal sensory perception; hearing voices and seeing things.

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mania

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State of excessive excitability, hyperactive elation, and agitation.

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obsession

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An involuntary, persistent idea or emotion

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paranoia

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Overly suspicious system of thinking with fixed delusions that one is being harassed, persecuted, or unfairly treated

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post-traumatic stress disorder

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Anxiety disorder that follows a traumatic incident; symptoms such as intense fear, helplessness, insomnia, nightmares, and less responsive to the external world.

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psychopharmacology

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Treatment of psychiatric disorders with drugs.

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psychosis

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Loss of contact with reality; often with delusions and hallucinations

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psychotherapy

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Treatment of the mind

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schizophrenia

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Psychosis marked by withdrawal from reality into an inner world of disorganized thinking and conflict.

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hypn/o

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sleep

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ment/o

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mind

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neur/o

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nerve

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phren/o

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mind

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psych/o

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mind

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somat/o

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body

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-mania

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obsessive

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-phobia

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fear

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-thymia

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mind

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-genic

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produced by

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-phoria

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feeling

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AD

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Alzheimer disease

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ADLs

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activities of daily living

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CNS

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central nervous system

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DT

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delirium tremens; brought on by stopping alcohol consumption suddenly after a prolonged period of heavy alcohol ingestion.

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ECT

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electroconvulsive therapy

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MR

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mental retardation

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PTSD

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post-traumatic stress disorder

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Rx

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therapy

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***Euphoria***

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Exaggerated feeling of well-being; elevated mood, ''high.'

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***Apathy***

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Absence of emotions; lack of interest or emotional involvement.

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***Dementia***

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Mental decline and deterioration.

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***psychogenic***

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Pertaining to produced within the mind; having emotional and psychologic origin, rather than a physical cause.

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***bulimia nervosa***

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Eating disorder marked by binge eating followed by induced vomiting or other forms of purging such as misuse of laxatives or enemas, and depression.

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***paranoia***

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Overly suspicious system of thinking with fixed delusions that one is being harassed, persecuted, or unfairly treated.

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psychoanalysis

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Form of psychotherapy in which the patient explores his or her unconscious emotions and past to understand and change current behavior and feelings.