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42 Cards in this Set
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Affect
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emotional tone,feeling or the outward manifestation of subjective emotions
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Akathisia
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Constant motor activity , inability to sit down or relax ,twitching
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Alogia
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a form oh aphasia
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Anhedonia
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loss of interest or pleasure in all or most activities
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Athetoid
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Involuntary writing movements of fingers toes or extremities
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Bipolar disorder
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Broad mood variations from mania to major depression
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catatonia
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stupor,Muscle rigidity
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Cogwheeling
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A ratching feeling when arms are passively moved
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complusive
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repetitive behavior
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cyclothymic
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A mild withdrawal or depression
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Delusion
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fixed or false beliefs
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Dual diagnosis
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Two separatechronic conditions at the same time
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Dyskinesia
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Involuntary jerky ,tremors, twisting
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Dysthymia
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Depress mood most of the day;As an onset such as
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Dystonia
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difficulty in speaking
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Echolalia
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Immediate repetition of words spoken by another person
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Echopraxia
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Repetition of another persons movement
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Flat affect
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absence of emotion
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Grandiosity
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Feeling of invincibilityand exaggerated self importance
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Hallucination
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False sensation or prception of reallity
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Hypervigilance
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Increased watchfulness
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Hypomania
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Below mania
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Malingering
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faking symptoms so that he/she can stay in the hospital,recieve medications avoid arrest or get attention
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Mania
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Agitation,hyperactivity and hyper excitability
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Milieu Therapy
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Therapy in a comfortable therapeutic environment
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Mutism
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refusal to speak
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Neologism
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New word created by an individual that is not actually a word
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Neroleptic
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An agent that modifies psychotic behavior
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Obsession
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A recurrent presistent, intrusive thought, or belief that a person cannot ignore
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oculogyric crisis
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Involuntary backward rolling of eyes
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Opisthotonos
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A spasm in which the head and heels are close together and the body is bowed forward
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Organic disorder
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Mental illness that is caused by an actual phyiscal disorder
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Paranoia
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Unreasonable fears
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Perserverate
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to dwell on one subject
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Phobia
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A persistent abnormal fear or dread
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Polydipsic
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Excessively thirsty
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Prodromal phase
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The period before actual symptoms occur
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Psychosis
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A mental disturbance in which personality disintegrates and the person escapes into reality
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Rapport
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a state of harmony or good relationship between two people
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Repression
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Return to former state as a child regresses when ill
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Schizophrenia
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Psychological condition in which the person loses contact with reality
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Tardive Dyskinesia
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A condition that results from long term use of neuroleptic (mouth and tongue movement
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