Mood Disorders

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Physically Aggressive

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descriptor of an individual who threatens or actually harms someone

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Hypomania

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mild form of mania without significant impairment

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Auditory hallucination

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Perception by an individual that someone is talk when no one is in fact there

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Euphoric

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Characterized by elation out of context to the situation

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Psychoanalysis

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therapy focused on uncovering unconscious memories and processes

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Affect

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outward expression of mood or emotions

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Flashback

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Rushing of blood back into intravenous tubing when a negative pressure is created on the tubing; relieving of an original trauma as if the individual were currently experiencing it

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Command hallucination

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perception by an individual of a voice or voices telling the individual to do something usually to himself and or someone else

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electroconvulsive therapy

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procedure whereby clients are treated with pulses of electrical energy sufficient to cause brief convulsions or seizures

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startle response

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overreaction to minor sounds or noises

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Cognitive behavior therapy

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treatment approach aimed at helping a client identify stimuli that causes the client's anxiety to develop plans to respond to those stimuli in a non anxious manner, and problem-solve when unanticipated anxiety provoking situations arise

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Mania

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extremely elevated mood with accompanying agitated behavior

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Mental disorder

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clinically significant behavior or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and is associate with present distress or disability or with significantly increased risk of suffering, death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom.

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Respect

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acceptance of an individual as is and in a nonjudgmental manner

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Visual hallucination

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perception by an individual that something is present when nothing is fact is

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anger control assistance

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nursing intervention aimed at facilitating the expression of anger in an adaptive and nonviolent manner

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suicidal ideations

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thoughts of hurting or killing oneself

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Tolerance

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decreased sensitivity to subsequent doses of the same substance and increased dose of the substance is needed to produce the same desired affect

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Hypervigilant

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condition of constantly scanning the environment for potentially dangerous situations

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Rapport

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mutual tryst established between two people

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Cognitive behavior therapy

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treatment approach aimed at helping a client identify stimuli that causes the client's anxiety to develop plans to respond to those stimuli in a non anxious manner, and problem-solve when unanticipated anxiety provoking situations arise

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Mania

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extremely elevated mood with accompanying agitated behavior

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Mental disorder

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clinically significant behavior or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and is associate with present distress or disability or with significantly increased risk of suffering, death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom.

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Respect

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acceptance of an individual as is and in a nonjudgmental manner

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Visual hallucination

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perception by an individual that something is present when nothing is fact is

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anger control assistance

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nursing intervention aimed at facilitating the expression of anger in an adaptive and nonviolent manner

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suicidal ideations

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thoughts of hurting or killing oneself

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Tolerance

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decreased sensitivity to subsequent doses of the same substance and increased dose of the substance is needed to produce the same desired affect

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Hypervigilant

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condition of constantly scanning the environment for potentially dangerous situations

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Rapport

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mutual trust established between two people

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Depression

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state wherein an individual experiences feelings of extreme sadness, hopelessness, and helplessness

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Domestic violence

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aggression and violence involving family members

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Empathy

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capacity to understand another person's feeling or perception of a situation

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Paradoxical reaction

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opposite effects of that which would normally be expected

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Trust

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ability to rely on an individual's character and ability

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Psychotherapy

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treatment of mental and emotional disorders through psychological rather than physical methods

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cycling

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alteration in mood between depression and mania

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serum lithium level

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lab test done to determine whether the client's lithium level is with in normal therapeutic range

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Genuineness

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sincerity

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neglect

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situation wherein a basic need of the client is not being provided

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verbally aggressive

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descriptor of an individual who says things in a loud and or intimidating manner

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brief dynamic therapy

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short term psychotherapy that focuses on resolving sore conflicts deriving from personality and living situations

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anxiolytic

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anti anxiety medications

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pressured speech

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rapid, intense style of speech

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abuse

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incident involving some type of violation to the client: misuse, excessive, or improper use of a substance, the absence of which does not cause withdrawal symptoms

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word salad

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nonsensical combination of works that is meaningless to others

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mood

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subjective report of the way an individual is feeling

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anxiety

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subjective response that occurs when a person experiences a real or perceived threat to well being, a diverse feeling of dread or apprehension

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delusion

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false belief that misrepresents reality

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psychosis

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state wherein an individual has lost the ability to recognize reality

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Actively suicidal

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descriptor of an individual intent upon hurting or killing him-or herself and who is in imminent danger of doing so

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crisis

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acute state of disorganization that occurs when usual coping mechanisms are no longer adequate stressor that forces an individual to respond and or adapt is some way

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hallucination

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sensory perception that occurs in the absence of external stimuli and that is not based on reality

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mental illness

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condition wherein an individual has a distorted view of self, is unable to maintain satisfying personal relationships and is unable to adapt to the environment