Oct 201

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ACTING OUT

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EXPRESSION OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINS THROUGH MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR INSTEAD OF RECOGNIZING AND VERBALIZING THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS

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ACTUALIZATION

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THE ACT OF PROCESS OF ACTUALIZING, TO MAKE REAL

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AFFECT

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FEELING OR EMOTION, FEELING AT THE MOMENT

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AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

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any mental disorder, as depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or cyclothymia, in which a major disturbance of feelings or emotions is predominant.

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AGITATION

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psychomotor agitation. psychological and physical restlessness, manifested by pacing, hand-wringing, or other activity, sometimes occurring as a symptom of severe depression, schizophrenia, or other mental disorder.

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AGORAPHOBIA

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FEAR OF MARKET PLACE/ OPEN SPACES

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ALGOPHOBIA

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FEAR OF PAIN

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AMBIVILANCE

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POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEELINGS TOWARDS THE SAME PERSON OR OBJECT

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AMNESIA

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MEMORY LOSS

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ANAL STAGE

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INFANT LEARNS TO CONTROL BOWEL MOVEMENTS

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ANHEDONIA

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LACK OF PLEASURE

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ANOSOGNOSIA

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IGNORANCE OF DISEASE ESP PARALYSIS

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ANXIETY

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A PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE CHARACTERIZED BY COGNITIVE, SOMATIC, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL COMPONENT

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APATHY

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LACK OF INTEREST, EXCITMENT, PASSION, OR EMOTION "WHATEVER"

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AURA

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SUBJECTIVE SENSATION

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BIZARRE DELUSION

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one that is patently absurd, with no possible basis in fact

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BLUNTED AFFECT

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LACK OF EMOTION

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BODY DYSMORPHIA

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PERSON IS WORRIED ABOUT APPEARANCE OF BODY

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BRADYKINESIA

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EXTREME SLOWNESS OF MOVEMENT AND REFLEXES

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CATALEPSY

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a physical condition usually associated with catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity of posture, and often by loss of contact with environment.

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CATAPLEXY

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a condition characterized by sudden, brief attacks of muscle weakness sometimes causing the body to fall helplessly, that is usually triggered by strong emotion: often associated with narcolepsy.

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CATATONIC

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a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion.

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CATHARSIS

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RELEVING EMOTIONAL TENSION

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CATHEXIS

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the investment of emotional significance in an activity, object, or idea.

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CIRCUMSTANTIALITY

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a pattern of speech that seems to wander because of excessive detail but eventuallyreaches its goal idea.

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CLANGING

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a pattern of speech observed in some types of mental illness, as manic disorder, in which associations are based on punning or rhyming.

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COGNITIVE

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of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.

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COMORBIDITY

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A concomitant but unrelated pathological or disease process.

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COMPENSATION

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ACT OF BEING COMPENSATED

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COMPLUSION

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REPETITIVE AND DELIBERATE ACTIONS INTENDED TO DIMISH OBSESSIONS

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CONCRETE THINKING

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Thinking characterized by a predominance of actual objects and events and the absence of concepts and generalizations.

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CONDENSATION

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the representation of two or more ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses by one word or image, as in a person's humor, accidental slips, or dreams.

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CONFABULATION

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To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.

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CONVERSION

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PREDOMINANT PSYCHIC MECHANISM IN WHICH AN UNCONSCIOUS FEAR, WISH OR CONFLICT IS TRANSFORMED INTO PHYSICAL FOR PSYCHOGICAL RELEASE

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COPING MECHANISMS

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an adaptation to environmental stress that is based on conscious or unconscious choice and that enhances control over behavior or gives psychological comfort.

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COUNTERPHOBIA

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seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.

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COUNTERTRANSFERENCE

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transference on the part of the analyst of repressed feelings aroused by the patient.

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CONVERSION SYMPTOM

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NUMBNESS

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DECOMPENSATION

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PROCESS WHERE INDIVIDUAL WITH MENTAL ILLNESS LOSES ABILITY TO MAINTAIN NORMAL COMENSATORY FUNCTIONS LOSES TOUCH WITH REALITY

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DEFENSE MECHANISM

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are psychological strategies brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-

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DELIRIUM

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A temporary state of mental confusion and fluctuating consciousness resulting from high fever, intoxication, shock, or other causes. It is characterized by anxiety, disorientation, hallucinations, delusions, and incoherent speech.

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DEJA VU

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the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time

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DELUSION

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false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness:

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DENIAL

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disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing.

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DEPERSONALIZATION

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FEELINGS OF UNREALITY

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DERAILMENT

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type of formal thought disorder characterized by shifts from one topic to another in ways that are obliquely related or completely unrelated, occurring as a common symptom of mania and schizophrenia.

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DEREALIZATION

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FEELING DETACHED FROM FROM ONES SURROUNDINGS

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DETACHMENT

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The act or process of disconnecting or detaching; separation.

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DISINHIBITION

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loss of inhibition, as through the influence of drugs or alcohol.

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DISORIENTATION

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Loss of one's sense of direction, position, or relationship with one's surroundings.

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DYSPHORIA

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An emotional state marked by anxiety, depression, and restlessness.

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DISPLACEMENT

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process of removing something from its usualor proper place or the state resulting from this

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DISSOCIATION

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the separation of whole segments of the personality (as in multiple personality) or ofdiscrete mental processes (as in the schizophrenias) from the mainstream of consciousness or of behavior with loss of integrated awareness and autonomous functioning of the separated segments or parts

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DISTRACTIBILITY

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inability to sustain one's attention or attentiveness, which is rapidly diverted from one topic to another: a symptom of a variety of mental disorders, as manic disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety states.

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ECHOLALIA

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the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person.

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ECHOPRAXIA

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the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.

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EGO

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THE PART OD PSYCH THAT MAINTAINS CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH REALITY

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EUTHYMIC

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Having, being, or maintaining an optimal temperature.

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EXPANSIVE MOOD

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Lack of restraint in expressing ones feelings, frequently with an overvaluation of ones significance or importance

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FLOODING

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form of psychotherapy in which the patient receives abrupt and intense, rather than gradual, exposure to a fear-producing situation.

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FOLIE A DEUX

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the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.

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FUGUE

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period during which a person suffers from loss of memory, often begins a new life, and, upon recovery, remembers nothing of the amnesic phase.

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GRANDIOSITY

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having an exaggerated belief in one's importance, sometimes reaching delusional proportions, and occurring as a common symptom of mental illnesses, as manic disorder.

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GRANDIOSE DELUSION

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An individual exaggerates his or her sense of self-importance and is convinced that he or she has special powers, talents, or abilities.

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HALLUCINATION

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sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.

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HYPERSOMNIA

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SLEEP EXCESSIVELY

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HYPNOPOMPIC

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of or pertaining to the semiconscious state prior to complete wakefulness.

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ID

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the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.

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IDEALIZATION

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a mental mechanism, operating consciously or unconsciously, in which one person overestimates an admired attribute of another.

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IDENTIFICATION

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process by which one ascribes to oneself the qualities or characteristics of another person.

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ILLUSION

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perception, as of visual stimuli (optical illusion), that represents what is perceived in a way different from the way it is in reality.

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INAPPROPRIATE AFFECT

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display of emotion that is out of harmony with reality or with reality or with the verbal or intellectual content that accompanies.

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INCORPORATION

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the adoption of the views or characteristics of others, occurring in children as part of learning and maturation and in adults as a defense mechanism.

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INTELLECTUALIZATION

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to seek or consider the rational content or form of.

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INTROVERSION

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the act of directing one's interest inward or to things within the self.

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JAMAIS VU

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a disorder of memory characterized by the illusion thatthe familiar is being encountered for the first time

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LABILE AFFECT

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pseudobulbar affect refers to the pathological expression of laughter , crying , or smiling

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LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

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a mental condition in which one becomes unable to help oneself due to previous failed attempts at controlling one's life; also, a condition in which a person establishes and maintains contact with another by adopting a helpless, powerless stance

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LOOSENING OF ASSOCIATIONS

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a type of formal thought disorder characterized by shifts from one topic to another in ways that are obliquely related or completely unrelated, occurring as a common symptom of mania and schizophrenia.

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MACROPSIA

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defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.

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MICROPSIA

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defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.

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MOOD

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EMOTIONAL STATE THAT USUALLY COLORS ONES WHOLE PYSCHOLOGICAL LIFE

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NEOLOGISM

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a new word, often consisting of a combination of other words, that is understood only by the speaker: occurring most often in the speech of schizophrenics

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NEUROTIC BEHAVIOR

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any mental imbalance that causes distress

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OBSESSION

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INTRUSIVE IDEAS, IMAGES, THOUGHTS AND IMPULSES THAT PERSIST

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OPERANT CONDITIONING

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process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress

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ORIENTATION

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the ability to locate oneself in one's environment with reference to time, place, and people.

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PANIC ATTACK

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intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.

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PARASOMNIA

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Any of several disorders that frequently interfere with sleep, occurring especially among children and including sleepwalking, night terrors, and bed-wetting.

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PERSECUTORY DELUSION

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persecution complex, or persecutory delusion, is the belief that people are out to get you

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PERSEVERATION

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REFERS TO THE INABILITY TO DISENGAGE FROM AN ACTIVITY AND REENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES

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PHALLIC STAGE

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PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURS 3-6 PLEASURE AT GENITALS

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PHOBIA

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FEAR

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PRECONSCIOUS

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absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.

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PRESSURED SPEECH

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compulsion to speak that produces rapid fire, nonstop talking.

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PRIMARY GAIN

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the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom

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PRODROME

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NONSPECIFIC SYMPTOM THAT OCCUR THAT INDICATE START OF DISEASE BEFORE SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS OCCUR

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PROJECTION

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the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself, or to regard external reality as embodying such feelings, thoughts, etc., in some way.

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PSEUDODEMENTIA

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condition of extreme apathy whichoutwardly resembles dementia but is not the result of actual mental deterioration

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PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION

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psychological and physical restlessness, manifested by pacing, hand-wringing, or other activity, sometimes occurring as a symptom of severe depression, schizophrenia, or other mental disorder

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PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION

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a generalized slowing of psychological and physical activity, frequently occurring as a symptom of severe depression.

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PYSCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

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In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the influence that sexual growth has on personality development from birth to adult life, with the phases of sexual maturation designated as oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.

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PYSCHOTIC

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person afflicted with psychosis.

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RATIONALIZATION

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act, process, or result of rationalizing

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REACTION FORMATION

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a behavioral tendency developed in direct opposition to a repressed impulse.

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REGRESSION

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DEFENSIVE REACTION TO SOME UNACCEPTED IMPULSES

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REINFORCEMENT

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a procedure, as a reward or punishment, that alters a response to a stimulus.

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REPRESSION

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EXCLUDING DESIRES AND IMPULSES FROM ONES CONSCIOUSNESS

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SECONDARY GAIN

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any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness

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SEPERATION ANXIETY

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ANXIETY REGUARDING SEPERATION FROM HOME OR FROM PEOPLE TO WHOM THE INDIVIDUAL HAS STRONG EMTIONAL ATTACHMENT

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SPLITTING

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PERCEIVE PEOPLE AS EITHER ALL GOOD OR ALL BAD

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STRESSOR

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EVENT OR CONTEXT THAT ELEVATES ADRENALINE AND TRIGGERS THE STRESS RESPONSE BECAUSE IT THROWS THE BODY OUT OF BALANCE

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STUPOR

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LACK OF CRITICAL COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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SUBLIMINATION

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TRANSFORMATION OF EMOTIONS

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SUPEREGO

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ACTS AS THE PARENTAL

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SYMBIOSIS

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LIVIING TOGETHER OF UNLIKE ORGANISMS

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SYNDROME

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SIGNS, SYMPTOMS, PHENEMENA OR CHARACTERISTICS THAT OCCUR TOGETHER

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TANGENTIALITY

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disturbance in the associative thought process in which one tends to digress readily from one topic under discussion to other topics that arise through association.

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WORD SALAD

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incoherent speech consisting of both real and imaginary words, lacking comprehensive meaning, and occurring in advanced schizophrenic states.

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TRANSFERENCE

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the shift of emotions, esp. those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another, esp. the transfer of feelings about a parent to an analyst.