Human Issues

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_____ may be a situation or period that is very uncertain, difficult, or painful, especially a time when action must be taken to avoid complete disaster or breakdown.

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A crisis

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ADA

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Americans with Disabilities Act

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_____ is defined as any mental or physiological condition that impedes the completion of daily tasks using traditional methods

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impairment

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what does major life activities include?

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caring for oneself,performing manual tasks,walking,seeing, hearing,speaking,breathing, learning, & working. Also sitting, standing, lifting, and mental & emotoinal processes such as thinking concentrating, & interacting with others.

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___ is a restriction of the manner, condition, or duration in which major life activities are performed compared to nonimpaired people.

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substantial limitation

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___ is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and requires common places used by the public to provide an equal opportunity for access.

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The ADA

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What are the most common ADA disabilities that law enforcement officers encounter?

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mental retardation, mental illness, and hearing, speech, mobility, and vision impairments

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____ ____ is an impairment of the mental or emotional processes that exercise conscious control of one's actions or of the ability to perceive or understand reality, which impairment substantially interferes with a person's ability to meet the ordinary demands of living, regardless of etiology.

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mental illness

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A ___ is a sensory experience in which a person can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel something that is not there

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hallucination

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____ is a false belief that is firmly held in spite of obvious proof or evidence to the contrary.

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delusion

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A ___ ____ is a deeply ingrained, nonpsychotic, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of relating, perceiving, and behaving, serious enough to cause distress or impaired functioning.

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personality disorder

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A ___ ____ is a decision by an individual to voluntarily seek psychiatric evaluation for symptoms that may be due to a mental illness.

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voluntary examination

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which act provides for emergency service and temporary detention for evaluation and voluntary or involuntary short_term community inpatient treatment, if necessary?

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Baker Act

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____ ____ means significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior, which occurs prior to age 18.

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mental retardation

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what are the two major types of communication disabilities?

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hearing impairments and speech impairments

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A ___ ___ is a physiological condition that causes difficulty in producing sound or understanding language, including reading and writing

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speech impairment

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A ___ ___ refers to any degree of hearing loss.

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hearing impairment

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A person who is ___ _ ____ may suffer a hearing loss but not to the extent that he or she must rely on visual communication

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hard of hearing

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____ is a hearing loss of such severity that the individual must rely on visual tools such as writing, gestures and lip-reading to communicate

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deafness

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A person who can both receive and express information and interpret it effectively, accurately, and impartially is a what?

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sign-language interpreter

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The ADA defines ___ ___ as a functional limitation that affects one or more of a person's limbs, use wheelchairs or crutches, and can be extremely short stature.

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mobility impairment

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____ is a functional loss of vision.

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blindness

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___ ___ is a visual impairment in which, after correction,objects still look dim or out of focus.

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partial sight

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____ is a developmental disability that occurs in early childhood and continues throughout adulthood, which may result in difficulties with learning, communication, and social interaction.

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autism

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___-___ is the ability to understand what is being said by watching the lips, facial expressions, and body language of the other speaker.

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lip-reading

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____ is an organic, progressive mental disorder characterized by loss of memory, impairment of judgment and abstract thinking, and changes in personality; the frequently used term "senile" has a negative connotation and should be avoided.

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dementia

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___ ___ is the use of a substance that alters physical or mental function:

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substance use

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it can be legal or illegal, therapeutic or recreational, and can be done by sniffing, inhaling, swallowing, drinking, smoking, or injecting the substance.

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substance use

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___ ___ is the continued use of a substance, for nonmedical reasons, despite the knowledge that the substance causes adverse effects on an individuals's social or occupational life and psychological or physical health

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substance abuse

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____ ____ is the compulsive use of substances to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use due to uncontrollable physical or psychological cravings for the substance.

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substance dependence

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___ ____ is the condition in which a person feels that he or she needs drugs in order to cope with problems, function better in life, or feel different, whether or not there is a physical addiction.

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psychological dependence

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____ ____ is the condition in which the presence of a drug or alcohol is required to maintain normal functionng of the central nervous system.

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physical dependence

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___ is a state of physical and/or psychological dependence on a substance.

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addiction

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___ refers to the physical and mental symptoms that occur after chronic use of a drug is reduced or stopped.

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withdrawal

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____ is a condition in which higher doses of a drug are required to produce the same effect as the initial use; this condition often leads to physical dependence.

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tolerance

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_____ is the process of allowing the body to rid itself of a drug while managing the symptoms of withdrawal and is often the first step in a drug treatment program.

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detoxification

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____ is the accidental or intentional use of a dangerously large amount of a substance.

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overdose

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which act provides substance abusers with access to emergency services and temporary detention for evaluation and treatment?

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The Marchman Act

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mental illness is addressed in what Chapter?

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394

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what is a substance's schedule based on?

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medicinal value, harmfulness, and the potential for abuse and/or addiction

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what schedule is reserved for the most dangerous drugs and/or other substances that have no medical use?

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schedule I

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what schedule is the classification for the least dangerous drugs?

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schedule V

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what schedule is reserved for alcohol?

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not scheduled

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what is HGN stand for?

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horizontal gaze nystagmus

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_____ a rapid involuntary oscillation or jerkiness of the eyeballs

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HGN

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what is the primary way to use alcohol?

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drinking

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what is the primary way to use alcohol?

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drinking

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what way may a severe alcoholic use?

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enema

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what schedule is reserved for cannabis (marjiuana)?

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schedule I

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what schedule is reserved for cocaine/crack?

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schedule II

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odor of burnt hemp rope is evidence of use for what?

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cannabis (marjuana)

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empty or open alcohol cans or bottles nearby are evidence of use for what?

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alcohol

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what are the levels of mental retardation?

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mild,moderate,severe, and profound

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what are the stages of a crisis?

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recognition stage, attempted resolution stage, emotional blockage stage, accommodations stage,resolution stage

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what stage does a person in crisis open to suggestion and is willing to try new opinions?

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accommodations stage

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what stage is the person unable to solve the crisis and is overwhelmed by emotions?

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emotional blockage

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what stage does the person realizes he or she is unable to cope with the situation?

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recognition stage

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what stage does the person struggle to resolve the situation using methods that worked in previous situations?

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attempted resolution stage

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the person's failure to resolve the problem leads to what stage?

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emotional blockage

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a solution is achieved at what stage?

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resolution stage

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who is responsible for the safe placement of abused and neglected children, the elderly, and disabled adults?

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DCF (Department of Children and Families)

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unable to accurately perceive reality is called___ and may be referred to as ______

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psychosis, psychotic

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schizophrenia is an example of what disorder?

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thought disorder

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anxiety and bipolar disorders are examples of what disorder?

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mood disorders

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what are two types of personality disorders?

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antisocial and borderline

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antisocial personality disorder is also known as

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psychopathic or sociopathic disorder

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_____ is primarily a lifelong pattern of behavior that violates rules, social norms, and the rights of others.

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antisocial personality

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what is the hallmark of borderline personality?

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instability

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which personality disorder seems to lack the human capacity for empathy, guilt, and remorse?

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antisocial personality

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people with ____ personality disorder often experience rapid and intense mood changes, typically involving angry, erratic, and impulsive behavior, and quickly changing feelings toward themselves and others.

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borderline

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what does ARC stand for?

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Association of Retarded Citizens

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what does ARC provide?

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information and support to individuals and agencies working with persons with mental retardation

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major depression is an example of what disorder?

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mood disorder

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what is the hallmark of a mental illness?

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alternating episodes of depression and mania known as biopolar (formerly known as manic-depressive illness)

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what level of retardation is the majority of individuals with mental retardation in?

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mild

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what level of retardation can people learn academic and prevocational skills with special training and normally live and work within their community.

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mild

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what level of retardation do people have slow motor development and minimal language development but can learn the basic self care skills and require constant care and supervision?

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profound

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what level of retardation do people have very slow motor development and communication skills and are usually under someone else's care or supervision?

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severe

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what level of retardation can people lear functional academic skills and may be able to perform semiskilled work under supervised conditions?

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moderate

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what level of retardation will the individuals cover up their disabilities to appear "normal"?

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moderate

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when transporting a person for involuntary examination under the Baker Act, in addition to the normal incident report, the officer must complete a form called?

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Report of Law Enforcement Officer Initiating Involuntary Examination

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mental retardation is not considered to be a mental illness is addressed in what chapter?

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393

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Report of Law Enforcement Initiating Involuntary Examination is also referred to as a what?

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BA-52

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true or false: lip reading is least effective form of visual communication?

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true

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agitation, confusion, craps, sweating, and convulsions are symptoms of what?

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withdrawals

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a person in ___ ___ may stagger and appear drunk

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diabetic shock

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a ___ ___ may cause a person's breath to smell sweet like acetone.

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diabetic coma

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____ could cause a person to wander in a confused state and even become violent for brief periods.

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epilepsy

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___ ___ ___ sometimes causes people to become temporarily irrational.

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high blood pressure

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a ____ ___ may cause confusion and belligerence.

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head injury

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people suffering from a ____ may be dizzy and confused, vomit, or lose consciousness.

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stroke

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similar side effects as a stroke are also caused by ___ ____ ____, which also causes general weakness

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carbon monoxide poisioning

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____ disease causes shaking, slurred speech, and the appearance of intoxication.

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parkinson's

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___ ___ causes sufferers to appear confused and have faulty muscular coordination or paralysis of the eye muscles.

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Wernicke Syndrome