Psychiatry – Flashcards
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forensic psyshiatrists
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specialize in the legal aspects of psychiatry, such as the determination of mental competence in criminal cases.
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clinical psyshologist
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can use various methods of psychotherapy to treat patients but cannot prescribe drugs or electroconvulsive therapy; are trained in the use of tests to evaluate various aspects of a patient's mental health and intelligence.
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anxiety
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varying degrees of uneasiness, apprehension, or dread often accomapanied by palpitations, tightness in the chest, breathlessness, and choking sensations.
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compulsion
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uncontrollable urge to perform and act repeatedly.
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conversion
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anxiety becomes a bodily symptom, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that does not have and organic basis.
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euphoria
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exaggerated feeling of well-being ("high").
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obsession
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an involuntary, persistent idea or emotion; the suffix -mania indicates a strong obsession with something.
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dissociative disorders
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chronic or sudden disturbances of memory, identity, consciousness, or perception of the environment that are not cause by the direct effects of brain damage or drug abuse.
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anorexia nervosa
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psyciolgical factors such as anxiety, anger and fear producing unrealistic body image and reluctance to eat; refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight.
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bulimia nervosa
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binge eating ( uncontrolled indulgence in food) followed by purging (eliminating food from the body).
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bipolar disorder
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alternating moods of exalted feelings and excitement with moods of extreme sadness and decreased activity.
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hypomania
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a mood resembling mania but of lesser intensity.
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cyclothymic disorder
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is a mild form of bipolar disorder characterized by at least 2 years of hypomania and numerous depressive episodes that do not meet the criteria that define a major depressive episode.
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major depression
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involves episodes of severe dysphoria; other symptoms are appetite disturbances and changes in weight, sleep disorders such as insomnia or hypersomnia, fatigue or low energy, feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, or excessive or imappropriate guilt, difficulty thinking or concentrating, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
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dysthymia
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is a depressive disorder involving depressed mood that persists over 2-year period but is not as severe as major depression; no psychotic features
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antisocial
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no loyalty to or concern for others, and without moral standards; acts only in response to desires and impulses; cannot tolerate frustration and blames others when he or she is at fault.
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histrionic
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emotional, attention-seeking, immature, and dependent; irrational outbursts and tantrums; flamboyant and theatrical; having general dissatisfaction with the self and angry feelings about the world.
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narcissistic
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grandiose sense of self-importance or uniqueness and preoccupation with fantasies of success and power.
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paranoid
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continully suspicious and mistrustful of other people but not to a psychotic or delusional degree; jealous and overly concerned with hidden motives of others; quick to take offense
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schizoid
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emotionally cold and aloof; indifferent to praise or criticism or to the feeling of others; few friendships and rarely appears to experiance strong emotions, sush as anger or joy.
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autism
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preoccupation with self lack of responsiveness to others, commonly appearing during the first 3 years of life; preference for being alone; aloof in manner; difficulty in interacting with others; severe lack of response to other people
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sexual sadism
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sexual gradification is gained by inflicting physical or psychological pain or humiliation on others.
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conversion disorder
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loss of physical functioning that suggest a physical disorder but that instead is an expression of a psychological conflict or need; usually has a feared or unconscious conflict that threatens to escape from repression, but the energies associated with this conflict are experienced as a physical symptom.
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hypochondriasis
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a preoccupation with bodily aches, pains, and discomforts in the absence of real illness.
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cannabis
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marijuana, hashish and purified delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
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cocaine
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a stimulant drug that produces euphoria as well as vasoconstriction, tachycardia, and hypertension.
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psychoanalysis
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long term and intense form of psychotherapy seeks to influence behavior and resolve internal comflicts by allowing patients to bring their unconscious emotions to the surface.
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affect
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external expression of emotion, or emotional response.
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anxiety disorders
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characterized by unpleasant tension, 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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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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loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment, and reasoning as well as changes in personality.
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fugue
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flight from customary surroundings; dissociative disorder, amnesia
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hallucination
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false sensory perception( hearing voices and seeing things).
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mania
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extreme excitement, hyperactive elation, and agitation.
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mutism
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nonreactive state; stupor
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paraphilia
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recurrent intense sexual urge, fantasy or behavoir that involves unusual objects, activities, or situations
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repression
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defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts, feeling, and impulses are automatically pushed into the unconscious.
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psychoanalysis
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treatment that allows the patient to explore inner emlotions and conflicts so as to understand and change current behavior.
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aut/o
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self
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-phobia
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fear
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agoraphobia
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fear of leaving home or a safe place
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xenophobia
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fear of strangers
