Chapter 22 - Vocab Medical Terminology Exam

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anxiolytic

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Drugs that relieves anxiety and produces a relaxing effect

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autism

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severe lack of responsiveness to others, preoccupation with inner thoughts, withdrawal and retarded language development

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hallucinogen

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substances that produces hallucinations

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hypnosis

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Induction of a trance-like state to consciousness in a patient to increase the pace of psychotherapy

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psychiatrist

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specialist in treatment of the mind

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iatrogenic

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Pertaining to produced by a treatment or a procedure

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mental

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pertaining to the mind

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neurotransmitter

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chemical messenger released at the end of a nerve cell

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paraphilia

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recurrent intense sexual urge; fantasy or behavior that involves unusual objects, activities, and situations

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schizophrenia

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psychosis marked by withdrawal from reality into an inner world of disorganized thinking and conflict

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psychosis

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loss of contact with reality; often with delusions and hallucinations

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psychopharmacology

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treatment of psychiatric disorders with drugs

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psychotherapy

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treatment of the mind

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schizoid

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Denoting or having a personality type characterized by emotional aloofness and solitary habits.

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psychosomatic

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pertaining to the inter-relationship of the mind and body

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somatoform disorder

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Conditions in which the patient has physical or bodily symptoms that cannot be explained by any actual physical illness

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psychogenic

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pertaining to produced within the mind, having emotional and psychological origin, rather than a physical cause

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neuroleptic drug

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antipsychotic drugs used to treat psychoses such as schizophrenia and severe depression; examples are atypical antipsychotics such as aripoprazole (Abilify) and olanzapine (Zyprexa)

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kleptomania

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strong impulse to steal, often with little actual desire for the stolen item

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pyromania

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strong impulse to set objects on fire

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agoraphobia

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fear of open spaces; an anxiety disorder

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xenophobia

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fear of strangers

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euphoria

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Condition of well-being ("good feeling")

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dysphoria

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sadness hopelessness, and depressive mood; feeling "low"

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cyclothymia

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Patients experiences alternating states of depression and exhilaration; mild form of bipolar disorder

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dysthymia

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depressive episodes, but not of the same intensity or duration as major depression

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euthymic

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"Feeling Good" - pertaining to a normal mood in which the range of emotions is neither depressed nor highly elevated

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apathy

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absence of emotions; lack of interest or emotional involvement

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catatonia

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immobility, muscular rigidity, and mutism induced by a psychologic disorder such as schizophrenia

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hypomania

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elevated excitement that is of lesser intensity than mania

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hypochondriasis

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exaggerated concern about one's health

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paranoia

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overly suspicious system of thinking with fixed delusions that one is being harassed, persecuted, or unfairly treated