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Medical Term Mental/Behavioral Health
Mental and Behavioral Health Terminology
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08/07/2012

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mind
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psych/o, thym/o
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study
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log/o
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treatment
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iatr/o
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Akathisia
Definition
Inability to remain calm, still, and free of anxiety
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Amnesia
Definition
Inability to remember one's past, may be caused by brain damage or severe emotional trauma
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Anhedonia
Definition
Absence of the ability to experience pleasure or joy no matter what
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Catatonia
Definition
a state of apparent unresponsiveness to external stimuli in a person who is apparently awake.
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Confabulation
Definition
To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.
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Defense mechanism
Definition
psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind[1] to manipulate, deny, or distort reality
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Delirium
Definition
condition of confused, unfocused, irrational agitation, may also be accompanied by intense disorientation, incoherence, or fear and illusions, hallucinations and delusions
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Delusion
Definition
A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary
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Dementia
Definition
a decline of mental abilities such as thinking, reasoning and memory.
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Echolalia
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Echolalia is repeating or ”echoing” what another person has said.
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Hallucination
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perception of objects with no reality usually arising from disorder of the nervous system or in response to drugs
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Illusion
Definition
something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality
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Libido
Definition
normal sex drive
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Psychosis
Definition
loss of contact with reality that usually includes: False beliefs about what is taking place or who one is (delusions); Seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations).
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Somnambulism
Definition
sleepwalking
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blunted
Definition
moderately reduced range of affect
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flat
Definition
diminishment or loss of emotional expression sometimes observed in schizophrenia
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labile
Definition
multiple abrupt changes in affect seen in certain types of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
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full/wide range of affect
Definition
appropriate emotional response
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anger
Definition
symptom, pathological in nature if it is inappropriate for the situation, caused by feeling of lack of control
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anxiety
Definition
feeling of apprehension, restlessness, tension, tachycardia (rapid heartbeat) and breathing difficulty
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dysphoria
Definition
negative mood from depression
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euphoria
Definition
exaggerated sense of physical and emotional well-being
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euthymia
Definition
normal range of moods and emotions
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Asperger disorder
Definition
impairment of social interaction and repetitive patterns of inappropriate behavior
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ADHD
Definition
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
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autism
Definition
abnormal development of social interaction, impaired communication, and repetitive behaviors
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conduct disorder
Definition
any number of disorders characterized by patterns of persistent aggressive and defiant behaviors
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ODD
Definition
oppositional defiant disorder; characterized by hostile disobedient behavior
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mental retardation
Definition
subaverage intellectual ability
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mild retardation
Definition
IQ 50-69, learning difficulties
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moderate retardation
Definition
IQ 39-49, support needed to function in society
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severe retardation
Definition
IQ 20-34, continuous need of support to live in society
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profound retardation
Definition
IQ <20 severe self-care limitations
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Rett disorder
Definition
condition, initial normal functioning followed by loss of social and intellectual functioning
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Tourette syndrome
Definition
involuntary behaviors that includes the vocalization of words or sounds and repetitive movements (tics)
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acute intoxication
Definition
episode of behavioral disturbance following ingestion of alcohol or psychotropic drugs
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delirium tremens (DT's)
Definition
acute and sometimes fatal delirium induced by the cessation of ingesting excessive amounts of alcohol over long periods of time
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dependence syndrome
Definition
difficulty in controlling use of a drug
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harmful use
Definition
pattern of drug use that causes damage to health
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tolerance
Definition
body becomes accustomed to the substances ingested, hence user requires greater amounts to get wasted
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withdrawal state
Definition
symptoms that occur during cessation
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