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Psych Pharmacology
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
09/10/2008

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Term
akinesia
Definition
decreased or absent movement
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akathesia
Definition
restlessness; inability to sit still
Term
anhedonia
Definition
absence of pleasure from acts that ordinarily produce pleasure; a symptom of depression
Term
nihilistic delusions
Definition
false ideas about self, others, or world
Term
Phillippe Pinel
Definition

French physician - encouraged freeing inmates from chains and allowing them to move around;  CLASSIFIED CLIENTS BY BEHAVIORS, KEPT RECORDS AND WROTE A CASE ON EACH CLIENT

 

18th - Early 19th century

Term
Benjamin Rush
Definition

"Principals of Moral Management"

 

 - assumed that mentally ill people had lost their ability to reason and needed help regaining it

 

 - INSISTED that kind, intelligent people read and talk with them

Term

Dorothea Dix

 

1870's

Definition

Worked to improve conditions for mentally ill (Dixmont)

 

Responsible for hospitals that cared long-term for these patients

 

Each patient had a purpose and contributed to the facility; everyone pitched in

Term

Linda Richards

 

1915

Definition

First graduate nurse in US

 

"Care for the mentally ill should be the same as physically ill."

Term
deinstitutionalization
Definition

care of mentally ill moved from institutions to the community

 

FOCUS - prevention/education of patient to keep the OUT OF ACUTE CARE

 

Goals: reduce costs and prevent crises

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Flat affect
Definition

nothingness

 

eyes show no emotion, voice shows no emotion

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hallucinations
Definition
visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory or tactile perceptions that have no basis in reality
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delusions
Definition
fasle beliefs that the client accepts as real
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loose associations
Definition
rapid shifts among unrelated ideas
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neologisms
Definition
bizarre words that have meaning only to the client
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somatic delusion
Definition
delusions that focus on body functions or systems and commonly include delusions about foul odor emissions, insect infestations, internal parasites, or misshapen parts
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waxy flexibility
Definition
retaining any position that the body has been placed in
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