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| What is how a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment? |
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| What is behavior that is open and generally understood by those around the person? |
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| What are behaviors that have hidden meaning or intentions that only the person understands? |
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| What are situations in which the patient's presenting problem is some disorder of mood, thought, or behavior that interferes with his or her activities of daily living (ADLs)? |
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| Behavioral Emergencies 1369 |
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| What are normal, everyday activities such as getting dressed and taking out the garbage? |
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| Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) 1369 |
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| What exists when the abnormal behavior threatens a person's health and safety or the health and safety of another person? |
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| Psychiatric Emergency 1369 |
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| What are illusions (errors in perception) that result in loss of contact with reality? |
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| What are temporary or permanent dysfunctions of the brain, caused by a disturbance in the physical or physiologic functioning of brain tissue? |
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| Organic Brain Syndrome 1371 |
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| What is a severe form of anxiety that stems from a traumatic experience and is characterized by the individual reliving the stress of the original situation? |
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| Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 1371 |
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| What is repetition of movements that do not seem to serve any useful purpose? |
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| Stereotyped Movements 1373 |
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| What are repetitive actions that are carried out to relieve the anxiety of obsessive thoughts? |
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| What is the pouring out of words like water escaping under pressure? |
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| What is words the patient invents? |
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| What is it when the patient echoes words he or she hears? |
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| What is it when the patient does not speak at all? |
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| What is accelerated thinking in which the mind skips very rapidly from one thought to the next? |
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| What is repetition of the same idea over and over again? |
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| What are obsessive, irrational fears of specific things or situations, such as fear of heights, fear of open places, fear of confined spaces, or fear of certain animals? |
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| What is emotion that is out of synch with the situation; for example, wearing a waxy smile while discussing a parent's death? |
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| Inappropriate Affect 1373 |
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| What is the absence of emotion; appearing to feel no emotion at all? |
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| What is inventing experiences to fill gaps in memory? |
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| What is lacking expression or movement, or appearing rigid? |
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| What is a way of measuring the mental vital signs in a disturbed patient? |
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| Mental Status Examination (MSE) 1375 |
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| What is a useful mnemonic for evaluating the MSE in a patient? |
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| What is creating memories to take the place of things they cannot recall? |
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| What is rapidly shifting among different emotional states? |
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| What is a disorder characterized by disordered images of self, impulsive and unpredictable behavior, marked shifts in mood, and instability in relationships with others? |
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| Borderline Personality Disorder 1376 |
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| What is a technique of encouraging the patient to communicate by using gestures or noncommittal words? |
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| What refers to pointing out something of interest in the patient's conversation, thereby directing the patient's attention to something he or she may have been unaware of? |
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| What is a state of delusion in which a person is out of touch with reality? |
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| What one of the most common causes of psychosis? |
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| Use of Mind-Altering Substances 1382 |
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| What is a condition in which a person is characterized by uncontrolled and disconnected thought, is usually incoherent or rambling in speech, and may or may not be oriented to person and place? |
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| What is a condition in which a person may be confused about his or her identity, the location, and the time of day? |
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| What is a situation in which the logical connection between one idea and the next becomes obscure, at least to the listener? |
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| Loosening of Associations 1383 |
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| What is the belief that thoughts are being broadcast aloud and can be heard by others? |
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| Thought Broadcasting 1383 |
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| What is the belief that thoughts are being thrust into his or her mind by another person? |
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| What is the belief that thoughts are being removed? |
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| What is a state of global cognitive impairment that is acute in onset and associated with fluctuations in mental status and behavior, inattention, disorganized thinking, and an altered level of consciousness? |
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| What is usually caused by toxic and metabolic problems or infections? |
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| What is a more chronic process that produces severe deficits in memory, abstract thinking, and judgment? |
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| What is any willful act designed to end one's own life? |
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| What is developing a nose for danger? |
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| What is the safety zone in a potentially violent patient? |
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| What is a group of disorders in which the disturbance of mood is accompanied by full or partial manic or depressive syndrome? |
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| What is formally known as affective disorders and are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders? |
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| What is a bipolar disorder in which mood fluctuates between depression and mania? |
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| Manic-Depressive Illness 1386 |
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| What is a mental health disorder characterized by a persistent mood of sadness, despair, and discouragement? |
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| What is a patient who alternates between mania and depression (both poles of the continuum)? |
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| Bipolar Mood Disorder 1386 |
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| What is a mental disorder characterized by abnormally exaggerated happiness, joy, or euphoria with hyperactivity, insomnia, and grandiose ideas? |
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| What is leaving the current topic mid-conversation to talk about something else, inhibiting interpersonal communication? |
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| What is the leading cause of disability in people ages 15 and 44 years? |
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| What is a person who experiences signs and symptoms of depression for more days than not for a period of at least 2 years and may be experiencing a chronic form of depression? |
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| What are characteristic features of depression? |
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| Guilt and Self-Reproach 1387 |
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| What is a complex, difficult-to-identify mental disorder whose typical onset is during early adulthood with dysfunctional symptoms becoming more prominent over time? |
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| What is a collection of psychiatric disorders without psychotic symptoms and lacking the intense psychopathology of other mood disorders; includes anxiety disorders, phobias, and panic disorder? |
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| What are mental disorders in which the dominant moods are fear and apprehension? |
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| What is it when a person worries about everything for no particular reason, or if that worrying is unproductive and the person cannot decide what to do about an upcoming situation? |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 1388 |
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| What involves an unreasonable fear, apprehension, or dread of a specific situation or thing? |
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| What patient focuses all his or her anxieties onto one class of objects or situations? |
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| What is characterized by sudden, usually unexpected, and overwhelming feelings of fear and dread, accompanied by a variety of other symptoms produced by a massive activation of the autonomic nervous system? |
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| What is the fear of going into public places? |
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| What is use of moderate amounts of a substance without seriously affecting ADL? |
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| What is use of a substance that disrupts ADL? |
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| What is use of a substance that results in impaired thinking and motor function? |
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| Substance Intoxication 1389 |
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| What is use of a substance that results in addiction and physiologic dependence on the substance? |
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| Substance Dependence 1389 |
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| What are the 2 major types of eating disorders? |
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| Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa 1389 |
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| What is an eating disorder characterized by consumption of large amounts of food, and for which the patient then sometimes compensates by using purging techniques? |
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| What is an eating disorder in which a person diets by exerting extraordinary control over his or her eating, and loses weight to the point of jeopardizing his or her health and life? |
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| What is a person who is overly concerned with their physical health and appearance? |
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| What is the classic example of a somatoform disorder? |
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| What is a disorder in which a person wishes to be sick and intentionally produces or feigns physical or psychological signs or symptoms and are under voluntary control, with no obvious physiologic reason? |
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| Who lacks the ability to resist a temptation or cannot avoid acting on a drive? |
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| Impulse Control Disorders 1390 |
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| What is the condition a person has when he or she behaves or thinks in a way that is dysfunctional or causes distress to other people? |
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| Personality Disorder 1391 |
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| What are drugs that affect mood, thought, or behavior? |
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| What is the most commonly prescribed antidepressant in the United States? |
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| What is it when the patient develops muscle spasms of the neck, face, and back within a few days of starting treatment with an antipsychotic drug? |
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| Acute Dystonic Reaction 1393 |
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| What are powerful central nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system stimulants similar to other sympathomimetic drugs? |
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| What is discrimination against older people because of their age? |
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