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| Abnormal patterns of thought, feelings, or behavior |
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| persistent sadness (for no reason), irregular sleep and appetite, thoughts of guilt or worthlessness. Lack of interest in things usually enjoyed, suicidal thought or actions |
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| Mood shifts from periods of depression to periods of mania. Some cases are rapid-cycling, or have extreme highs and lows (suicidality, violence) |
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| Auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions, disorganized speech/ thinking, social and occupational difficulties |
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| Dissociative Identity disorder |
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| Multiple personality exist in a single person. They have different characteristics, memories, etc. They can take control of the body in turns |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive disorder |
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Obsessions: intrusive thoughts that cause irrational fear, worry, and anxiety.
Compulsive: rituals that are believed to reduce that anxiety |
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| Hard-to-control verbal and nonverbal tics |
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| Irrational fear that negatively impacts quality of life. |
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| Post-Traumatic Stress disorder |
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| Anxiety disorder following psychological trauma-flashbacks, sleep disturbance, anger, avoidance of things related to traumatic event. |
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| Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder |
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| significant difficulties with inattentiveness, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness that interferes with motivation and focus in school and work. |
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Anorexia: under-eating, phobia of gaining weight, body image issues
Bulimia: binge-eating and purging to control weight |
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| getting information about the body's internal and external environment |
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| processing and making sense of the information received; thinking |
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| doing something in regards to the processed information |
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| Central Nervous System (CNS) |
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| Brain and spinal cord; Integration |
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| Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) |
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| network of cranial nerves and spinal nerves. |
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| cells that transmit signals through the nervous system; unable to divide, limited self-repair |
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| cells that support the function of neurons; Able to divide and replicate. |
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| line fluid-filled cavities in the CNS |
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| consume bacteria and cellular debris to protect and maintain neurons. |
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| produce myelin to insulate neurons *in the CNS* |
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| absorb nutrients, oxygen, hormones, etc. from the blood stream and transport them to neurons. |
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| produce myelin for neurons in the PNS |
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-The bloodstream never directly contacts neurons.
-It causes problems if needed medicines cannot successfully pass through into the brain |
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| a mix of lipid and protein that surrounds and insulates axon |
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-Unipolar
-Sensation
-Dendrites, cell body, and most of axon in the PNS, part of axon connects PNS to CNS |
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-Multipolar
-Integration
-Entirely contained within CNS |
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-Multipolar
-Response
-Dendrites, cell body, and small part of axon in CNS, majority of axon in PNS |
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| group of sensory neuron cell bodies, lumped together in PNS |
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| group of interneurons and motor neuron cell bodies, lumped together in CNS |
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| sensory and motor neurons axons together (like a two-way street) |
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