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Psychiatric Terms
various concepts/terms used in mental health practice settings
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Psychology
Graduate
12/28/2009

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Echopraxia
Definition
Meaningless imitation of another person's movements
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Akathisia
Definition
State of restlessness characterized by urgent need for movement-- usually side effect of medication
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Circumstantiality
Definition
Speech that is delayed in reaching the point- full of excessive/ irrelevant details
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Tangentiality
Definition
abrupt change of focus to loosely associated topic
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Flight of ideas
Definition
Rapid shifts in thoughts from one idea to another
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Thought blocking
Definition
Interruption of thought process before carried through to completion
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Pressured speech
Definition
Rapid and increased speech
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Illusions
Definition
Misperceptions or misinterpretations of real sensory events
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Agnosia
Definition
Inability to understand/interpret significance of sensory input
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Visual agnosia
Definition
Inability to recognize people or objects
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Retrograde amnesia
Definition
Inability to remember events that occurred just prior to the precipitating event
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Axis I
Definition
Clinical disorders
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Axis II
Definition
Personality disorders and MR
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Axis III
Definition
General medical conditions
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Axis IV
Definition
Psychosocial and environmental problems
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Axis V
Definition
GAF score
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Denial
Definition
Narcissistic mechanism- failure to aknowledge existence of some aspect of reality that is apparent to others
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Projection
Definition
Narcissistic mechanism- attributing attributes or unacknowledged feelsins, impulses or thoughts to others
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Splitting
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Narcissistic mechanism- rigid separativng of positive and negative thoughts and of feels
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Passive aggressive
Definition
Immature mechanism- aggression towards others which is indirectly or unassertively expressed
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Regression
Definition
Immature mechanism- returning to earlier stage of development to avoid tension/conflict of present one
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Somatization
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Immature mechanism- conversion of psychological symptoms to physical illness
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Rationalization
Definition
Neurotic mechanism- creating self-justifying explanations to hide real reasons for one's own behaviors or another's behaviors
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Repression
Definition
Neurotic mechanism- blocking from consciousness painful memories and anxiety-provoking thoughts
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Displacement
Definition
Neurotic mechanism- redirecting an emotion or reaction from one object to a similar but less threatening one
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Reaction formation
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Neurotic mechanism- switching unacceptable impulses into the opposite
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Humor
Definition
Mature mechanism- using comedy to expressing feelings/thoughts without provoking discomfort in self/others
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Sublimation
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Mature mechanisms- redirecting energy from socially unacceptable impulses to socially acceptable activities
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Suppression
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Mature mechanism- consciously or semi-consciously avoiding thinking about disturbing problems, thoughts, feelings
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Altruism
Definition
Yalom's curative fx- giving oneself to help others
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Catharsis
Definition
Yalom's curative fx- relieving one's emotions by expressing one's feelings
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Universality
Definition
Yaloms's curative fx- recognizing shared feelings and that one's problems are not unique
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Existential fx
Definition
Yalom's curative fx- responsiblity for change comes from within oneself
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Insight/self-discovery
Definition
Yalom's curative fx- involves discovering and accepting the unknown parts of oneself
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Family reenactment
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Yalom's curative fx- leads to understanding what it was like growing up in one's family through group experience
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Guidance
Definition
Yalom's curative fx- accepting advise from group members
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Identification
Definition
Yalom's curative fx- benefiting from imitation of positive behaviors of group members
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Instillation of hope
Definition
Yalom's curative group fx- experiencing optimism through observation of improvement of others in the group
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Interpersonal learning
Definition
Yalom's curative fx- learning successful ways of relating to group members
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Consious understanding and facilitation of curative fx
Definition
Yalom's curative fx- enhances therapeutic value of group
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