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| A group of hormones released by the adrenal glands at times of stress |
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| An event that creates a sense of threat by confronting a person with a demand or opportunity for change of some kind |
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| A medical problem marked by narrowing of the trachea and bronchi, which results in shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing and a choking sensation |
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| A sleeplike suggestible state during which a person can be directed to act in unusual ways, to experience unusual sensations, to remember seemingly forgotten events, or to forget remembered events |
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| Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| The nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system that quicken the heartbeat and produce other changes experienced as fear or anxiety |
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| The body's network of activities and cells that identify and destroy antigens and cancer cells |
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René Descartes's position that the mind is separate from the body |
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| The system of glands located throughout the body that helps control important activities such as growth and sexual activity |
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| A technique of turning one's concentration inward and achieving a slightly changed state of consciousness |
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| The general level of anxiety that a person brings to the various events in his or her life |
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| A foreign invader of the body, such as a bacterium or virus |
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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| The nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system that help maintain normal organ functioning. They slow organ function after stimulation and return other bodily processes to normal |
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| The most common dyssomnia, characterized by difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep |
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| An extremely severe headache that occurs on one side of the head, often preceded by a warning sensation and sometimes accompanied by dizziness, nausea, or vomiting |
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| Psychophysiological Disorder |
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| Illnesses that result from an interation of both psychosocial and physical factors. DSMIV-TR labels these illnesses psychological factors affecting medical condition. also known as psychosomatic disorders |
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| A personality pattern characterized by hostility, cynicsm, drivenness, impatience, competitiveness, and ambition |
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| An anxiety disorder in which fear and related symptoms continue to be experienced long after a traumatic event |
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| Chronic high blood pressure |
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| A lesion that forms in the wall of the stomach or of the duodenum |
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| A group that meets to talk about and explore problems in an atmosphere of mutual support |
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| A somatoform disorder marked by numerous recurring physical ailments without an organic basis. Also known as Briquet's syndrome |
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| An extreme and long-term form of factitious disorder in which a person produces symptoms, gains admission to a hospital, and receives treatment |
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| A sham treatment that a subject believes to be genuine |
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| An illness with no identifiable physical cause in which the patient is believed to be intentionally producing or faking symptoms in order to assume a sick role |
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| The final merging of two or more subpersonalities in multiple personality disorder |
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| The faculty for recalling past events and past learning |
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| A dissociative disorder in which a person travels to a new location and may assume a new identity, simultaneously forgetting his or her past |
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| Type of learning that becomes associated with the conditions under which it occurred so that what is learned is best remembered under the same conditions |
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| The distinct personalities found in individuals suffering from multiple personality disorder. Also known as alternante personalities |
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| Depersonalization Disorder |
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| A disorder marked by a persistent and recurrent feeling of being detatched from one's own mental processes or body; that is, one feels unreal and alien |
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| In psychodynamic theory, the gain achieved when hysterical symptoms elicit kindness form others or provide an excuse to avoid unpleasant activities |
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| Class of disorders marked by major changes in memory that are not due to clear physical causes |
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| A disorder marked by excessive worry that some aspect of one's physical appearance is defective. Also known as dysmorphophobia |
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| A somatoform disorder in which people mistakenly fear that minor changes in their physical functioning indicate a serious disease |
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| The process of hypnotizing oneself--for example, to forget unpleasant events |
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| In psychodynamic theory, the gain achieved when hysterical symptoms keep internal conflicts out of awareness |
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| Produced or caused inadvertently by a clinician |
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| Hysterical Somatoform Disorder |
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| Class of somatoform disorders in which people experience actual changes in their physical functioning |
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| A somatoform disorder in which a psychosocial need or conflict is converted into dramatic physical symptoms that affect voluntary motor or sensory function |
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