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| persistant disorder characterized by a relatively inflexible reaction to stress |
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| psycho/sociopath that actos out conflict without remorse or guilt. has difficulty following rules |
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| Descriptive thoughts or behavior that are autonomic responses to anxiety or stress. The common example of both of handwashing caused by an obsession with cleanliness or a phobia of being unclean |
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| Attention seeking, aggressive, seductive person who is unable to be deeply involved emotionally |
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| Attention seeking, regards no one else as important, strong admiration for self |
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| Preoccupation with delusions. sensitive, defensive, suspicion leading to aggression, unfounded belief that others want to harm him |
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| taking aggressive actions in an indirect manner, argumentative |
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| ungluing of reason and emotion, introverted and withdrawn emotionally cold and distant, avoids social interaction. Delusions and hallucinations |
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| unconscious strategies utilized to cope with reality |
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| refusal to perceive unpleasant realities. painful subject stems from external sources such as impulses or fantasies. most commonly seen with alcoholics |
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| act of assigning a feeling or belief to another person, group, or to the outside world |
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| attributing ones own unacceptable desires and impulses to someone else (makes excuses) |
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| depressed, unacceptable behavior expressed in an exaggerated form of an opposite behavior |
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| a response to stress in which an individual revers to a less developmentally mature stage |
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| the unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind |
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| redirection ones feelings (aggression or affection) from one person to another |
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| channeling unacceptable impulses or energy into socially acceptable activity |
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| heart palpitations, increased heart rate, shortness of breath, sweating, tingling, and dizziness may be a patient with |
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| A state of intense apprehension or worry often accompanied by physical symptoms such as shaking, intense feelings in the gut, common in mental illness or after a very distressing experience |
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| repeated attacks of severe anxiety lasting from 5-30 min |
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| reoccuring intrusive thought or image that seems senseless or unpleasant |
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| activity designed to reduce anxiety that a person feels compelled to repeat with no conscious desire to do so |
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| perfectionist, inflexible, uncontrollably entangled with details and highly repetitive activities |
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| persistant thoughts are ___ while persistent actions are ___ |
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| obsessive compulsive often begins in __ |
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| adolescence but can begin in childhood |
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| an irrational or unrealistic fear of a situation, animal, person, or activity |
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| fear of thunder and lightning |
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| fear of stars or celesial space |
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| psychological conflicts take on a physcial form and no organic evidence exist to explain symptom |
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| Chronic, cyclic multiple somatic complaints not due to a physical illness. Symptoms cannot be explained by physical syndrome. Patient seeks treatment and change his life as a result of the symptoms. Patient presents with symptoms in a vague exaggerated way. More concerned with discomfort than disease |
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| And exaggerated pre-occupation with bodily functions and fear that one is suffering from serious disease. Patient believes they have a disease or one is soon going to occur. Disease is thought to be imminent. Patient presents with having diagnosed himself, in a very detailed way, hoping for a dreaded diagnosis. |
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| Loss or change of physical function cost by a psychological conflict. Conversion symptoms are not supported by medical evidence but not faked. Often up here rapidly after trauma involuntary response most common disability seen: paralysis, blindness, mutism, deafness, seizures |
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| conversion hysteria aka conversion reaction |
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| pervasive belief that a body part is a mishapen or malformed. patient is not able to admit that he or she is exaggerating may avoid mirrors or social contact |
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| severe fluctuation of mood or personality |
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| associated with delirium tremens and folate deficiency |
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| behavior alternates between mania nad melancholia; highs and lows |
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| manic depressive (bipolar) |
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| associated with muscle inhibition: supor; loss of muscle activity |
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| mild chronic depression. symptoms occur most of the time for 2 years. same symptoms as depression but not as severe |
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| period of depression associated with menopause |
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| delusions, auditory hallucinations, associated with menopause |
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