Chapter 41 Flashcards

Mental Health Disorders

1
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addiction

A

chronic disease involving substance-seeking behaviors
- compulsive / hard controla

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2
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anxiety

A

nervousness / fear about event / situation

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3
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compulsion

A

over-whelming urge to repeat certain acts / behaviors

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4
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coping

A

strategies to manage stress / negative emotions due to stress

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5
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defense mechanism

A

unconscious reaction that blocks unpleasant / threatening feelings

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6
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delusion

A

false belief

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7
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delusion of grandeur

A

exaggerated belief about one’s self

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8
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delusion of persecution

A

false belief one is being mistreated / abused

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9
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detoxification

A

process of removing toxic substances from body

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10
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flashback

A

reliving trauma in thoughts / as nightmares

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11
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hallucination

A

seeing / smelling / hearing something that isn’t real

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12
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mental health

A

involves person’s emotional, psychological, social well-being

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13
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mental health disorder

A

serious illness of persons mental function

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14
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obsession

A

frequent unwanted thoughts, ideas, images

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15
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panic

A

intense / sudden feeling of fear / anxiety

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16
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personality

A

set of attitudes / traits of person

17
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phobia

A

irrational fear of something w/ little / no danger

18
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psychosis

A

condition affecting the mind that causes person to lose grasp on reality

19
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stress

A

response / change in body to external factor

20
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stressor

A

event for causing stress

21
Q

suicide

A

to end one’s life

22
Q

suicide contagion

A

exposure to suicidal tendencies / behaviors through friends, family, social media

23
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withdrawal symptom

A

physical / mental response after stopping / reducing substance use