Psychiatry symptomatic terms Flashcards

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cannot communicate, do repetitive behavior

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autism

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2
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attacking action verbally, physically or symbolic

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aggression

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3
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chronic restlessness

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agitation

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4
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love-hate relationship

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ambivalence

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5
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how you look at your body

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body image

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6
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in a trance

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catalepsy

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7
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you are getting your feelings out

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catharsis

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8
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is a disturbance of memory, defined as the production of misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world

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confabulation

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9
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do not want to believe

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denial

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10
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get upset with the wrong person

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displacement

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11
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go back to immature behavior

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regression

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12
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inhibition of feeling

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repression

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13
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temporarily confused

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delirium

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14
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confused due to alcoholic behavior

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delirium tremens

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15
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false beliefs

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delusions

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16
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loss of memory

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dementia

17
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ability to feel what others feel

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empathy

18
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seeing or hearing things

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hallucinations

19
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false perceptions

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illusions

20
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sex drives or psychic drives

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libido

21
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pretending to be ill

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malingering

22
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morbid fear

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phobia

23
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fear of confined places

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claustrophobia

24
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fear of heights

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acrophobia

25
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fear of animals

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zoophobia

26
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fear of writing

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graphophobia

27
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fear of going in public

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agorophobia

28
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fear of spiders

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arachnophobia

29
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sleep walking

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somnambulism