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Medical Terminology for Social Work Flashcards

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acute

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current, currently visible, related to present/recent past

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agnosia

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inability to recognize/name objects

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akinesia

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lack of movement

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alogia

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lack of thought content, inferred from lack of verbal productions

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anergia

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loss of strength/energy, feeling loss of strength

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anhedonia

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inability to experience pleasure

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apathy

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marked lack of interest/motivation

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aphasia

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inability to understand/produce language, not related to sensory/motor deficit

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aphonia

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inability to speak/produce normal speech sounds

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apraxia

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loss of motor skill not explained by simple weakness/previous incoordination

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ataxia

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muscle incoordination, specifically impacting gait

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avolition

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lack of initiative, especially for goal directed activity

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blocking

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interruption of communication before a thought/idea completed, unconscious

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blunting

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reduction in normal intensity of affect

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catatonic

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several striking motor anomalies, described as related to psychosis

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chronic

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long persisting, not acute/limited to present

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comorbid

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2+ conditions existing at the same time

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compulsion

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powerful impulse to specific purposeful behavior, repetitive/unwanted, often in response to an obsession

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concrete

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refers to literal thought

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confabulation

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creation of inaccurate memories, unconsciously to substitute for unrecalled events

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delirium

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acute, organically caused brain disorder, confusion and altered consciousness

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delusion

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fixed, false belief not ordinarily accepted by others

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dementia

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organically caused mental disorder, loss of previously held mental activities

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for exam; be careful with aging questions and differentiating delirium, dementia, and depression

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read these ?s carefully

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differential diagnosis
considering and ruling our other diagnosis that may fit symptoms to determine best option
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dissociation
disturbance/change in usually integrative function of memory/identity/perception/consciousness, often seen in trauma
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dyskinesia
movement disorder with involuntary muscle contractions
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dysphonia
difficulty in speaking due to a physical disorder of the mouth, tongue, throat, or vocal cords.
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dysthymia
chronic depression, mood low over extended period of time, not as severe as major depression
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empathy
being aware of feelings of another through their eyes
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encopresis
soiling, voluntary/involuntary pooping of potty trained person (4+)
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endogenous
caused by biochemical imbalance rather than psychosocial/external factors -endogenous depression-more severe symptoms and consist of "classic" or neurovegitative like loss of appetite, fatigue, sleep disturbance, decrease in libido, weight loss
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enuresis
inability to control urination; noctural enuresis-involuntary bedwetting when sleeping
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etiology
cause
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euphoria
extreme happiness
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euthymia
normal, non-depressed, reasonably positive mood
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exogenous
caused by external events, psychosocial stressors -exogenous depressive symptoms tend to be less severe
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folie a deux
shared psychosis, develop delusional system due to close relationship with someone who has a delusion
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grandiose
refers to size/importance greatly out of proportion to reality
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hallucination
sensory experience in the absence of external stimulation of the sensory organ; separate from thoughts/feelings/obsessions, experienced as if real
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hypnotic
medication to induce sleep
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hypomanic
elevated/expansive/irritable mood, less severe than mania, don't impact function, don't have psychotic symptoms
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identity
sense of self, provide unity of personality over time
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labile
rapidly shifting, unstable
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idiosyncratic
characteristic of 1 person, limited to 1 person
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incontinence
inability to control urination
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incidence
number of new cases over a period of time
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magical thinking
belief that thoughts/behavior will effect environment in way separate from natural cause and effect
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malingering
faking/producing symptoms to obtain external reward/achieve a goal
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medical necessity
services provided because they're deemed reasonable/necessary
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mood
breadth of sustained emotion; pervasive, sustained emotion
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narcissism
focus on/regard for oneself, to unhealthy or abnormal extent
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negative symptom
prominent with schizophrenia, diminished emotions, avolition, alogia, anhedonia
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neurotic
internal, unconscious conflict
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neurovegetative symptoms of depression (classic)
appetite/weight changes, sleep disturbance, fatigue, lower energy and decreased libido, motivation
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obsession
persistent, intrusive thought
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pervasive
broadly and comprehensively found, involving all/almost all things
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postmorbid
after illness onset
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premorbid
before illness onset
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prevalence
number of cases in population at or during a particular time
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prodromal
period of time before the onset of serious illness that may have subtle symptoms (before psychotic episode, may become guarded, suspicious, disorganized thoughts)
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remission
abatement of symptoms, to the point of no indication of illness (not cured)
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rumination
obsessive repeating of a thought/idea
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somatic
refers to body/human biology
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vertigo
feelings of dizziness, sensation that environment is spinning

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