Psychiatry/Psychology Quiz 7.2

physician specializing in treating mental illness

psychiatrist

nonphysician professionals trained in the treatment of mental illness

psychologist, psychiatric nurse,

licensed clinical social worker

therapist who practices psychoanalysis

psychoanalyst

branch of psychiatry dealing with legal matters

forensic psychiatry

unconscious part of the personality

id

conscious, coordinating part of the personality

ego

conscience or moral part of the personality

superego

psychological process used to distinguish fact from fantasy testing

reality

unconscious technique used to resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety _ mechanism.

defense

branch of psychology dealing with patient care

clinical

nonreactive state marked by inability to speak _

mutism

state of excessive excitability; agitation _

mania

loss of memory _

amnesia

uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly __

compulsion

persistent idea, emotion, or urge _

obsession

feelings of apprehension, uneasiness, dread _

anxiety

uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object and redirected toward a second object

or behavior pattern

dissociation

anxiety becomes a bodily symptom that has no organic basis _

conversion

absence of emotions; lack of motivation or emotional involvement _

apathy

fixed false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence

delusion

false or unreal sensory perception

hallucination

dysphoria

sadness, hopelessness, unpleasant

feeling

euphoria

exaggerated feeling of well-being

("high")

amnesia

loss of memory

paranoia

suspicious system of thinking; fixed

delusion that one is being treated

unfairly or harassed

psychosis

loss of contact with reality; often

delusions and hallucinations

iatrogenic

pertaining to a disorder caused by a treatment

phobia

irrational fear (avoidance) of an

object or a situation

agoraphobia

fear of leaving one's home or a safe

place

labile

unstable; undergoing rapid

emotional change; fluctuating

affect

expression of emotion