Signs and Symptoms
In My Head
Box of Chocolates
Defense Mechanisms
100

Pain and burning of urination

Dysuria

100

This disorder manifests as neurological symptoms in the absence of a neurological diagnosis

Conversion Disorder

100

The hormone a Type 1 diabetic patient lacks

Insulin

100

An unconscious mechanism employed by the ego to keep disturbing or threatening thoughts from becoming conscious

Repression

200

A heart rate of 136

Tachycardia 

200

This level of anxiety is characterized by a break with reality

Panic

200

Tell a patient using this metal frame to advance it at intervals of around 6 inches -- & don't forget the tennis balls

Walker

200

The attribution of one's own negative or unacceptable thoughts, feelings, motives, and actions onto other individual

Projection

300

The type of pain experienced by a patient where they can still feel an amputated body part

Phantom pain

300

This drug class contains medications such as Paxil, Prozac, Lexapro, and Zoloft

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)

300

These factors influence temperature, especially in women

Hormones

300

A movement back in psychological time, often displayed by younger children, when faced with psychological stressors

Regression

400

Characterized by too much fluid in the interstitial space

Edema

400

A patient whose behavior involves consuming ice, dirt, and chalk would be diagnosed with ______

Pica

400

An evaluation or appraisal of the patients condition

Assessment

400

The overuse of abstract thinking or generalization to control or minimize painful feelings

Intellectualization

500

The type of pain often felt by diabetics in their extremities

Neuropathic pain

500

The drug lorazepam (Ativan) helps to reduce anxiety by enhancing which neurotransmitter in the brain?

GABA

500

This race and gender are statistically more likely to commit suicide

White Males

500

The discharge of pent-up feelings (typically hostility) unto something or someone else in the environment that is less threatening than the original source of the feelings

Displacement

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