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Loss of Memory
What is
Amnesia?
Active substance in marijuana
What is
Cannabis?
Absence of emotions
What is
Apathy?
Overly suspicious system of thinking with fixed delusions
What is
Paranoia?
False sensory perception
What is
Hallucination?
Marked by alternating periods of mania and depression
What is
Bipolar Disorders?
Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly
What is
Compulsion?
Chronic or sudden disturbance of memory, identity, or consciousness
What is
Dissociative Disorder?
Characterized by unpleasant tension, distress, and avoidance behavior
What is
Anxiety Disorders?
Chronic sadness, loss of energy, hopelessness, suicidal impulses and thoughts
What is
Depressive Disorders?
Unconscious technique that a person uses to resolve or conceal conflict and anxiety
What is
Defense Mechanism?
External expression of emotion or emotional response
What is
Affect?
False sensory perception
(hearing “voices” and seeing “things”)
What is
Delusion?
Eating disorder of binge eating followed by vomiting, purging, and depression
What is
Bulimia nervosa?
Eating disorder of excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight
What is
Anorexia Nervosa?
Confusion in thinking; faulty perceptions and irrational behavior
What is
Delirium?
Loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment and reasoning
What is
Dementia?
Use of nonliving objects as substitutes for a human sexual love object
What is
Fetishism?
Major unconscious part of the personality; instinctual drives and desires
What is
Id?
Anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts dominate behavior
What is
obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Neurologic symptoms with no physical basis, appearing as a result of anxiety and unconscious inner conflict
What is
Conversion Disorder?
Neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inhibited social interaction and communication
What is
Autism?
Central coordinating branch of the personality or mind
What is
Ego?
Flight from customary surroundings
What is
Fugue?
Group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills
What is
Neurodevelopmental Disorders?