Signs and Symptoms
Pain and burning of urination
Dysuria
This disorder manifests as neurological symptoms in the absence of a neurological diagnosis
Conversion Disorder
The hormone a Type 1 diabetic patient lacks
Insulin
An unconscious mechanism employed by the ego to keep disturbing or threatening thoughts from becoming conscious
Repression
A heart rate of 136
Tachycardia
This level of anxiety is characterized by a break with reality
Panic
Tell a patient using this metal frame to advance it at intervals of around 6 inches -- & don't forget the tennis balls
Walker
The attribution of one's own negative or unacceptable thoughts, feelings, motives, and actions onto other individual
Projection
The type of pain experienced by a patient where they can still feel an amputated body part
Phantom pain
This drug class contains medications such as Paxil, Prozac, Lexapro, and Zoloft
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
These factors influence temperature, especially in women
Hormones
A movement back in psychological time, often displayed by younger children, when faced with psychological stressors
Regression
Characterized by too much fluid in the interstitial space
Edema
A patient whose behavior involves consuming ice, dirt, and chalk would be diagnosed with ______
Pica
An evaluation or appraisal of the patients condition
Assessment
The overuse of abstract thinking or generalization to control or minimize painful feelings
Intellectualization
The type of pain often felt by diabetics in their extremities
Neuropathic pain
The drug lorazepam (Ativan) helps to reduce anxiety by enhancing which neurotransmitter in the brain?
GABA
This race and gender are statistically more likely to commit suicide
White Males
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