Terms Used in Psychiatry | Disorders | Medication |
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What is the inability to experience pleasure
Anhedonia
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What is a chronic medication-related disorder that occurs with long term use of antipsychotic medication
Tardive Dyskinesia
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What is medication is first choice for bipolar illness.
lithium.
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What is new invented by a person and is only meaningful to that person
neologism
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What is a condition involving muscle rigidity, hyperthermia, VS changes, Diaphoresis, incontinence, tremors and Mental status changes
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
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What is words in a sentence that has no connection
Word salad
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What is Acetylcholine Dopamine, Glutamate. Serotonin, Norepinephrine,
gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) are examples of what
Neurotransmitters
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What is parrot like repetition of words spoken by others
echolalia
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What is the term used when a client is displaying two opposite feelings.
Ambivalence
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What is imitating motion made by others
echopraxia
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What is Name one
aspect of mental status besides “alert & oriented”
behavior,
appearance, speech, thought content, judgment, memory, mood |
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