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Chapter 21: Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
1. ________________________________________________ are those usually discovered during
infancy, childhood, or adolescence.
2. ___________________________________________ is a condition of decreased intelligence leading
to a decrease in the ability to learn, socialize, and mature.
3. _____________ (abbreviation) is a mental health disorder characterized by an inability to
concentrate, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.
4. _________________________________ is a disorder of self-imposed starvation resulting from a
distorted body figure.
5. ________________________________ is a disorder characterized by episodes of binge eating
followed by activities to negate the calorie intake by purging.
6. List 5 characteristics of an individual with anorexia nervosa:
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7. __________________________________ commonly called _____________________________ is a
condition of urinary incontinence after the age of bladder training. It is more common in
______________________ and commonly affects the _____________________________________.
8. ____________________________________________ is now the diagnosis used in place of the term
drug addiction.
9. ___________________________________ is a physical and or psychological dependence on a
substance.
10. ___________________________________ is a psychological craving for a substance that might or
might not be accompanied by a physical need.
11. __________________________________ is the ability to endure a larger amount of a substance
without an adverse effect or the need for a larger amount or dose of the drug to attain the same effect.
12. ______________________________ is the unpleasant physical and psychological effects that result
from stopping the use of the substance after an individual is addicted.
13. An individual is ______________________________ when the blood alcohol level reaches
_________ or more.
14. Name 5 symptoms of a hangover:
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15. ___________________________ is a powerful stimulant that accelerates the central nervous system
and an anesthetic that numbs whatever part of the body it touches.
16. ___________________________ mental disorders are those associated with some type of known
physical cause.
17. ____________________________ is a progressive deterioration of mental abilities due to physical
changes in the brain.
18. _____________________________ is the most common form of dementia.
19. ___________________________ is a term describing conditions characterized by a disintegration of
one’s personality and a loss of contact with reality.
20. ________________________________ is a serious type of psychosis meaning split mind.
21. Regarding individuals with delusional disorders, answer the following:
_________________________________ is an inflated sense of self-worth, power, and knowledge.
_________________________________ is a belief that a sexual partner is unfaithful.
_________________________________ is a belief that someone of higher status is in love with them.
_________________________________ is seeing suspicious actions and having feelings that people are
spying on them with harmful intentions.
_________________________________ is a belief that they have a physical disease or disorder.
22. The most common medications used to treat delusional disorders are ________________________.
23. _________________________ is a prolonged feeling of extreme sadness or unhappiness, despair,
and discouragement.
24. _________________________ is a realistic sadness related to personal loss.
25. _______________ (abbreviation) also called ____________________________ is a depressive
condition that occurs more commonly during the winter months.
26. ___________________________________ is a type of depression in which extreme depression and
mania occur.
27. ________________________________________ are characterized by escape of reality in
involuntary and unhealthy ways ranging from suppressing memories to assuming alternate identities.
28. ___________________________________ is characterized by a sudden loss of memory that is more
than simple forgetfulness.
29. _____________________________________ is characterized by suddenly leaving home, traveling
some distance, forgetting one’s identity and past, and often changing one’s name.
30. __________________________________________ often occur following severe depression, stress,
fatigue, or recovery from a drug addiction. Individuals feel disconnected from mind and body and can
feel like they are viewing life from a distance.
31. ________________________________________ is a rare disorder characterized by exhibition of
two or more distinct personalities.
32. ______________________________________ also called excessive worry, is a continuous state of
mild to intense anxiety.
33. __________________________________ is a state of extreme, uncontrollable fear, commonly
called a panic attack.
34. _______________________________ is the most common anxiety disorder, it is an intense and
irrational fear of an object, situation, or thing, resulting in a strong desire to avoid the feared stimulus.
35. ___________________________________________ is an anxiety disorder with two distinct parts.
________________________ is repetition of a thought or emotion. __________________________ is a
repetitive act the affected individual is unable to resist performing.
36. _____________________________________________ develops as a response to a psychologically
distressing event the individual could not control and is outside the normal range of human experience.
37. _________________________________ disorders are characterized by physical symptoms that lead
one to believe in a physical disease, but no organic or physiologic cause can be found.
38. __________________________________ formerly known as hysterical neurosis, is a very striking
disorder characterized by dramatic physical symptoms such as paralysis of an arm or leg, blindness,
numbness, or deafness.
39. __________________________________ is a condition characterized by an abnormal anxiety about
one’s body and health. This person is commonly known as a __________________________________.
40. ___________________________________ is characterized by pain that does not have a physiologic
cause.
41. ______________________________ is the fictitious display of symptoms to gain financial or
personal reward.
42. __________________________________________ is a group of disorders in which the affected
individuals simulate illness for no other apparent reason than to receive treatment.
43. Regarding personality disorders, identify the following:
___________________________________ are characterized by traits of jealousy, suspicion, envy, and
hypersensitivity.
___________________________________ are loners, they lack warm or tender feelings for others.
___________________________________usually identified in the teen years by troublesome behavior
including fighting, stealing, running away and cruelty.
___________________________________ have an exaggerated sense of self-importance and self-love.
___________________________________ are overly dramatic with expressions of emotion.
44. __________________________________ is a condition in which the person is uncomfortable or
distressed with his/her sexual identity.
45. Regarding sexual disorders, identify the following:
________________________________ is a very common disorder and involves a male exposing his
genitals to an unsuspecting female.
_________________________________ involves sexual arousal with a non-living object.
_________________________________ involves arousal by cross-dressing.
_________________________________ involves sexual arousal from touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person.
__________________________________ is a condition of being sexually aroused by a child.
__________________________________ involves sexual arousal of the sadist when the victim suffers
physical or psychological pain.
__________________________________involves sexual arousal of the masochist when the masochist is
humiliated or made to suffer by being beaten or bound.
__________________________________ involves arousal by secretly watching others undress or
engage in sexual activity.
46. Regarding sleep disorders, identify the following:
____________________________________ is the inability to fall or stay asleep.
____________________________________ is a daily uncontrollable attack of sleep.
____________________________________ is a dyssomnia characterized by short periods of
breathlessness during sleep.
____________________________________ is a condition in which the involved individual is awakened
by anxiety provoking dreams.
____________________________________ is an awakening due to nightmares, but individuals are so
terrified that they do not become quickly oriented.