1|Page
`
The Language of Medicine Chapter 22 Exact
replies for maximum impact.
affect - Answer external expression of emotion, or emotional response
anorexia nervosa - Answer eating disorder with excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a
normal body weight
amnesia - Answer loss of memory
anxiety disorders - Answer characterized by unpleasant tension, distress, and avoidance
behavior examples are phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress
disorder
apathy - Answer absence of emotions; lack of interest or emotional involvement
autistic thought - Answer thinking is internally stimulated and ideas have a private
meaning; fantasy thought of as reality
bipolar disorder - Answer mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and depression
bulimia nervosa - Answer eating disorder with binge eating followed by vomiting,
purging, and depression
compulsion - Answer uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly
conversion disorder - Answer condition marked by physical symptoms with no organic
basis, apprearing as a result of anxiety and unconscious inner conflict
defense mechanism - Answer unconscious technique (coping mechanism) a person uses to
resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety. It protects the individual against anxiety and stress;
examples are acting out and denial
delirium - Answer confusion in thinking; faulty perceptions and irrational behavior.
Delirium Tremens is associated with alcohol withdrawal
delusion - Answer fixes, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or
evidence
dementia - Answer loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment and
reasoning as well as changes in personality
depression - Answer major mood disorder with chronic sadness, loss of energy,
hopelessness, worry and discouragement and commonly, suicidal impulses and thoughts.
`
The Language of Medicine Chapter 22 Exact
replies for maximum impact.
affect - Answer external expression of emotion, or emotional response
anorexia nervosa - Answer eating disorder with excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a
normal body weight
amnesia - Answer loss of memory
anxiety disorders - Answer characterized by unpleasant tension, distress, and avoidance
behavior examples are phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress
disorder
apathy - Answer absence of emotions; lack of interest or emotional involvement
autistic thought - Answer thinking is internally stimulated and ideas have a private
meaning; fantasy thought of as reality
bipolar disorder - Answer mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and depression
bulimia nervosa - Answer eating disorder with binge eating followed by vomiting,
purging, and depression
compulsion - Answer uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly
conversion disorder - Answer condition marked by physical symptoms with no organic
basis, apprearing as a result of anxiety and unconscious inner conflict
defense mechanism - Answer unconscious technique (coping mechanism) a person uses to
resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety. It protects the individual against anxiety and stress;
examples are acting out and denial
delirium - Answer confusion in thinking; faulty perceptions and irrational behavior.
Delirium Tremens is associated with alcohol withdrawal
delusion - Answer fixes, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or
evidence
dementia - Answer loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment and
reasoning as well as changes in personality
depression - Answer major mood disorder with chronic sadness, loss of energy,
hopelessness, worry and discouragement and commonly, suicidal impulses and thoughts.
