Exam 17: Psychiatry

What are the two "poles" of bipolar disorder?

An addict becomes addicted because he or she is not aware of the serious medical conditions related to the use of that substance.

Fear of spiders is known as ________.

An intense,unreasonable fear of a specific thing or situation is known as a/an ________.

Which word means repeated passage of stool into the clothing in a child older than age 5 who does NOT have gastrointestinal illness or disability?

When a patient represses overwhelming anxiety,a psychosis can occur in which the patient shows physical disability such as blindness with no physical reason.

Which condition is also known as manic-depressive disorder?

A person with a borderline personality ________.

The limbic system links the ________.

The interpretation of facial expressions and new social situations is the responsibility of the ________.

The related structures in the brain that control emotion,mood,memory,motivation,and behavior are together known as the ________ system.

An obsessive-compulsive personality is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT ________.

Knowingly exhibiting false medical or psychiatric symptoms and lying in order to get a tangible reward,such as narcotic drugs or disability payments,is known as ________.

The combining form hallucin/o- means ________.

Without therapy,a person with impulse control disorder and trichotillomania could eventually become ________.

________ is a mental disorder characterized by a loss of contact with reality with hallucinations and delusions.

In the word neurotransmitter,the combining form transmitt/o- means ________.

Microphobia is a fear of ________.

The presence of an emotion in the thoughts produces an outward display on the face,which is known as the person's ________.

In the medical word xenophobia,the combining form xen/o- means ________.