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Terms in this set (10)

Affective disorders
Depression: slowe mental and physical activity; poor self esteem; immobilized from everyday activities.

Mania: disagreement with pt may produce pt aggression; disorganized thoughts and speech; constant activity

Bipolar: alternates between depression and mania; Females at greater risk; in 20's
Neuroses disorders
OCD: obsessions: persistent thoughts that will not leave; compulsions: repetitive ritual behavior that pt can't stop; begins in young adulthood

Anxiety disorder: constant high tension. over reacts, acute attacks

Phobia: excessive fear of objects, occurrences or situations; fear creates difficulty in everyday life
- agoraphobia, social phobia, simple phobia
Dissociative disorders
Psychogenic Amnesia: produced by mind with no physical cause; forgets all aspects of the past

Multiple personalities: rare dissociative disorder; includes two or more indep personalities; each personality may not know about the other
Somatoform disorders
Somatization disorder: WOMEN, chronic and long lasting, c/o symptoms with no physiological basis

conversion disorder: physical complaints of neurological basis with no underlying cause
- paralysis most common finding, (or deafness, blindness, paresthesia)

Hypochondriasis: excessive fear of illness
Schizophrenia disorder
Catatonic schizophrenia: motor disturbances with rigid posturing; uncontrolled motions, remain aware during episodes

Paranoid schizophrenia: Delusions of Gradeur, delusions of persecution; may believe they possess special powers

Disorganized schizophrenia: progressive and irreversible with inappropriate emotional responses; mumbled
Personality disorders
Psychopathic personality: low morality, poor sense of responsibility , no respect for others; expert liar; impulsive behavior for immediate gratification

Antisocial; results from particular cause; blames other institutions; symptoms before 16 y.o.

Narcissitic behavior: incapable of loving others; self-absorbed; unrealistic perception

Borderline behavior: instability in all aspects of life
- uses projection, denial, defensiveness, unpredictable mood or behavior
antianxiety meds
indicated for : general anxiety , social anxiety, panic disorder, oCD, PTSD
BMI ranges
Less than 18.5 = underweight
18.5-24.9 = desirable weight
Greater than 30 = obese
Apple distribution
central fat distribution

highly correlated with cardiovascular disease and T2D

metabolically active visceral fat
waist circumference and waist to hip ratio
indicates central obesity:
greater than 40 in males
greater than 36 inches in females

waist to hip ratio: indicates central obesity
- greater than 1:0for males
- greater than 0.85 in females
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