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NSB204 Terminology Exam Study Guide.
Akathisia - answer✔restlessness
Anosognosia - answer✔lack of insight
Ataxia - answer✔lack of voluntary control of muscle movement; difficult walking
Dystonia - answer✔abnormal muscle tone/movements
extrapyramidal symptoms - answer✔side effects of antipsychotic medications on the motor
system; include dystonia, parksonism, akathisia and tardive dyskinesia
negative symptoms - answer✔symptoms of schizophrenia that are marked by deficits in
functioning, such as apathy, blunting of affect, avolition, and anhedonia.
positive symptoms - answer✔additional symptoms that are present during psychosis -
hallucinations, delusions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - answer✔develops acceptance of unwanted
experiences that are out of the person's control, and foster commitment and action towards
living a valued life
adjustment disorder - answer✔a clinically significant emotional or behavioural response to a
significant life change or stressor (relationship break-up, bereavement) that begins to present
with social/occupational/functional impairment
advance directives - answer✔legal documents that allow individuals to state what medical
treatment they want or do not want in the event that they become incapacitated and are
unable to express their wishes regarding medical care
Affect - answer✔observable evidence of a person's feelings or emotions
agnosia - answer✔the inability to recognise familiar objects.
agoraphobia - answer✔fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places,
where one has felt loss of control and panic
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Agranulocytosis - answer✔A life-threatening depletion of white blood cells. This condition is
sometimes produced by the atypical antipsychotic drug Clozapine.
ambivelance - answer✔mixed emotions, conflicting feelings
Anhedonia - answer✔inability to experience pleasure
anorexia nervosa - answer✔An eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain minimum
weight; a distorted body image; and an intense fear of gaining weight
Anticholinergic - answer✔side effects of first-generation antipsychotics including dry mouth,
tachycardia, urinary retention, constipation
(Think PNS)
antidepressant medications - answer✔prescription drugs that are used to reduce the symptoms
associated with major depressive disorder by enhancing the transmission of neurochemicals,
namely serotonin and noradrenaline
Examples of antidepressant medications - answer✔Tricyclic
SSRIs
NSRI's
MAOIs
Tricyclics (TCAs) - answer✔serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibition (more
anticholinergic side effects - high risk of suicide )
Names of TCAs - answer✔Amitriptyline
Lofepramine
Trazadone
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) - answer✔antidepressant drugs that achieve
their agonistic effect on serotonin by selectively blocking its reuptake
Names of SSRI's - answer✔Fluoxetine
Paroxetine
Sertraline
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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
NSB204 Terminology Exam Study Guide.
Akathisia - answer✔restlessness
Anosognosia - answer✔lack of insight
Ataxia - answer✔lack of voluntary control of muscle movement; difficult walking
Dystonia - answer✔abnormal muscle tone/movements
extrapyramidal symptoms - answer✔side effects of antipsychotic medications on the motor
system; include dystonia, parksonism, akathisia and tardive dyskinesia
negative symptoms - answer✔symptoms of schizophrenia that are marked by deficits in
functioning, such as apathy, blunting of affect, avolition, and anhedonia.
positive symptoms - answer✔additional symptoms that are present during psychosis -
hallucinations, delusions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - answer✔develops acceptance of unwanted
experiences that are out of the person's control, and foster commitment and action towards
living a valued life
adjustment disorder - answer✔a clinically significant emotional or behavioural response to a
significant life change or stressor (relationship break-up, bereavement) that begins to present
with social/occupational/functional impairment
advance directives - answer✔legal documents that allow individuals to state what medical
treatment they want or do not want in the event that they become incapacitated and are
unable to express their wishes regarding medical care
Affect - answer✔observable evidence of a person's feelings or emotions
agnosia - answer✔the inability to recognise familiar objects.
agoraphobia - answer✔fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places,
where one has felt loss of control and panic
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Agranulocytosis - answer✔A life-threatening depletion of white blood cells. This condition is
sometimes produced by the atypical antipsychotic drug Clozapine.
ambivelance - answer✔mixed emotions, conflicting feelings
Anhedonia - answer✔inability to experience pleasure
anorexia nervosa - answer✔An eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain minimum
weight; a distorted body image; and an intense fear of gaining weight
Anticholinergic - answer✔side effects of first-generation antipsychotics including dry mouth,
tachycardia, urinary retention, constipation
(Think PNS)
antidepressant medications - answer✔prescription drugs that are used to reduce the symptoms
associated with major depressive disorder by enhancing the transmission of neurochemicals,
namely serotonin and noradrenaline
Examples of antidepressant medications - answer✔Tricyclic
SSRIs
NSRI's
MAOIs
Tricyclics (TCAs) - answer✔serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibition (more
anticholinergic side effects - high risk of suicide )
Names of TCAs - answer✔Amitriptyline
Lofepramine
Trazadone
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) - answer✔antidepressant drugs that achieve
their agonistic effect on serotonin by selectively blocking its reuptake
Names of SSRI's - answer✔Fluoxetine
Paroxetine
Sertraline
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