Mental Health Terms

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Across
  1. 5. medications that increase the acetylcholinesterase in the synaptic cleft which increased reuptake of the drug
  2. 6. meaningless repetition of another's words, child-like mimicking
  3. 9. negative symptom lack of motivation
  4. 13. a false belief either bizarre or non-bizarre which may include persecutory, grandiose, or paranoid
  5. 15. acute onset of confusion often associated with a known cause such as infection
  6. 18. negative symptom lack of pleasure or joy in things that used to be enjoyable
  7. 19. condition caused by chronic ethanol intake that causes lesions in the brain
Down
  1. 1. repeatedly going over the same thoughts
  2. 2. major neurotransmitter thought to cause to anxiety
  3. 3. cognitive distortions used unconsciously to make a person feel in control, also known as maladaptive coping mechanisms (denial, suppression, anger, eating)
  4. 4. clients with cognitive deficits make up information when they cannot remember details
  5. 7. rhyming repetition of words or phrases
  6. 8. negative symptoms feelings of indifference towards people, activities, or events
  7. 10. positive symptoms of hearing or seeing things that are not real
  8. 11. these medications limit the effects of glutamate
  9. 12. severe autonomic hyperactivity such as trembling, shaking, sweating, tachycardia, nausea, and vomiting.
  10. 14. negative symptom tendency to speak little (poverty of speech) or to convey little substance of meaning (poverty of content)
  11. 16. state of confusion that occurs in dementia clients begins in the late afternoon and typically continues through the night and leads to agitation, confusion, anxiety, and aggression.
  12. 17. negative symptom involuntary imitation of movements of others