Dictionaries Chapter 22 Antipsychotic tranquilizers such as Thorazine

REF: p. 934 OBJ: Recall therapeutic interventions related to psychiatry.

12. Electric current is applied to the brain to produce convulsions and reverse major depression:

__________

13. Techniques are used to help patients overcome sexual dysfunction: __________

Select from the following terms to complete the sentences.

agoraphobia

kleptomania

pyromania

amphetamines

MAO inhibitors

tricyclic antidepressants

cyclothymia

minor tranquilizers and sedatives

xenophobia

dysthymia

phenothiazines

14. Fear of strangers: __________

15. Obsessive preoccupation with stealing: __________

16. Antidepressant agents that work by blocking the action of a specific enzyme: __________

17. A mood disorder marked by depressive periods that are milder than with major depression:

__________

18. Fear of being left alone in unfamiliar surroundings is __________

19. Minor tranquilizers and sedatives used to reduce tension: __________ agents

20. Antipsychotic tranquilizers such as Thorazine: __________

Complete the following medical terms from their definitions.

21. Eating disorder marked by excessive dieting: __________ nervosa

22. Antipsychotic tranquilizers: pheno__________

23. Pertaining to exhibiting cycles of depression and exhilaration: cyclo__________

24. A psychosis involving delusions, hallucinations, bizarre and illogical thinking:

__________phrenia

25. Pertaining to the interrelationship of mind and body: psycho__________

26. Fear of strangers: __________phobia

27. Exaggerated concern with one’s health: hypo__________

28. Fear of heights: __________phobia

Give the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis =

no, endocrine = en).

29. Narcissistic: __________

30. Opioid: __________

31. Agoraphobia: __________

32. Dementia: __________

33. Catatonia: __________

34. Dysthymia: __________

35. Voyeurism: __________

36. Psychoanalysis: __________

37. Autism: __________

38. Euphoria: __________

Give meanings for the following combining forms.

39. anxi/o: __________

40. hypn/o: __________

41. iatr/o: __________

42. klept/o: __________

43. ment/o: __________

44. neur/o: __________

45. phren/o: __________

46. psych/o: __________

47. pyr/o: __________

48. schiz/o: __________

49. somat/o: __________

50. xen/o: __________

51. aut/o: __________

52. phil/o: __________

Give meanings for the following suffixes.

53. -genic: __________

54. -leptic: __________

55. -mania: __________

56. -phobia: __________

57. -thymia: __________

58. -phoria: __________

Select the term that is spelled correctly and give its meaning.