Psychiatric disorders
Psychiatric disorders can be devided into 2 types ↓
- organic: related to organ
- functional: no obvious pathology or anatomical change in organ
1.organic
Dementia ディメンシャ:痴呆 is a mental disorder due to organic brain disease.
senile dementia シィナイル: dementia associated with old age
Affect and Mood
| Affect | Mood | |
| used for… | temporary emotions | permanent emortions |
| express… | manner of speaking, facial expression and behavior | depression |
| poor appetite, significant weight loss | ||
| sleep disturbance:睡眠障害 insomnia インソムニア :不眠症 | ||
| fatigue | ||
| psychomotor agitation:精神運動興奮 (excessive movement and thought) | ||
| psychomotor retardation:精神運動制止 (slowing of movement and thought) | ||
| loss of interst | ||
| decreased ability to think and concentrate | ||
| recurrent thought of death and suicide |
Major depression:大うつ病
– 4 or 5 of above symptoms, ocurring nearly every day for at least two weeks
Neurotic and stress-related disorders
【Neurotic disorders】
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- obsessive – can’t stop thinking, so persistent
- compulsive – can’t stop doing even though they recognize it’s unnecessary
- ex. compulsive washing hands, compulsive hoarding
【stress-related disorders】
stress – feeling of being unable to cope, lead to anxiety
- panic attack – a sudden attack of anxiety
Other functional disorders
| behavioural syndromes ヴィヘイヴャァラル:行動症候群 ex.eating disorder |
| personarily disorder:パーソナリティ障害 |
| mental retardation:精神遅滞 delayed mental development |
| delusion:妄想 |
Today’s new words
| English | Japanese |
| pathology | 病理学 |
| anatomical | 解剖の |
| substance | 物質 |
| alcoholism アルコホリズム | アルコール中毒症 |
| drug abuse | 薬物乱用 |
| commit suicide | 自殺する |
| hypersomnia | 過眠症 |
| ritual | 慣習 |
| distress ディストレス | 苦痛 |
| intense | 激しい |
| intrusive イントルゥシィブ | 侵入的な |
| sorrow ソロォウ | 悲しみ |
| attentively | よく注意して |
| snap out of | (悪い状態から) 素早く脱出する |
| the voice of reason | 理性のある人 |
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