Psychosis : Disease characterized by a gross __________ or disorganization of mental capacity; the most common form is schizophrenia

Fill in the missing word in the definition for the key term.


distortion

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Seventeen-year-old Lisa Montague practiced piano for 3–4 hours each day while preparing for music college auditions

Some of her pieces required sustained arm-muscle activity and she began to find them hard to play, even though she had previously played them easily. When she also started to have difficulty swallowing and chewing, she told her mother, who took her to the emergency room, where the physician noticed drooping eyelids and limitation of ocular motility. An electromyogram detected impaired nerve-to-muscle transmission. Administration of pyridostigmine rapidly improved Lisa's symptoms. Which of the following blood-test results would be most consistent with her condition? a. elevated rheumatoid factor b. elevated anti-myelin basic protein antibodies c. elevated anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies d. elevated anti-nuclear antibodies e. elevated anti-Rh antibodies.

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Which of the following has been one of the top prescription drugs in the United States for over a decade?

A. Medications for depression B. Medications for anxiety C. Medicines to treat high cholesterol D. Medicines to treat thyroid deficiency

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Type 1 diabetes is the result of the immune system attack on the pancreas

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The root/combining form stere/o means

A. two-dimensional B. light C. first D. sound E. three-dimensional

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