Psych

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Agoraphobia

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anxiety disorder involving intense fear of being places where escape might be difficult

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Antisocial personality disorder

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emotional personality disorder, extremely impulsive, violent, ruthless, deceptive, very dangerous

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Aspergers syndrome

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childhood disorder, high functioning end of autism, impaired social interest and skills, restricted interests

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Attention defecit hyperactivity disorder

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childhood disorder, inability to focues attention for more than a few minutes, remain still, do careful work

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Autism

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childhood disorder, severe language and social impairment, repetitive habits and inward focused behavior

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Avoidant personality disorder

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anxious-fearful personality disorder, extreme fear of being criticized, low self esteem, avoidance of social interaction

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Axis I disorders

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major clinical syndromes that cause significant impairment

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Axis II disorders

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more long standing personality disorders as well as mental retardation

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Bipolar disorders

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mood disorders, substantial mood fluctuations, very low (depressive) very high (manic) moods

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borderline personality disorder

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dramatic personality disorder, out of control emotions, fear of being abandoned

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Catonic Schizophrenia

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Subtype of Schizophrenia, extreme immobility, excessive activity, peculair posturing, mutism, parroting

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cognitive symptoms

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problems with working memory, attention, verbal and visual learning and memory, reasoning, problem solving

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comorbity

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occurrence of two or more symptoms at the same time

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compulsion

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repetitive behavior performed in response to uncontrollable urges

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delusion

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symptom of schizophrenia, belief held despite evidence to the contrary, think they are famous

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dependent personality disorder

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anxious-fearful personality disorder, fear of being rejected, strong need to be cared for

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diathesis stress model

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explanation for the origin of psychological disorders, combination of biological predispositions, plus stress or abuse

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disorganized schizophrenia

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subtype of schizophrenia, disorganized speech, inappropriate flat behavior

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dissociative disorders

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psychological disorders, extreme splits or gaps in memory, identity, consciousness

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dysthymia

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form of depression that is milder than major depressive disorders

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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state of pervasive and excessive anxiety lasting at least 6 months

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Hallucinations

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convincing sensory experiences that occur in the absence of an external stimulus

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Histrionic personality disorder

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emotional personality disorder desire to be center of attention, by dramatic flamboyant behavior

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Impulse control disorder

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anxiety disorder, related to ocd, person feels intense, repetitive desire to perform certain actions

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Major depressive disorder

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mood disorder, pervasive low mood, lack of motivation, low energy, feelings of worthlessness

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Manic episodes

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mood cycle in bipolar disorder, increased energy, sleeplessness, euphoria, delusions of grandeur

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Mood disorders

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psychological disorder, disturbances in emotional behavior that inhibit normal everyday functioning

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Narcissistic personality disorder

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extreme personality disorder by being extremely sef confident, arrogant, and self centered

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Negative symptoms

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nonresponsivenes, emotional flatness, immobility, catatonia, problems with speech

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Obsessions

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unwanted thought, word, phrase, or image that persistently and repeatedly comes into a persons mind