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mental disorder
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any behavior or emotional state that causes a person great suffering, is self-destructive, seriously impairs the person's ability to work or get along with others, or endangers others or the community.
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projective tests
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psychological tests used to infer a person's motives, conflicts, and unconscious dynamics on the basis of the person's interpretations of ambiguous stimuli.
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Rorschach Inkblot test
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a projective personality test that requires respondents to interpret abstract, symmetrical inkblots.
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objective tests (inventories)
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standardized objective questionnaires requiring a writting responses; they typically include scales on which people are asked to rate themselves.
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
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a widely used objective personality test.
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generalized anxiety disorder
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a continuous state of anxiety marked by feelings of worry and dread, apprehension, difficulties in concentration, and signs of motor tension.
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posttraumatic stress disorder
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an anxiety disorder in which a person who has experienced a traumatic or life-threatening event has symptoms such as psychic numbing, reliving of the trauma, and increased physiological arousal.
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panic disorder
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an anxiety disorder in which a person experiences recurring panic attacks, periods of intense fear, and feelings of impending doom or death, accompanied by psysiological symptoms such as rapid heart reate and dizziness.
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phobia
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an exaggerated, unrealistic fear of a specific situation, activity or object.
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agoraphobia
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a set of phobias, often set off by a panic attack, involving the basic fear of being away from a safe place or person.
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OCD
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an anxiety disorder in which a person feels trapped in repetitive, persistent thoughts and repetitive, ritualized behaviors designed to reduce anxiety.
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major depression
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a mood disorder involving disturbances in emotion, behavior, cognition, and body function.
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bipolar disorder
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a mood disorder in which episodes of both depression and mania occur.
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vulnerability-stress models
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approaches that emphasize how individual vulnerabilities interact with external stresses or circumstances to produce mental disorders.
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personality disorders
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rigid personality patterns that cause personal distress or an inability to get along with others.
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paranoid personality disorder
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a disorder characterized by unreasonable, excessive suspiciousness and mistrust, and irrational feelings of being persecuted by others.
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narcissistic personality disorder
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a disorder characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance and self-absorption.
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dissociative identity disorder
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a controversial disorder marked by the apparent appearance within one person of two or more distinct personalities, each with its own name and traits; aka multiple personality disorder.
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schizophrenia
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a psychotic disorder or group of disorders marked by positive symptoms (delusions, hallucinations) and negative symptoms (emotional flatness)
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psychosis
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an extreme mental disturbance involving distorted perceptions and irrational behavior; it may have psychological or organic causes.
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