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Psychological disorders
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includes anxiety, mood disorders, personality disorders
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Panic disorder
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an anxiety disorder in which the anxiety may at times suddenlyescalate into a terrifying panic attack, a minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.
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Claustrophia
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Fear of closed spaces
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Social phobia
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fear of people social settings
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Obsession
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repetitive thoughts
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compulsions
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actions caused
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Delusion
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false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
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Hallucinations
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are sensory experiences without sensory stimulation. They are usually auditory and often take the form of voices making insulting statements or giving orders
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Mania
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severe medical condition characterized by extremely elevated mood, energy, and unusual thought patterns.
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Paranoia
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which a person becomes overly suspicious and emotionally sensitive
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Schizophrenia
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delusions and hallucinations
disorganized and delusional thinking “split mind” that refers to a split from reality rather than multiple personality. |
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Post stress disorder
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anxiety disorder following a traumatic event
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Insanity
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Legally insane
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DSM
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The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Generalized anxiety disorder
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continuous, uncontrollable anxiety
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Phobia
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irrational fear
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Depression
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chemical imbalance saddeness indifferent
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Bi-polar disorder
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is a mood disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and overexcited manic episodes
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Antisocial personality
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disregard for rights or feelings of others – break the law, get into fights,
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Antipsychotic drugs
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Many block or reduce sensitivity of dopamine receptors
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Antidepressant drugs
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Effect brain functioning by blocking an enzyme that deactivates neurotransmitters
MAOI’s |
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Tranquilizers
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Developed for treatment of mild anxiety
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Lithium carbonate
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Used to treat bipolar disorder
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Placebo effect
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The apparent success of a treatment due to patient’s expectation rather than the treatment itself
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Psychosurgery
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Any surgical procedure that destroys selected areas of the brain believed to be involved in emotional disorders or violent, impulsve behavior.
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Electroconvulsive therapy
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Procedure used in cases of prolonged and severe major depression - Brief brain seizure is induced – don’t know why, but seems to work.
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psychotherapy
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talk therapy," a way to treat people with a mental disorder by helping them understand their illness
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Psychoanalysis
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- A method of psychotherapy developed by Freud, emphasizes the exploration of unconscious motives and conflicts
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Behavior therapy
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A form of therapy that applies classical and operant conditioning to help people change own defeating or problematic behaviors
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