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Ass. clinical Sciences
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Health Care
Professional
07/23/2013

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Term
Voluntary starvation, purging and excessive exercise due to fear of gaining weight
Definition
Anorexia nervosa
Term
Fluctuating depression and mania
Definition
Bipolar disorder
Term
Recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by purging due to a distorted body image
Definition
Bulimia nervosa
Term
Sadness, feeling of guilt, worthlessness, insomnia, appetite change, loss of interest or poor concentration
Definition
Depression
Term
Chronic unrealistic worrying, restlessness, irritability, fatigue
Definition
General anxiety disorder
Term
Morbid preoccupation with one’s health to the point of imagining the worst possible scenario from a trivial symptom
Definition
Hypochondriasis
Term
Repetitive actions based on recurrent uncontrollable thoughts, inflexible perfectionism
Definition
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Irrational feeling of fear or dying, chest pain, choking sensations, sweating, palpitations, numbness peaking in 10 minutes
Definition
Panic disorder
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Trauma, nightmares, flashbacks and avoidance > 1 month
Definition
Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome
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Hallucinations, delusions, flattening of affect, faulty abstraction
Definition
Schizophrenia
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Recurrent chronic somatic complaints for which medical attention has been sought and no physical basis has been found
Definition
Somatization disorder
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