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| The symptoms and signs of mental disorders, including such phenomena as depressed mood, panic attacks, and bizarre beliefs. |
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| psychology literally translated means what? |
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| refers to several types of severe mental disorder in which the person is considered to be out of contact with reality. |
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| a group of symptoms that appear together and are assumed to represent a specific type of disorder. |
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| if a mental disorder causes some harm to the person and if the condition results from the inability of some mental mechanism to perform its natural function |
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| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
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| the values, beliefs, and practices that are shared by a specific community or group of people. |
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| the scientific study of the frequency and distribution of disorders within a population |
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| the number of new cases of a disorder that appear in a population during a specific period of time |
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| the total number of active cases, both old and new, that are present in a population during a specific period of time |
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| the presence of more than one condition within the same period of time |
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| the branch of medicine that is concerned with the study and treatment of mental disorders. |
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| concerned with the application of psychological science to the assessment and treatment of mental disorders |
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| concerned with helping people to achieve n effective level of psychosocial functioning. emphasis on social and cultural factors |
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| in-depth look at the symptoms nd circumstances surrounding one person's mental disturbance |
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| new prediction made by an investigator |
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| the alternative to the experimental hypothesis |
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