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| what are the mental disorders? |
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- clinical disorders
- mental retardation
- cognitive disorders
- personality disorders
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| this disorder suffers from unexpected attaks of anxiety that develop abrupty and reach a critical point. |
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| what are the symptoms of panic disorder? |
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- heart palpitations
- shortness of breath
- sweating
- chills and or hot flashes
- numbness
- trembling
- feeling of being choked
- chest pain
- nausea
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| what si obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD? |
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| this disorder can evolve into one of the more severe of the anxiety disorder. people with ocds are bombarded with persistent and uncontrollable thoughts. |
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what is generalized anziety disorder
GAD? |
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| this common anxiety disorder affects approximately ne in four people at some point. |
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| what are the symptoms of GAD? |
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- trembling
- muscles tension
- restlessness
- easily fatigued
- on edge
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what are eating disorders?
what is anorexia? |
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| a disorder that they do when they are trying to lose weight. |
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| what are complications resulting from anorexiz nervosa? |
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- irregular heart rate
- heart failure
- lack of sexual interest
- weakness
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| suffers are preoccupied with body image and mass |
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| when someone suffers from over weight. |
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| situation where one disorder is often accompanied by a second disorder. |
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what is electroconvulsive therapy?
or ECT? |
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| applying small amounts of electricity to the scalp, which causes seizures. |
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| a false or unusual belief held by an individual and not accepted by other members of the person's culture or subculture. |
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| people see, hear, feel, smell, or taste somethings that is not actually present. |
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| what is ultradian rhythm? |
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| rhythm occurring within a period of less than 24 hours; used to describe cycling through sleep stages. |
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| interna biological clock that regulates timing for sleep in humans. |
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| what are exogenour rhythms? |
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| a biologicl rhythm directly produced by an external influence. |
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| what are endogenous rhythms? |
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| a biological rhythm driven by an internal, self-sustaining biological clock. |
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| animals that are more active at night. |
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| animals that are more active during the day. |
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| hormone produced by the pineal gland to regulate sleep. |
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| results from the inability of the circadian clock to make an immediate adjustment to the changes in light cues that an individual experiences when rapidly crossing time zones. |
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| tiredness due to a lack of quality sleep. |
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| sudden muscle weakness often triggered by emotions such as anger, surprise, laughter, and exhilaration. |
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| temporaty inability to talk or move when falling asleep or waking up. |
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| what is hypnagogic hallucinations? |
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| dreamlike experiences that occurs while dozing or falling asleep. |
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| define coming out process |
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| process of openly showing homosexual orientation. |
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