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| Obsessive-compulsive disorder |
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| having anxious thoughts or rituals that you feel no control over |
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| Post-traumatic stress disorder |
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| stress reaction to a Traumatic event that causes fright, terrible nightmares, or flashbacks |
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| A depression disorder where the brain functions improperly causing severe mood swings from high to low |
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| severe fear of disease which interferes with a person’s daily life |
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| act of deliberately killing oneself |
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| Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder |
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| A person has trouble concentrating or being still |
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| severe sadness that persists more than a few weeks |
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| Antisocial Personality disorder |
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| a sociopath who manipulates, exploits, and violates rights of others |
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| person has problems with thoughts, behavior, feelings, language, or use of words |
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| brain functions improperly causing memory loss, communication loss, and severe confusion |
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| Seasonal Affective Disorder |
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| person cuts or hurts themselves because it makes them feel better |
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| sleep disorder with unexpected sleep attacks, loss of muscle control, hallucinations, or temporary ability to move |
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| pulling and or eating of hair to ease stress |
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| eating excessive amounts of food and throwing it up right after eating. Bingeing and purging |
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| develop unusual eating habits because of an intense fear of being fat |
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| a mood disorder that begins after childbirth and usually lasts beyond six weeks |
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| Passive-Aggressive personality disorder |
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| pretending to help or agree with others but resistant to any authority and is angry and hostile |
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| unbearable fears of people, places, or things |
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| sleep disorder with abrupt awakening from sleep in a terrified state |
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| fear and avoidance of situations where a person may be watched or judged by others |
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| Avoidant personality disorder |
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| lifelong pattern of extreme shyness, not being able to do as others do, and sensitivity to rejection |
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| Oppositional Defiant disorder |
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| pattern of really bad behavior with parents, teachers, or other adults |
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| Failure to resist the impulse to steal |
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| Multiple episodes of deliberate, purposeful setting of fire. |
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| neurological disorder characterized by tics and vocal outbursts. |
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| Kids who have great difficulty following rules and behaving in a socially acceptable way. |
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| Disorder where you crave and eat things like dirt, paint chips, and feces. |
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| eating large amounts of food on a regular basis and do not stop when full |
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| Disassociative Identity/Personality Disorder |
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| Having multiple personalities |
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| Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorder |
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| repeated episodes of incomplete awakening from sleep that include behaviors such as sleepwalking and sleep terrors |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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| persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things |
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| A progressive degenerative disease of the brain that leads to dementia |
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| An anxiety disorder that is characterized by sudden attacks of fear that may occur without a known reason, but more frequently is triggered by fear-producing events or thoughts. |
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| a group of developmental disorders marked by impairments in the ability to communicate and interact socially and by the presence of repetitive behaviors or restricted interests |
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| Narcissistic Personality Disorder |
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| A lasting pattern in adulthood of self-centeredness, self-importance, lack of empathy for others, sense of entitlement, and viewing others largely as objects to meet one's needs |
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| preoccupation with an imagined or slight physical defect of one's body to the point of causing significant stress or behavioral impairment in several areas such as work or personal relationships |
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| a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medication. |
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