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deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns |
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| Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity |
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| a psychological disorder marked by the appearance of age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity |
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the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed treated and in most cases, cured. When applied to psychological disorders, the medical model assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy which may include treatment in a psychiatric hospital |
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| the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. Presently distributed in an updates "text revision" |
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| psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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| an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive and in a state of autonamic nervous system arousal |
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| an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking and other frightening sensations |
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| an anxiety disorder marked by persistent irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation |
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| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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| an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted reptitive thoughts and or actions |
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| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| an anxiety disorder charactertized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety and or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience |
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disorders in which conscious awareness becomes spearated from previous memories thoughts and feelings, person experience sudden loss of memory or change in identity |
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| dissociative identity disorder |
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| a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities; also called multiple personality disorder |
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| psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes |
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