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| fears normal body symptoms represent a medical problem; believes that they are ill with no supporting medical evidence |
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| distress or dysfunction due to imagined or exaggerated somatic symptoms |
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| fakes being sick to get attention from medical personnel |
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| fakes illness or injury to avoid responsibilities or work |
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| severe mental illness with symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, distorted thought processes and inappropriate emotions |
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| seeing, hearing, or feeling something that is not really there |
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| obsessive compulsive disorder |
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| repetitive, anxiety producing thoughts and repetitive, disruptive behaviors causing distress or dysfunction |
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| repetitive, distressing thought |
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| repetitive, disruptive behavior that may help reduce anxiety from obsessive thought |
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| post traumatic stress disorder |
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| reaction to trauma which may include symptoms such as flashbacks, anxiety, insomnia, substance abuse, emotional detachment, irritability or aggression, and interpersonal difficulties |
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| generalized anxiety disorder |
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| exaggerated fear over a variety of situations |
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| fear of being in an unfamiliar place where help might not be available; might result in staying at home |
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| exaggerated fear of a specific object or place |
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| exaggerated fear of social situations or environments |
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| dissociative identity disorder |
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| memory problem which involves having two or more distinct identities or personality states |
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| positive symptom of schizophrenia |
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| hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate affect or behaviors, inappropriate speech |
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| negative symptoms of schizophrenia |
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| withdrawal, absence of emotion, catatonic (immobile) behavior, lack of hygiene |
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| cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia |
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| disorganized thinking, lack of focus, difficulty planning, poor decision making |
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| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - provides common language for diagnosis |
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| anxiety attacks characterized by physical symptoms such as rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, terror and sense of impending doom |
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| antisocial personality disorder |
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| long-standing disregard for the emotions of others; lacking a sense of guilt; may include criminal behavior |
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| borderline personality disorder |
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| instability in identity; longstanding pattern of behavior that includes mood swings and difficulty in relationships |
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| longstanding pattern of behavior that causes difficulty in relationships, distress or dysfunction |
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| major depressive disorder |
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| sad mood lasting longer than two weeks and including low self-esteem, difficulty functioning, lack of energy,appetite and sleep disturbance, and possibly suicidal thoughts |
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| older male, physical illness, depression, bipolar or substance use disorder |
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| pattern of mood swings including depression and mania |
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| symptoms may include exaggerated mood (irritable or "high"), excess energy, sleeplessness, reckless behavior, rapid speech. |
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| behavior that is distressing, maladaptive, dysfunctional, and/or disabling |
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