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| A clinically significant behavioral and psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with present distress (a painful syndrome) or disability (impairment in one or more important areas of functioning) or with a significantly increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom |
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| A view of psychological disorders, according to which human beings develop ideas, establish behavioral norms, and learn emotional responses according to a set of cultural prescriptions. Therefore, people from different cultural settings should understand psychological disorders differently, and the differences should be significant |
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| A view of psychological disorders, according to which people, despite cultural differences, share a great number of similar features, including attitudes, values, and behavioral responses. Therefore, the overall understanding of psychological disorders ought to be universal |
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| Symptoms of mental disorders observable in practically all cultures |
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| Symptoms of mental disorders that are culture specific |
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| A category of mental disorders characterized by persistent anxiety or fears |
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| The most common label used in many countries in the past for symptoms known today as depression (often spelled melancholia) |
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| A category of psychological disorders characterized by a profound and persistent feeling of sadness or despair, guilt, loss of interest in things that were once pleasurable, and disturbance in sleep and appetite |
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| A disorder characterized by the prescence of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and disorganized or catatonic behavior |
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| Enduring patterns of behavior and inner experience that deviate markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture |
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| A measure of tolerance or intolerance toward specific personality traits in a specific cultural environment |
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| The treatment of psychological disorders through psychological means, generally involving verbal interaction with a professional therapist |
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| Recurrent, locally specific patterns of aberrant behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM - IV diagnostic category. Culture-bound syndromes are generally limited to specific societies or areas and indicate repetitive and troubling sets of experiences and observations. |
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