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| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| Posttraumatic stress disorder (also known as post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. |
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| A mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression |
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| Major Depressive Disorder |
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Major depressive disorder (also known as recurrent depressive disorder, clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, or unipolar disorder) is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in |
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| A psychiatric disorder in which debilitating anxiety and fear arise frequently and without reasonable cause |
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| Borderline Personality Disorder |
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| Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder described as a prolonged disturbance of personality function in a person (generally over the age of eighteen years, although it is also found in adolescents), characterized by depth and variability of moods. |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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| A form of anxiety characterised by an obsessive compulsion to repeatedly perform trivial or meaningless actions |
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| Schizophrenia (or) is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of the process of thinking and of emotional responsiveness |
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| Extreme or irrational fear of crowded spaces or enclosed public places |
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| A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning |
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| Antisocial Personality Disorder |
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| individuals who show a lack of regard for others, are impulsive, and behave in an socially unacceptable manner. |
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| an anxiety disorder in which a person has significant anxiety and discomfort related to a fear of being embarrassed, humiliated, or scorned by others in social or performance situations. |
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| a type of phobia characterized by extreme fear of an object or situation that is not harmful under general conditions. |
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| A disorder in which the person leaves home or usual surroundings and wanders aimlessly, with inability to recall some or all of ones past. This is accompanied by confusion about personal identity or even the assumption of a new identity. |
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| Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities or personalities (known as alter egos or alters), each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. |
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| Narcissistic Personality Disorder |
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| persons with this disorder present severely overly-inflated feelings of self-worth, grandiosity, and superiority over others. Persons with narcissistic personality disorder often exploit others who fail to admire them, and are overly sensitive to criticism, judgment, and defeat. |
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| Pica is a medical disorder characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive (e.g. metal [coins, etc.], clay, coal, soil, feces, chalk, paper, soap, mucus, ash, gum, etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some things that may be considered foods, such as food ingredients |
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| Conversion disorder is a condition where patients present with neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, but where no neurological explanation is possible |
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