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| Scientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders |
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| refers to an inability to manage one’s affairs or to be aware of the consequences of one’s actions |
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| When ordinary stress causes emotional disturbance and pushes people beyond their ability to effectively cope |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): |
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| Duration of at least six months of chronic, unrealistic, or excessive anxiety |
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| Panic Disorder (without Agoraphobia): |
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| A chronic state of anxiety with brief moments of sudden, intense, unexpected panic (panic attack) |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) |
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| Extreme preoccupation with certain thoughts and compulsive performance of certain behaviors |
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| Inability to recall one’s name, address, or past |
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| Sudden travel away from home and confusion about personal identity |
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| Dissociative Identity Disorder |
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| Person has two or more distinct, separate identities or personality states; previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder |
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| Intense, irrational fear of being observed, evaluated, humiliated, or embarrassed by others |
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| Physical symptoms that mimic disease or injury (blindness, anesthesia) for which there is no identifiable physical cause |
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| Irrational, persistent fears, anxiety, and avoidance that focus on specific objects, activities, or situations |
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| Person is preoccupied with having a serious illness or disease |
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| Severe emotional conflicts are “converted” into physical symptoms or a physical disability (loss) |
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