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| Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder |
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| 1. Persistent or recurrent deficiency of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity. |
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1. Persistent or recurrent extreme aversion to, and avoidance of, almost all genital contact with a sexual partner.
2. Significant distress or interpersonal difficulty. |
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| Female Sexual Arousal Disorder |
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1. Persistent or recurrent inability to attain, or to maintain until completion of the sexual activity, adequate lubrication or swelling response of sexual excitement.
2. Significant distress or interpersonal difficulty. |
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1. Persistent or recurrent inability to attain, or to maintain until completion of the sexual activity, an adequate erection.
2. Significant distress or interpersonal difficulty. |
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1. Persistent or recurrent ejaculation with minimal sexual stimulation before, on, or shortly after penetration and before the person wishes it.
2. Significant distress or interpersonal difficulty. |
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1. Persistent or recurrent delay in, or absence of, orgasm following a normal sexual excitement phase during sexual activity.
2. Significant distress or interpersonal difficulty. |
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1. Persistent or recurrent delay in, or absence of, orgasm following a normal sexual excitement phase during sexual activity.
2. Significant distress or interpersonal difficulty. |
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1. Recurrent or persistent involuntary spasm of the muscles of the outer third of the vagina that interferes with sexual intercourse.
2. Significant distress or interpersonal difficulty. |
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1. Recurrent or persistent genital pain associated with sexual intercourse in either a male or female.
2. Significant distress or interpersonal difficulty. |
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1. Over a period of at least six months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving certain inappropriate stimuli or situations (nonhuman objects; the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partner; or children or other non-consenting persons).
2. Significant distress or impairment over the fantasies, urges, or behaviors. (In some paraphilias--pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, frotteurism, and sexual sadism--the performance of paraphilic behaviors indicates a disorder, even in the absence of distress or impairment.) |
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1. Strong and persistent cross-gender identification (for example, a stated desire to be the other sex, frequent passing as the other sex, desire to live or be treated as the other sex, or the conviction that one has the typical feelings and reactions of the other sex).
2. Persistent discomfort with one's sex or a sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex (ex: preoccupation with getting rid of primary and secondary sex characteristics or belief that one was born the wrong sex).
3. Significant distress or impairment. |
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1. At least two of the following symptoms, each present for a significant portion of time during a one-month period:
(a) Delusions
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Disorganized speech.
(d) Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
(e) Negative symptoms
2. Functioning markedly below the level achieved prior to the onset.
3. Continuous signs of the disturbance for at least six months, at least one month of which includes symptoms in full and active form (as opposed to attenuated form). |
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1. An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture, with at least two of the following areas affected: -cognition -affectivity -interpersonal functioning -impulse control.
2. Pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations.
3. Pattern is stable and long-lasting, and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood.
4. Significant distress or impairment. |
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| Borderline Personality Disorder |
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| A personality disorder characterized by repeated instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and mood and by impulsive behavior. |
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| Histrionic Personality Disorder |
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| A personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking. (Once called hysterical personality disorder.) |
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| Narcissistic Personality Disorder |
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| A personality disorder marked by a broad pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. |
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| Avoidant Personality Disorder |
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| A personality disorder characterized by consistent discomfort and restrain in social situations, overwhelming feelings of inadequacy, and extreme sensitivity to negative evaluations. |
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| Dependent Personality Disorder |
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| A personality disorder characterized by a pattern of clinging and obedience, fear of separation, and an ongoing need to be taken care of. |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder |
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| A personality disorder marked by such an intense focus on orderliness, perfectionism, and control that the individual loses flexibility, openness, and efficiency. |
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| Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder |
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| A category of personality disorder listed in past versions of the DSM, marked by a pattern of negative attitudes and resistance to the demands of other. |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder |
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| A childhood disorder marked by excessive anxiety, even panic, whenever the child is separated from home or parent. |
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| Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
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| A childhood disorder in which children argue repeatedly with adults, lose their temper, and swear, feeling intense anger and resentment. |
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1. A repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated, with at least three of the following present in the past twelve months (and at least one in the past six months):
(a) Frequent bullying or threatening of others.
(b) Frequent provoking of physical fights.
(c) Using dangerous weapons.
(d) Physical cruelty to people.
(e) Physical cruelty to animals.
(f) Stealing while confronting a victim.
(g) Forcing someone into sexual activity.
(h) Fire-setting.
(i) Deliberately destroying others' property.
(j) Breaking into a house, building, or car.
(k) Frequent manipulation of others.
(l) Stealing items of nontrivial value without confronting a victim.
(m) Frequent staying out beyond curfews, beginning before the age of 13.
n) Running away from home overnight at least twice.
o) Frequent truancy from school, beginning before the age of 13.
2. Significant impairment. |
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| Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
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1. Either of the following groups:
A. At least six of the following symptoms of inattention, persisting for at least six months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with development level:
(a) Frequent failure to give close attention to details, or making careless mistakes.
(b) Frequent difficulty in sustaining attention.
(c) Frequent failure to listen when spoken to directly.
(d) Frequent failure to follow through on instructions and failure to finish work.
(e) Difficulty organizing tasks and activities.
(f) Avoidance of, dislike of, and reluctance to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort.
(g) Frequent loss of items necessary for tasks or activities.
(h) Easy distraction by irrelevant stimuli.
(i) Forgetfulness in daily activities.
B. At least six of the following symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity, persisting for at least sex months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level:
(a) Fidgeting with hands or feet, or squirming in seat.
(b) Frequent wandering from seat in classroom or similar situation.
(c) Frequent running about or climbing excessively in situations in which it is inappropriate.
(d) Frequent difficulty paying or engaging in leisure activities quietly.
(e) Frequent "on the go" activity or acting as if "driven by a motor."
(f) Frequent excessive talking.
(g) Frequent blurting out of answers before questions have been completed.
(h) Frequent difficulty awaiting turn.
(i) Frequent interrupting of or intruding on others.
2. The presence of some symptoms before the age of 7.
3. Significant impairment. |
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| A childhood disorder marked by repeated bed-wetting or wetting of one's clothes. |
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| A childhood disorder characterized by repeated defacating in inappropriate places, such as one's clothing. |
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1. A total of at least six items from the following groups of symptoms:
A. Impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following:
(a) Marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to regulate social interaction.
(b) Failure to develop peer relationships appropriately.
(c) Lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people.
(d) Lack of social or emotional reciprocity.
B. Impairment in communication, as manifested by at least one of the following:
(a) Delay in, or total lack of, the development of spoken language.
(b) In individuals with adequate speech, marked impairment in the ability to start or sustain a conversation with others.
(c) Stereotyped and repetitive use of language, or idiosyncratic language.
(d) Lack of varied, spontaneous make-believe play or social imitative play.
C. Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:
(a) Abnormal preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest.
(b) Inflexible adherence to specific nonfunctional routines or rituals.
(c) Stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting).
(d) Persistent preoccupation with parts of objects.
2. Prior to 3 years of age, delay or abnormal functioning in either social interaction, language, or symbolic or imaginative play. |
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| A pervasive developmental disorder in which individuals display profound social impairment yet maintain a relatively high level of cognitive functioning and language skills. |
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1. Significantly subaverage intellectual functioning: an IQ of approximately 70 or below on an individually administered IQ test.
2. Concurrent deficits or impairments in present adaptive functioning in at least two of the following areas:
(a) Communication.
(b) Self-care.
(c) Home living.
(d) Social/interpersonal skills.
(e) Use of community resources.
(f) Self-direction.
(g) Functional academic skills.
(h) Work.
(i) Leisure.
(j) Health.
(k) Safety.
3. Onset before the age of 18. |
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| A level of mental retardation (IQ between 50 and 70) at which people can benefit from education and can support themselves as adults. |
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| A level of mental retardation (IQ between 35 and 49) at which people can learnt to care for themselves and can benefit from vocational training. |
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| A level of mental retardation (IQ between 20 and 34) at which individuals require careful supervision and can learn to perform basic work in structured and sheltered settings. |
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| A level of mental retardation (IQ below 20) at which individuals need a very structured environment with close supervision. |
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| A form of mental retardation caused by an abnormality in the 21st chromosome. |
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| A group of problems in a child, including lower intellectual functioning, low birth weight, and irregularities in the hands and face, that result from excessive alcohol intake by the mother during pregnancy. |
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| A rapidly developing clouding of consciousness; the person has great difficulty concentrating, focusing attention, and following an orderly sequence of thought. |
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| A syndrome marked by reverse problems in memory and in at least one other cognitive function. |
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| The most common form of dementia, usually occurring after the age of 65. |
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| Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type |
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1. The development of multiple cognitive deficits manifested by both memory impairment and at least one of the following cognitive disturbances:
(a) Aphasia.
(b) Apraxia.
(c) Agnosia.
(d) Disturbance in executive functioning.
2. Significant impairment in social or occupational functioning, along with significant decline from a previous level of functioning.
3. Gradual onset and continuing cognitive decline. |
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| Dementia caused by a cerebrovascular accident, or stroke, which restricts blood flow to certain areas of the brain. (Also known as multi-infarct dementia.) |
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| A decrease in speech or speech content; a symptom of schizophrenia |
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| A new group of antipsychotic drugs that operate in a biological manner that is different from the way traditional antipsychotic drugs operate |
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| A pattern of extreme psychomotor symptoms, found in some forms of schizophrenia, that may include catatonic stupor, rigidity, or posturing. |
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| commonly prescribed antipsychotic drug |
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| Cluster A, B, and C personality disorders |
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Communication training for
PDD |
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| The discharge of large numbers of patients from long-term institutional care so that they might be treated in community programs |
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| A strange false belief firmly held despite evidence to the contrary |
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| Depression in the elderly |
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| A common thinking disturbance in schizophrenia, involving rapid shifts from one topic of conversation to another |
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Directed masturbation
training |
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| A sex therapy approach that teaches women with female arousal or orgasmic disorders how to masturbate effectively and eventually reach orgasm during sexual interactions |
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| The theory that schizophrenia results from excessive activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine |
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| Dramatic personality disorders |
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| A paraphilia in which persons have repeated sexually arousing urges or fantasies about exposing their genitals to another person and may act upon those urges |
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| extrapyramidal side effects |
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| Unwanted movements, such as severe shaking, bizarre-looking twisting of the face and body, and extreme restlessness, sometimes produced by traditional antipsychotic drugs |
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| A disturbance in the production and organization of thought |
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| A paraphilia consisting of recurrent and intense sexual urges, fantasies or behaviors that involve the use of a nonliving object, often to the exclusion of all other stimuli |
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| A araphilia consisting of repeated and intense sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors that involve touching and rubbing against a non consenting person |
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| The filed of psychology concerned with the mental health of elderly people |
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| A residence for people with severe psychological problems who cannot yet live alone or with their families; often staffed by paraprofessionals |
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Karen's diagnosis and social
problems (case 4) |
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| A common thinking disturbance in schizophrenia, involving rapid shifts from one topic of conversation to another |
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| A behavioral treatment in which a client masturbates for a very long period of time while fantasizing in detail about a paraphilic object. the procedure is expected to produce a feeling of boredom that in turn becomes linked to the object. |
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| Medications for schizophrenia |
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| A stimulant drug, known better by the trade name Ritalin, commonly used to treat ADHD |
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| Humanistic appreach to institutional treatment based on the belief that institutions can help patients recover y creating a climate that builds self-respect, individual responsibility, and meaningful activity |
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| symptoms of schizophrenia that seem to be deficits of normal thought, emotion, or behavior |
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| Twisted protein fibers that form within certain brain cells as people age |
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| Neuroleptic malignant syndrome |
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| A severe, potentially fatal reaction to ant psychotic drugs, marked by muscle rigidity, fever, altered consciousness, and automatic dysfunction |
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| A procedure for treating certain paraphilias by teaching clients to respond to new, more appropriate sources of sexual stimulation |
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Parent management
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| Pervasive developmental disorders |
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| A broad category of disorders beginning in early childhood, characterized by severe and pervasive impairments in social interaction and communication or the presence of rigid and repetitive behaviors, interests, and activities |
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| A paraphilia in which a person has repeated and intense sexual urges or fantasies about watching, touching, or engaging in sexual acts with prepubescent children and may carry out these urges or fantasies |
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| A group of antihistamine drugs that became the first group of effective antipsychotic medications |
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| Symptoms of schizophrenia that seem to be excesses, that is, bizarre additions to normal thoughts, emotions, or behaviors |
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| Regions of the brain that play a key role in short-term memory, among other functions |
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| A dysfunction in which a man reaches orgasm and ejaculates before, on, or shortly after penetration and before he wishes it |
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| A state in which a person loses contact with reality in key ways |
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| Recovery from schizophrenia |
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| sphere-shaped deposits of beta-amyloid protein that form in the spaces between certain brain cells and in certain blood vessels as people age |
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| A treatment for sexual disorders that instructs couples to take the focus away from orgasm or intercourse and instead spend tie concentrating on the pleasure achieved by such acts as kissing, hugging, and mutual massage |
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| Avoidance of genital sexual interplay |
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| A protected and supervised workplace that offers job opportunities and training at a pace and level tailored to people with various disabilities |
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| Sleep disorders in the elderly |
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| A cerebrovascular accident in which blood flow to specific areas of the brain is cut off, thus damaging areas |
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| A condition characterized by extrapyramidal effects that appear in some patients after they have taken traditional antipsychotic drugs for an extended time |
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| created the Millon Inventories-correlated the PD’s with Mental disorders; main contributor to Personality Disorders |
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| A treatment for erectile disorder. During sensate-focus exercises, the partner keeps caressing the man, but if the man gets an erection, the partner stops caressing him until he loses it. This reduces pressure on the man to perform and at the same time teaches the couple that erections occur naturally in response to stimulation, as long as the partners do not keep focusing on performance. |
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| dementia caused by a cerebrovascular accident, or stroke, that restricts blood flow to certain areas of the brain |
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| a symptom of schizophrenia marked by apathy and an inability to start or complete a course of action |
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| a paraphilia in which a person has repeated and intense sexual desires or urges to observe unsuspecting people secretly as they undress or have intercourse. the person may also act on the desires |
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