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| disorders reflecting abnormalities of the mind |
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| the conceptualization of psychological abnormalities as diseases that like biological diseases have symptoms and causes and possible cures |
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| DSM-IV-TR (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders [forth edition, text revision]) |
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| a classification system that describes the features used to diagnose each recognized metal disorder and indicates how the disorder can be distinguished from other, similar problems |
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| the co-occurance of two or more disorders in a single individual |
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| a model suggesting that a person may be predisposed for a mental disorder that remains unexpressed until triggered by stress |
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| the class of mental disorder in which anxiety is the predominant feature |
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| generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) |
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| a disorder characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance |
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| disorders characterized by marked, persistent, and excessive, fear and avoidance of specific objects, activities, or situations |
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| a disorder that involves an irrational fear of a particular object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual's ability to function |
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| a disorder that involves an irrational fear of being publicly humiliated or embarrassed |
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| the idea that people are instinctively predisposed toward certain fears |
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| a disorder characterized by the sudden occurrence of multiple psychological and physiological symptoms that contribute to a feeling of stark terror |
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| an extreme fear of venturing into public places |
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| obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) |
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| a disorder in which repetitive, intrusive, thoughts (obsessions) and ritualistic behaviors (compulsions) designed to fend off those thoughts interfere significantly with an individual's functioning |
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| a condition in which normal cognitive processes are severely disjointed and fragmented, creating significant disruptions in memory, awareness, or personality that can vary in length from a matter of minutes to many years |
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| dissociative identity disorder (DID) |
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| the presence within an individual of two or more distinct identities that at different times take control of the individual's behavior |
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| the sudden loss of memory for one's personal history, accompanied by an abrupt departure from home and the assumption of a new identity |
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| the sudden loss of memory for significant personal information |
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| mental disorders that have mood disturbance as their predominant feature |
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| major depressive disorder |
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| a disorder characterized by a severely depressed mood that lasts 2 weeks or more and is accompanied by feelings of worthlessness and lack of please, lethargy, and sleep and appetite disturbances |
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| a disorder that involves the same symptoms as in depression only less severe, but the symptoms last longer, persisting for at least 2 years |
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| a moderately depressed mood that persists for at least 2 years and is punctuated by periods of major depression |
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| seasonal affective disorder (SAD) |
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| depression that involves recurrent depressive episodes in seasonal pattern |
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| the idea that individuals who are prone to depression automatically attribute negative experiences to causes that are internal (their own fault), stable (unlikely to change), and global( widespread) |
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| an unstable emotional condition characterized by cycles of abnormal, persistent high mood (mania) and low mood (depression) |
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| a disorder characterized by the profound disruption of basic psychological processes; a distorted perception of reality; altered or blunted emotion, and disturbances in thought, motivation, and behavior |
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| a patently false belief system, often bizarre and grandiose, that is maintained in spite of its irrationality |
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| a false perceptual experience that has a compelling sense of being real despite the absence of external stimulation |
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| a severe disruption of verbal communication in which ideas shift rapidly and incoherently from one to another unrelated topic |
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| grossly disorganized behavior |
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| behavior that is inappropriate for the situation or ineffective in attaining goals, often with specific motor disturbances |
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| a marked decrease in all movement or an increase in muscular rigidity and overactivity |
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| emotional and social withdrawal; apathy; poverty of speech; and other indications of the absence of insufficiency of normal behavior, motivation, and emotion |
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| the idea that schizophrenia involves an excess of dopamine activity |
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| disorder characterized by deeply ingrained, inflexible patterns of thinking, feeling, or relating to others or controlling impulses that cause distress or impaired functioning |
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| anitsocial personality disorder (APD) |
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| a pervasive pattern of disregard for an violation of the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood |
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