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| A syndrome characterized by patients exhibiting multiple motor tics and at least one vocal tic (the tics are stereotypic, temporarily suppressible, nonrhythmic, and often preceded by an unwanted premonitory urge, and they wax and wane) |
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| A disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech and thought, absence of normal cognition or affect, flat affect, poverty of speech, and lack of motivation. |
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| A perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid, substantial, and located in external objective space. (Think Sensory Disorder) |
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| A fixed, false belief, in psychiatry considered a result of an illness (think thought disorder) |
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| Jumping from idea to idea without the benefit of logical association |
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| Surface logic, but really seriously flawed |
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| No emotion at all in face or speech |
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| Laughing at very serious things, crying at funny things |
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| Unresponsiveness to environment, usually marked by immobility for extended periods |
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| Parrot-Like repetition of speech |
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| A neurotransmitter that affects mood, energy, sexual desire and motor coordination |
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| An excitatory neurotransmitter |
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| A possibility permanent disorder of involuntary, repetitive, purposeless movements as a side effect of long-term or high-dose use of dopamine antagonists, usually antipsychotics |
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| A disorder in the schizophrenic spectrum characterized by mood changes and psychosis |
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| Schizophreniform Disorder |
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| A disorder in the schiziphrenic spectrum characterized by symptoms of schizophrenia for less than 6 months, less social dysfunction than schizophrenia, and a more likely recovery |
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| Shizotypal Personality Disorder |
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| A disorder in the schizophrenic spectrum characterized by symptoms of paranoia, social anxiety, inappropriate and reduced affect, lack of close relationships, magical thinking, and vague metaphorical speech |
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| Schizoid Personality Disorder |
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| A disorder in the schizophrenic spectrum characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle, secretiveness, and emotional coldness. |
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