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| A classification system that describes the features used to diagnose each recognized mental disorder and indicates how the disorder can be distinguished from other problems |
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| The co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual |
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| Suggests 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 feture |
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| Generalized anxiety disorder |
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| A disorder characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more of the following symptoms; restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irrability, and sleep disturbance |
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| Disorder characterized by marked, persistent, and excessive fear and avoidance of specific objects or situations |
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| A disorder that involves an irrational fear of a particular object, that interferes with an individual's ability of function |
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| A disorder that involves an irrational fear of being publicly 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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| A disorder in which repetitive, intrusive thoughts and ritual behaviors interfere 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 a significant personal information |
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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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| Mental disorders that have mood disturbances as their predominant feature |
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| Major depressive disorder |
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| A disorder characterized by a severely depressed mood that loasts 2 weeks or more and is accompanied by feelings of worthlessness and lack of pleasure |
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| A disorder that involves the same symptoms as in depression only less severe, but the symptoms last longer, about 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 a seasonal pattern |
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| The idea that individuals who are prone to depression automatically attribute negative experiences to cause that are internal |
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| A disorder characterizd by the profound disruption of basic psychological process; a distorted reality; altered emotions; and disturbances i thought or behvior |
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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 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 |
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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 and other indications of the absence or insufficiency of normal behavior. motivation, emotion |
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| The idea that schizophrenia involves an excess of dopamine activity |
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| Emotional over-involvement and excessive criticism directed towards the former patient by his or her family |
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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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| Antisocial personality disorder (APD) |
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| A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others that begins in the childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. |
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