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| the class of disorders containing any disorder in which anxiety is the primary feature or in which anxiety appears when the individual tries to resist a phobia |
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| attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
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| a disorder characterized by inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity that are inappropriate for the age of the child |
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| also known as manic depression, this is a mood disorder in which the person's mood swings from euphoric, manic stages to major depression |
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| an irresistible impulse to perform a relatively meaningless act repeatedly and in a stereotypical fasion so as to reduce anxiety |
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| a disorder characterized by habitual misbehavior, such as stealing, skipping school, destroying property, fighting, being cruel to animals and to other people, and lying |
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| false beliefs that contradict facts |
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| diagnosis and statistical manual (DSM) |
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| a guidebook that lists the symptoms necessary for making a diagnosis |
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| the belief that people have genetic vulnerabilities to particular psychological disorders, and that as stress increases, disorders are more likely to appear |
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| a stress-reaction which involves sudden memory loss of declaritive knowledge and the inability to recall events that took place during and immediately after a stressful ecent |
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| a class of disorders characterized by an alteration in the normally integrative functions of consciousness or identity, whereby an individual's present conscious awareness becomes seperated (dissociated) from previous thoughts and feelings |
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| a disorder in which an individual responds to severe stress by experiencing total amnesia about the past and embarking upon a whole new life |
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| dissociative identity disorder |
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| also known as multipule-personality disorder, this disorder arises as a result of extreme early trauma and is characterized by the appearance of two or more identities with the same individual |
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| generalized anxiety disorder |
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| a disorder characterized by general, persistent, constant, and often debilitating levels of anxiety |
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| a disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, discouragment, and hopelessness that last for at least six weeks |
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| an elevated mood in which a person feels energetic and often grandiose |
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| the class of disoreders involving intense and prolonged shifts in mood. a person with a mood disorder might feel very happy or even very sad for a long period of time for no apparent reason |
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| an unwanted, persistent thought, image, or impulse that cannot be suppressed |
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| obsessive-compulsive disorder |
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| a disorder characterized by unwanted, persistent, thoughts and irresistible impulses to perform a ritual to relieve anxiety that may be caused by those or other thoughts |
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| a disorder characterized by brief. abrupt, and unprovoked recurrent episodes of intense and uncontrollable anxiety |
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| a class of disorders that involve exaggerated and maladaptive characteristics that persist over a long period of time and that interfere with a person's adjustment to everyday situations |
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| exaggerated, persistent, irrational, and disruptive fears of a particular object, event, or setting, or of a general kind of object, event, or setting |
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| posttraumatic stress disorder |
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| a disorder characterized by persistent nightmares and other types of emotional distress resulting from a traumatic past experience or set of experiences |
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| a class of disorders marked by disturbances of perception, cognition, emotion, and motor behavior |
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| seasonal affective disorder (SAD) |
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| a form of depression that typically occurs during the winter months or near them |
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| suspicious, argumentative, paranoid, continually on the lookout for trickery and abuse, jelous, tendency to blame others, cold and humorless |
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| has few friends; a "loner"; indifferent to praise and criticism of others; unable to form close relationships; no warm or tender feelings for other people |
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| breaks rules and laws; takes advantage of other people for personal gain; feels little remorse or guilt; appears friendly and charming on the surface; often intelligent |
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| also aloof and indifferent like schizoid; magical thinking; supersitious beliefs; uses unusual words and has peculiar ideas; a very mild form of schizophernia |
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| very unstable relationships; erratic emotions; self-damaging behaviors; impulsive; unpredictable aggressive and sexual behavior; monophobia; easily angered |
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| excessively dependent; submassive and passive behavior patterns; may seem incapable of making his/her own decisions; lacks self-confident |
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| overly dramatic; attention seeker; easily angered; seductive; dependent on others; vain, shallow, and manipulative; displays intense, but often false emotions |
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| grandiose; crave admiration of others; extremely self-centered; feel they are privileged and special; expects favors from othersl emotions are not erratic |
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| indirectly expresses anger by being forgetful and stubborn; procrastinates; cannot admit to feeling angry; habitually late |
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| desire for social involvement and affection, but immobilized by timidly and hypersensitivity; fear of rejection and interpersonal relationships |
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