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| The conceptualization of psychological abnormalities as diseases that, like biological diease, have symptoms and causes and possible cures. |
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| DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) |
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| A classification system that desribes the featurs used to diagnose each recognized mental disorder and indicate how the disorder can be distinguished from other, similar problems. |
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| The co-ocurrence of two ore 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 feature. |
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| Generalized Aniety Disorder (GAD) |
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| A disorder characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by threeor more of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatige, 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 abilitiy to function. |
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| A disorder that involves an irrational fear of being publicly humiliated or embarassed. |
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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 spaces. |
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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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