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| deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns. |
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| attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
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| a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. |
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| the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital. |
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| the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, with an updated "text revision"; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. |
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| psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. |
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| generalized anxiety disorder |
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| an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. |
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| an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations. |
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| an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation. |
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| obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) |
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| an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions). |
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| post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
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| an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience. |
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| positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises. |
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| psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause. |
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| a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found. |
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| a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of disease. |
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| disorders in which conscious awareness becomes seperated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. |
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| dissociative identity disorder (DID) |
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| a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Formerly called multiple personality disorder. |
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| psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. |
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| major depressive disorder |
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| a mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities. |
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| a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state. |
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| a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. |
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| a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, distributed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. |
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| false beliefs, often of persecution of grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders. |
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| psychological disorders characterized by inflexibe and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. |
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| antisocial personality disorder |
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| a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist. |
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