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| the fear of market places |
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| believing you are ill, with no medical proof |
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
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| a disorder in which the person appears to have two or more distinct identities or personalities, which may alternate in controlling the person |
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| a legal term descriptive of a person judged to be incapable of recognizing right from wrong or of conforming his or her behavior to the law |
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| a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of control of thought processes and inappropriate emotional responses |
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| a perception in the absence of sensory stimulation that is confused with reality. A distortion of reality; i.e. seeing something that isn't there. |
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| erroneous beliefs that one is being victimized or persecuted |
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| a maladaptive reaction to one or more identified stressors that occurs shortly following exposure to the stressor(s) and causes signs of distress beyond that which would be normally expected or impaired functioning |
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| persistent fear of an object or situation |
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| the fear of enclosed spaces; tight, small places |
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| an irrational excessive fear of public scrutiny |
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| the recurrent experiencing of attacks of extreme anxiety in the absence of external stimuli that usually elicit anxiety |
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| generalized anxiety disorder |
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| feelings of dread and foreboding and sympathetic arousal of at least 6 months duration |
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| a recurring thought or image that seems beyond control; thinking constantly about one thing |
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| an apparently irresistible urge to repeat an act or engage in ritualistic behavior such as hand washing; the action caused by always thinking about something |
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| posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
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| a disorder that follows a distressing event outside the range of normal human experience and that is characterized by features such as intense fear, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, and reliving the event. common in combat soldiers and sexual assault victims |
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| A disorder, like PTSD, that is characterized by feelings of anxiety and helplessness and caused by a traumatic event. unlike PTSD it occurs within a month of the event and lasts from 2 days to 4 weeks |
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| Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) |
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| an inhibitory neurotransmitter that is implicated in anxiety reactions |
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| a class of drugs that reduce anxiety; minor tranquilizers |
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| disorders in which there are sudden, temporary changes in consciousness of self-identity. |
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| a dissociative disorder marked by loss of memory or self identity; skills and general knowledge are usually retained. previously termed psychogenic amnesia. |
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| a dissociative disorder in which one experiences amnesia and then flees to a new location. previously termed psychogenic fugue |
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| depersonalization disorder |
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| a dissociative disorder in which one experiences persistent or recurrent feelings that one is not real or is detached from own experiences or body |
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| disorders in which people complain of physical (somatic) problems even though no physical abnormality can be found |
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| a disorder in which anxiety or unconscious conflicts are "converted" into physical symptoms that often have the effect of helping the person cope with anxiety or conflict. i.e. people who see something traumatic then loose their sight because of psychological factors |
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| a french term descriptive of the lack of concern sometimes shown by people with conversion disorders. |
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