Chapter 21 review

Enuresis

Bedwetting

Marijuana dependence

Psychological reliance on chronic marijuana use

Mescaline

Chemical similar to LSD, found in peyote cactus

Hypochondriasis

Excessive anxiety about one's health

Alzheimer's disease

Major cause of dementia cases

Grandiose

Exaggerated sense of self-importance

Depression

Mood disorder with prolonged sadness

Psychogenic fugue

Dissociative disorder with memory loss and identity change

Phobia disorder

Anxiety disorder with intense fear of specific stimuli

Munchausen syndrome

Simulating illness for medical attention

Schizoid personalities

Individuals lacking emotional warmth and few friends

Gender dysphoria

Intense incongruence between gender identity and assigned sex

Narcolepsy

Uncontrollable attacks of sleep

Nightmare disorder

Anxiety-provoking dreams leading to awakening

Suicide

Often linked to depression

Delusional disorders

Firm belief in delusions in an otherwise balanced personality

OCD

Obsessions and compulsions causing anxiety

Antipsychotics

Common medications for delusional disorders

Hashish

Resin stronger than marijuana, from hemp plant

Inhalants

Chemicals producing mind-altering vapors when inhaled