severe loss or deterioration memory that occurs after damage to the brain- temporary or permeant- following drug abuse or severe psychological stress
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antisocial disorder
a personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience
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bipolar disorder
individuals are excessively and inappropriately happy or unhappy
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conversion disorder
changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function
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dissociative identity disorder
a perso exhibits 2 or more personality states, each w own pattern of thinking and behaving
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fugue
a dissociative disorder in which a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home or work and is able to recall the past
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generalized anxiety disorder
a vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger
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hypochondria
a person in good health becomes preoccupied w imaginary ailments
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major depressive episode
sever form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure or interest in many activities
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obsessive compulsive disorder
person suffering from acute anxiety may think the same thoughts over and over
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panic disorder
an extreme anxiety that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks
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phobia
an intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation
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post traumatic stress disorder
disorder in which victims of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks
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schizophrenia
a group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions
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seasonal affective disorder
people who develop a deep derision in the midst of winter
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DSM-V
diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders- published in 1994, handbook used by health care professionals, guide to diagnosis of mental disorders, contains descriptions, symptoms, and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders
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hallucinations
perceptions that have no direct external cause
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paranoid schizophrenia
complex hallucinations and delusions
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catatonic schizophrenia
motionless for long periods of time, possible auditory and visual hallucinations- wax figure
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disorganized schizophrenia
incoherent language, inappropriate language
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remission
symptoms are gone/ may still be there, but not as significant, start to disappear
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undifferentiated
has all symptoms, deterioration of daily functions, hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate emotions, and though disorders
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