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GAD

Excessive anxiety and worry, occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities.

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Panic disorder

Repeated and unexpected panic attacks, as well as a fear of the next attack, and a change in behavior to avoid panic attacks.

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Phobias

Uncontrollable, irrational, intense desire to avoid some object or situation.

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OCD

Intense, unwanted worries, ideas, and images that repeatedly pop up in the mind, and a repeatedly strong feeling of "needing" to carry out an action.

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PTSD

Repeated intrusive recall of traumatic memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, phobic avoidance, jumpy anxiety or hypervigilance, and insomnia or sleep problems.

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Major Depressive Disorders

Depressed mood, diminished interest or pleasure in activities, changes in appetite or weight, disrupted sleep, lethargy or agitation, fatigue, worthlessness or guilt, problems in thinking and decision-making, recurring thoughts of death and suicide.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

Recurring seasonal pattern of depression, usually during winter's short, dark, cold days.

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Bipolar Disorder

Two polar opposite moods of depression and mania.

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Suicide and Self-Injury

Self-harm behaviors and thoughts, often associated with feelings of frustration, isolation, and ineffectiveness.

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Schizophrenia

Disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, inappropriate emotions and actions, positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thought), negative symptoms (flat effect, reduced social interaction, anhedonia, avolition, alogia, catatonia).

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

Presence of at least two distinct and separate personalities within an individual, each with its own memories, behaviors, and life preferences.

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

Unjustified suspicions that others are trying to harm them, hesitancy to confide in others, tendency to hold grudges.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

No regard for right or wrong, impulsive behavior, lack of remorse, irresponsibility.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

Fear of abandonment, difficulty with social relationships, loss of contact with reality.

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Need and seek too much attention, center of attention.

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Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

Preoccupation with control, perfectionism, extreme attention to detail.

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

Social inhibition, avoidance of social situations, fear of being criticized.

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