B1. AB Disorders and Symptoms

Separation Anxiety

excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from attachment figures

Anticipatory Anxiety

excessive worry about a future even

Blood

injection

Selective Mutism

inability to speak in certain situations or with certain people, despite being able to speak normally in other contexts

Specific Phobia

irrational fear of a specific object or situation that markedly interferes with functioning

Acarophobia

Fear of insects

Achluophobia

Fear of absolute darkness

Acousticophobia

Fear of sounds

Aerophobia

Fear of air currents

Agyiophobia

Fear of crossing the street

Aichmophobia

Fear of sharp, pointed objects

Ailurophobia

Fear of cats

Algophobia

Fear of pain

Arachnophobia

Fear of spiders

Ophidiophobia

Fear of snakes

Acrophobia

Fear of heights

Claustrophobia

Fear of enclosed spaces

Trypanophobia

Fear of needles

Cynophobia

Fear of dogs

Nyctophobia

Fear of the night

Hemophobia

Fear of blood

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Fear of long words

Astraphobia

Fear of thunderstorms, lightnings

Zoophobia

Fear of animals

Thanatophobia

Fear of death

Frigophobia

Fear of becoming too cold

Catoptrophobia

Fear of mirrors

Social Anxiety

marked fear or anxiety about possible scrutiny / act in a way that will be negatively evaluated

Panic Disorder

individuals experience severe, unexpected panic attacks

Nocturnal Panic

panic attacks that happen during sleep

Interoceptive Avoidance

Avoidance of internal physical sensations

Agoraphobia

involves fearing and avoiding places or situations that might cause panic and feelings of being trapped or helpless

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

persistent and excessive anxiety and worry about various domains which are difficult to control

Trauma

and

Acute Trauma

Caused by a single, highly stressful or dangerous event

Chronic Trauma

Results from repeated exposure to stressful events

Complex Trauma

Involves multiple or prolonged traumatic experiences, often interpersonal

Secondary Trauma

Occurs from indirect exposure to trauma

Developmental Trauma

Early exposure to abuse, neglect, or dysfunctional family dynamics

Attachment Disorders

disturbed and developmentally inappropriate behaviors in children

Reactive Attachment Disorder

emotionally withdrawn inhibited type

Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder

involves inappropriate social behavior with strangers; indiscriminately social disinhibited type

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

indiscriminately social disinhibited type

Depersonalization

Feeling detached from oneself, like an outside observer (ex. feeling unreal, as if in a dream)

Derealization

Feeling the world around is unreal, dreamlike, distant, or distorted

Acute Stress Disorder

PTSD symptoms lasting from 3 days to 1 month following exposure to the traumatic event/s

Adjustment Disorder

anxious or depressive reactions to life stress that are generally milder than one would see in acute stress disorder or PTSD

Obsessive

Compulsive Disorder

Obsessions

intrusive and mostly nonsensical thoughts, images, or urges that the individual tries to resist or eliminate

Compulsions

thoughts or actions used to suppress the obsessions and provide relief

Imagined Ugliness

imagined defect in appearance by someone who actually looks reasonably normal

Ideas of Reference

they think everything that goes on in their world somehow is related to them

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

persistent, intrusive, and horrible thoughts about appearance

Hoarding

difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value

Trichotillomania

urge to pull out one's own hair from anywhere on the body

Excoriation

repetitive and compulsive picking of the skin, leading to tissue damage

Somatic Symptom Disorder

individual experiences one or more distressing physical (somatic) symptoms, accompanied by excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors related to those symptoms

Illness Anxiety Disorder

preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness

Malingering

intentionally faking one's illness to get out or gain something

Conversion Disorder

condition where mental health issues manifest as physical symptoms

Blind Sight / Unconscious Vision

ability of people who are cortically blind to respond to visual stimuli that they do not consciously see

Brief somatic symptom disorder

duration of symptoms is less than 6 months

Brief illness anxiety disorder

duration of symptoms is less than 6 months

Illness anxiety disorder without excessive health

related behaviors

Pseudocyesis

false belief of being pregnant that is associated with objective signs and reported symptoms of pregnancy