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| 9742783456 | Narcissistic personality disorder | a personality disorder characterized by exaggerated ideas of self-importance and achievements; preoccupation with fantasies of success; arrogance |  | 0 |
| 9742783457 | Dissociative Disorders | disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings |  | 1 |
| 9742783458 | Anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |  | 2 |
| 9742783459 | Abnormal Psychology | The field of psychology concerned with the assessment, treatment, and prevention of maladaptive behavior. | 3 | |
| 9742783460 | interns syndrome | a tendency to diagnose one's self while studying any particular disorder | 4 | |
| 9742783461 | DSM-IV-TR | Abbrevation for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision; the book published by the American Psychiatric Association that describes the specific symptoms and diagnostic guidelines for different psychological disorders | 5 | |
| 9742783462 | Neurotic disorders | mental disorders in which a person does not have signs of brain abnormalities and does not display grossly irrational thinking or violate basic norms but does eperience subjective distress; a category dropped from DSM-III | 6 | |
| 9742783463 | neologisms | Made-up words that typically have only meaning to the individual who uses them. Typical of disorganized schizophrenic person |  | 7 |
| 9742783464 | Psychotic Disorders | psychological disorders of thought and perception, characterized by inability to distinguish between real and imagined perceptions. | 8 | |
| 9742783465 | eclectic | selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas | 9 | |
| 9742783466 | David Rosenhan | A social psychologist that did a study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder, the label, even when behavior indicates otherwise, is hard to overcome in a mental health setting | 10 | |
| 9742783467 | Rosenhan Study | study in which healthy individuals were admitted into mental hospitals after saying they were hearing voices. Once in, they acted normally and still were not labeled as impostors. | 11 | |
| 9742783468 | phobia | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations | 12 | |
| 9742783469 | generalized anxiety disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months | 13 | |
| 9742783470 | panic disorder | an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations | 14 | |
| 9742783471 | obsessive-compulsive disorder | An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsession) and/ or actions (compulsions). | 15 | |
| 9742783472 | posttraumatic stress disorder | an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images | 16 | |
| 9742783473 | agoraphobia | a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) | 17 | |
| 9742783474 | compulsions | repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed to reduce or prevent stress | 18 | |
| 9742783475 | obsessions | repeated, intrusive, and uncontrollable irrational thoughts or mental images that cause extreme anxiety and distress |  | 19 |
| 9742783476 | Somatoform Disorders | class of psychological disorders involving physical ailments or complaints that cannot be explained by organic causes | 20 | |
| 9742783477 | hypochondriasis | A somatoform disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with health concerns and incessant worry about developing physical illnesses. | 21 | |
| 9742783478 | conversion disorders | Somatoform disorders in which a dramatic specific disability has no physical cause but instead seems related to psychological problems | 22 | |
| 9742783479 | psychogenic amnesia | this is when a person cannot remember things and no physiological basis for the disruption in memory can be identified | 23 | |
| 9742783480 | fugue | dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who who they are and leaves home to creates a new life | 24 | |
| 9742783481 | dissociative identity disorder | a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.(DID) |  | 25 |
| 9742783482 | Retrograde amnesia | loss of memory for events that occurred before the onset of amnesia; eg a soldier's forgetting events immediately before a shell burst nearby, injuring him | 26 | |
| 9742783483 | Anterograde amnesia | loss of memory for events that occur after the onset of the amnesia; eg, see in a boxer who suffers a severe blow to the head and loses memory for events after the blow | 27 | |
| 9742783484 | Major depression | disorder causing periodic disturbances in mood that affect concentration, sleep, activity, appetite, and social behavior; characterized by feelings of worthlessness, fatigue, and loss of interest | 28 | |
| 9742783485 | dysthymic disorder | a mood disorder involving a pattern of comparatively mild depression that lasts for at least two years | 29 | |
| 9742783486 | seasonal affective disorder | Controversial disorder in which a person experiences depression during winter months and improved mood during spring. Can be treated using phototherapy, using bright light and high levels of negative ions. | 30 | |
| 9742783487 | Affective Disorders | Conditions is which feelings of sadness or elation are excessive, and not realistic, given the person's life conditions. | 31 | |
| 9742783488 | mania | An intense or extreme enthusiasm or excitement. | 32 | |
| 9742783489 | Personality Disorders | psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning |  | 33 |
| 9742783490 | Antisocial personality | personality who lacks a conscience, is emotionally shallow, impulsive, and selfish, and tends to manipulate others | 34 | |
| 9742783491 | Histrionic personality disorder | a personality disorder characterized by excessive emotionality and preoccupation with being the center of attention; emotional shallowness; overly dramatic behavior | 35 | |
| 9742783492 | Dependent personality disorder | personality disorder in which the person is unable to make choices and decisions independently and cannot tolerate being alone | 36 | |
| 9742783493 | Paranoid personality disorder | A personality disorder characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of the motives of others without sufficient basis | 37 | |
| 9742783494 | Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder | personality disorder defined by a pervasive pattern of orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control. workaholics, intolerant of emotional behavior of other people. | 38 | |
| 9742783495 | Schizophrenia | group of disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions | 39 | |
| 9742783496 | Positive Symptom | A symptom of schizophrenia, including thought disorder, delusions, and hallucinations | 40 | |
| 9742783497 | Delusions | false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders | 41 | |
| 9742783498 | delusions of grandeur | A false belief that one is a famous person or a powerful or important person who has some great knowledge, ability, or authority. Schizophrenia. | 42 | |
| 9742783499 | delusions of prosecution | belief that somebody is out to get you | 43 | |
| 9742783500 | Hallucinations | false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus | 44 | |
| 9742783501 | Inappropriate effect | Display of emotions that are unsuited to the situation; a symptom of schizophrenia. | 45 | |
| 9742783502 | Negative Symptom | symptom that reflects insufficient functioning, functions that have been lost (ex: social withdrawal, slowness of thought/speech) | 46 | |
| 9742783503 | Flat effect | Abnormality of mood and affect., lack of emotional response; no expression of feeling; voice monotonous and face immobile | 47 | |
| 9742783504 | Catatonia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods | 48 | |
| 9742783505 | waxy flexibility | feature of catatonic schizophrenia in which people rigidly maintain the body position or posture in which they are placed by others | 49 | |
| 9742783506 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both), and sometimes irrational jealousy. | 50 | |
| 9742783507 | Disorganized Schizophrenia | type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes, frequent incoherence, disorganized behavior, and inappropriate affect. Usually found in Homeless people. |  | 51 |
| 9742783508 | clang associations | psychotic speech in which words are rhymed and spoken for their appealing sound, found mainly in a disorganized schizophrenic person | 52 | |
| 9742783509 | Catatonic Schizophrenia: | a condition marked by striking motor disturbances, ranging from muscular rigidity(stupor) to random motor activity, also parrot behavior |  | 53 |
| 9742783510 | Undifferentiated Schizophrenia | diagnosis made when a person experiences schizophrenic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, but does not meet criteria for paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic schizophrenia | 54 | |
| 9742783511 | Paraphilias | Sexual disorders in which sexual arousal occurs almost exclusively in the context of inappropriate objects or individuals. |  | 55 |
| 9742783512 | zoophilia | Using sexual contact with animals as the primary means of achieving sexual gratification | 56 | |
| 9742783513 | fetishism | a paraphilia in which a nonhuman object is the preferred or exclusive method of achieving sexual excitement |  | 57 |
| 9742783514 | voyeur | Peeping Tom; person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others | 58 | |
| 9742783515 | masochist | one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering | 59 | |
| 9742783516 | sadist | someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others |  | 60 |
| 9742783517 | Anorexia Nervosa | an eating disorder in which a normal-weight person (usually an adolescent female) diets and becomes significantly (15 percent or more) underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve. | 61 | |
| 9742783518 | Bulimia Nervosa | an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise |  | 62 |
| 9742783519 | Substance Abuses | misuse of drugs that damages an individual's health and ability to function | 63 | |
| 9742783520 | Purging | The use of vomiting, laxatives, excessive exercise, restrictive dieting, enemas, diuretics, or diet pills to compensate for food that has been eaten and that the person fears will produce weight gain | 64 | |
| 9742783521 | Binging | a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages;bender, blast, jag, tear, bust, toot; orgy |  | 65 |
| 9742783522 | ADHD | Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity |  | 66 |
| 9742783523 | autism | a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind |  | 67 |
| 9742783524 | Impulsiveness | difficulty waiting turn, organizing, following throught, not due to clear cognitive impairment | 68 | |
| 9742783525 | Hyperactivity | a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement | 69 | |
| 9742783526 | Inattention | non-responsiveness to task demands | 70 |
