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| 6636162197 | psychological disorder | deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors | 0 | |
| 6636162198 | DSM V | the American Psychological Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," 5th edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders | 1 | |
| 6636162199 | anxiety disorders | psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety | 2 | |
| 6636162200 | generalized anxiety disorder | an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of automatic nervous system arousal | 3 | |
| 6636162201 | 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 | 4 | |
| 6636162202 | phobia | an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation | 5 | |
| 6636162203 | obsessive-compulsive disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions) | 6 | |
| 6636162204 | post-traumatic stress disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic event | 7 | |
| 6636162205 | somatoform disorder | psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause | 8 | |
| 6636162206 | conversion disorder | a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found | 9 | |
| 6636162207 | hypochondriasis | a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease | 10 | |
| 6636162208 | dissociative disorders | disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings | 11 | |
| 6636162209 | dissociative identity disorder | a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities | 12 | |
| 6636162210 | mood disorders | psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes | 13 | |
| 6636162211 | major depressive disorder | a mood disorder in which a person experiences two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities | 14 | |
| 6636162212 | mania | a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state | 15 | |
| 6636162213 | bipolar disorder | a mood disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy or depression and the overexcited state of mania | 16 | |
| 6636162214 | schizophrenia | a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions/hallucinations, and inappropriate emotions and actions | 17 | |
| 6636162215 | delusions | false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders | 18 | |
| 6636162216 | personality disorders | psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning | 19 | |
| 6636162217 | antisocial personality disorder | a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist. | 20 | |
| 6636162218 | exposure theraphy | behavioral technique, such as systematic desensitization, that treats anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or actuality) to the things they fear and avoid | 21 | |
| 6636162219 | cognitive behavior therapy | a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior) | 22 | |
| 6636162220 | psychopharmacology | the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior | 23 | |
| 6636162221 | antipsychotic drugs | drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder | 24 | |
| 6636162222 | antianxiety drugs | drugs used to control anxiety and agitation | 25 | |
| 6636162223 | antidepressant drugs | drugs used to treat depression; also increasingly prescribed for anxiety. Different types work by altering the availability of various neurotransmitters. | 26 | |
| 6636162224 | electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) | a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient | 27 | |
| 6636162225 | hallucination | a false sensory experience, can be visual, auditory, or kinesthetic | 28 | |
| 6636162226 | dissociative amnesia | a dissociative disorder in which a person forgets their identity (episodic memories) following a traumatic event | 29 | |
| 6636162227 | dissociative fugue | a disorder in which a person enters a fugue state, forgets their true identity and creates a new one, and travels to a new location following a traumatic event. After they wake from the fugue state, their identity returns to normal but they no recollection of what happened during the fugue | 30 | |
| 6636162228 | Axis I | the first classifications of disorders in the DSM, these disorders are treatable, most disorders fall under this category | 31 | |
| 6636162229 | Axis II | the second classifications of disorders in the DSM, these disorders are not treatable (personality disorders, cognitive disorders like traumatic brain injury) | 32 | |
| 6636162230 | narcissistic personality disorder | a personality disorder in which the person is obsessed with their own self-importance | 33 | |
| 6636162231 | borderline personality disorder | a personality disorder in which the person experiences dramatic mood swings, explosive reactions, and engages in self-harm (cutting or suicidal tendencies) | 34 |
