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9535288344psychological disorderdeviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.0
9535288345Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.1
9535288346medical modelthe concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital.2
9535288347DSM-IV-TRthe American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, updated as a 2000 "text revision"; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders (5th Edition out Summer 2013).3
9535288348anxiety disorderspsychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.4
9535288349generalized anxiety disorderan anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.5
9535288350panic disorderan 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.6
9535288351phobiaan anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.7
9535288352obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).8
9535288353post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)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 experience.9
9535288354post-traumatic growthpositive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises.10
9535288355somatoform disorderpsychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause. (See conversion disorder and hypochondriasis.)11
9535288356conversion disordera rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found.12
9535288357hypochondriasisa somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.13
9535288358dissociative disordersdisorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.14
9535288359dissociative identity disorderrare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Formerly called multiple personality disorder.15
9535288360mood disorderspsychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. See major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder.16
9535288361major depressive disordera mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities.17
9535288362maniaa mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.18
9535288363bipolar disordera mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic-depressive disorder)19
9535288364schizophreniacharacterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by a deficit of typical emotional responses.20
9535288365delusionsan unshakable belief in something untrue21
9535288366personality disordersare a class of mental disorders characterised by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating markedly from those accepted by the individual's culture22
9535288367antisocial personality disordercharacterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.23
9535288369etiologyCause of disease24

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