Psychological Disorders
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Anxiety Disorders
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Mood Disorders
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Personality Disorders
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Dissociative Disorders
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Schizophrenia
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Excessive Global and persistent anxiety.
Panic Attack
sudden episodes of extreme anxiety, escalating rapidly in intensity
Panic Disorder
Frequent and unexpected panic attacks.
Phobia
irrational fear of a specific object or situation
Agoraphobia
Extreme irrational fear of experiencing a panic attack in a public situation
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Disorder
extreme irrational fear of being judged and criticized in social situation.
PTSD
Chronic and persistent anxiety symptoms in response to extreme physical or psychological trauma.
OCD
Intrusive repetitive thoughts and or the urges to perform certain actions.
Major Depression
extreme and persistent feelings of dependency worthless and hopelessness
Dysthymic Disorder
chronic low grade feelings of depression
Seasonal Affective Disorder
episodes of depression that reoccurr during the fall and winter and remit during spring and summer
Bipolar Disorder
Alternating Between Manic and depressive episodes.
Cyclothymic Disorder
moderate but frequent mood swings
Schizotypal
odd thoughts, speech, emotional reactions, mannerisms, and appearance; impaired social functioning; often superstitious.
Schizoid
pervasive detachment from social relationships, emotinoally cold, flat, indifferent to praise or criticism from others.
Narcissistic P. Disorder
grandoise sense of self importance, exaggerate abilities and accomplishments, excessive need for admiration, boastful and pretentious.
Histrionic
exaggerated, overly dramatic, expression of emotions and attention seeking behavior that often includes sexually seductive behavior.
Paranoid
Distrust and suspicious.
Borderline
Unstable; impulsive; self destructive; most commonly diagnosed.
Antisocial
lacking guilt
Avoidant
Always afraid of rejection so they avoid people.
Dependent
Excessive need to be taken care of
Obsessive Compulsive
unreasonable perfectionism
Amnesia
inability to recall important personal information
fugue
sudden travel away from home, extensive amnesia and identity confusion.
idenity disorder
extensive memory disruptions along with presence of two or more distinct personalities.
Paranoid
Delusions/hallucinations but virtually no cognitive impairment. Disorganized behavior or negative symptoms.
Catatonic
Highly disturbed movements or actions
Disorganized
behavior and speech
Undifferentiated
combination of all three
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