Psychological Disorders
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cristinayana on April 20, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alcohol Dependence | disorder characterized by habitual consuption of alcohol in quantities large enough to interfer with daily activities. |
| Antisocial Personality | a personality disorders in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist. |
| Anxiety Disorder | Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maldaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. |
| Bipolar Disorder | A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. |
| Catatonic Schizophrenia | A type of schizophrenia primarily characterized by strange motor patterns, such as prolonged immobility or repetitive motions. |
| Disorganized Schizzophrenia | A type of schizophrenia characterized by disorganized thinking, incoherent speech, and inappropriate emotional outbursts. |
| Dissociative Amnesia | loss of memory; psygogenic amnesia, a dissociative disorder, is selective memory loss brought on by extreme stress. |
| Dissociative Disorders | Disorders in which concious awarness becomes seperated(dissociative) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. |
| Dissociative identity Disorder | A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct disorders. |
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