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psychological disorder

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mental or behavioral pattens that hinder someones quality of life pl0

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major depressive disorder

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two or more week period 5 or more of these symptoms:
intense sadness, change in appetite, anhedonia (lack of interest in past activities, sleep distrurbances, guilt, worthlessness, psychomotor issues, difficulty focusing, suicidality

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dystheia

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less intense form of depression that lasts at least 2 yeats

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SAD

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seasonal
major dpressive disorder associated with change in seasons

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bipolar episodes

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both depressive and manic

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manic epidose

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lasts at least one week with unusually elevated mood , gradiosity, increased self esteem, insomnia.excess energy, agitation, irritable, delusions , racing thoughts , high risk behavior
- often involve psychosis

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bipolar 1

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manic episodes followed by depressive episodes that are not low enough to be MDD

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bipolar 2

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primarily characterized by depression with mild manic episodes (hypomania_

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Cyclothymic disorder

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involves hypomania, byt less sever depression than bp2

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GAD

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generalized anxiety and excess stress about regular daily acctivities

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social anxiety disorder

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extreme stress and embarassment regarding social interactions

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illness anxiety disorder

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previously known as hypochondria

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phobia

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intense fear that is a subtype of anxiety disorder and can impair life

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panic attacks

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hyperventillation episodes and feeling of no air

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panic disorder

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anxiety disorder characterized by an frequent panic attacks

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obsessive compulsive disorder

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characterized by obsessions and colmpulsions

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obsessions

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intrusive harmful thoughts that are persistant

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compulsions

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behaviors or rituals conducted to alleviate anxiety caused by obsessions

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body dismorphic disorder

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form of OCD that revolces around obsessive behavior over a minor or nonexsistent flaw on ones body

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PTSD

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after people are exposed to acute or chronic trauma they develop a pattern of intrustive thoughts where stimuli related to the traumatic event will trigger negative mood changes and intense arousal

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how long must PTSD symptoms be present for diagnsosi

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impair life for at least a month

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somatic disorders

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involve physical symptoms
- usually triggered by a traumatic event

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somatic symptom disorder

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excessive preoccupation with physical symptom

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conversion disroder

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somatic disorder where pain does not appear to have a biological cause

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dissociative disorders

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where one detaches from conciousness or routine personality

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dissociative identity disoder

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two or more distinct personalities that appear at different times

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dissociative amnesia

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retrograde amnesia where someone loses past memories, typically due to trauma

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depresonalization/derealization disorder

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people feel unreality about their exsistence and claim out of body experience

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psychotic disorders

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characterized by hallucinations, delusions , unorganized speech/ thought/ behavior, , abnormal movement (catatonia)

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catatonia

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abornal movement associated with psychotic disorders

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positive psychotic symptom

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things like dellusions and hallucintations, they add to the experience

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schizophrenia

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characterized by negative symptoms and positive
- diminished emotional intensity and interest
- interpret reality incorrectly
- peak development in early 20s
has prodromal phase (development of disease accompanied by poor social adjustment)

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schizophrenia treatment

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antipsychotics and neuroleptic meds with therapy

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positive symptoms of schizophrenia

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hallucinations, delusions, disorganized behavior,

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hallucinations

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positive psychotic symptom involving the perception of non exsistant stimuli
- auditory are most common for schizophrenia –> voices

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delusions

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beliefs that conflict with reality and dont reflect the cultural consensus

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delusions of gradeur

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outsized belief in ones abilities (religious incarnation)

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disorganized behavior/though

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positive psychotic symptom
challenges with erratic interactions
- catatonia

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affect

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lack of emotional expression associated with negative symptoms of psychosis

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personality disorders

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maladaptive behavioral problems that the affected person may not recognize

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ego syntonicity

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inability of someone with a personality disorder to see their maladaptive behavioral issues

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cluster A personality disorders

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paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypical

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paranoid personality disorder

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high level of distrust toward others, jelousy, and assumption of malintent

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schizoid personality disorder

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marked preference for solitude , emotional aloofness, coldness, lack of emotions

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schitzotypcial personality disorder

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intense discomfort in social context , unusual beliefs (delusions)

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cluster B personality disorders

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antisocial, narassistic, histrionic, and borderline personality disorders

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antisocial personality disorder

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pervasive pattern of disregard for others manifesting in violence and lack of remorse

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narassitic personality disorder

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pervasive pattern of belief of superiority of ones intellegence and capabilities leading to fantasies about ones potential and fantastical success
- shallow and conflict driven relationships

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histrionic personality disorder

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flashy, attention seeking behavior with exaggerated emotional expressions

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boarderline personality disorder

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exteremely intense unstable changes in mood and splitting (seeing people as entirely good or entirely bad
- risky and impuslive behaviors

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cluster C personality disorder

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avoidant, dependent, and obsessive compulsive personality disorders
- characterized by anxiety

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avoidant personality disorder

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inadequecy and hypersensitivty to critisism, avoid interaciton

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dependent personality disorder

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profound need to be taken care of
- vulnerable to abusive relationships

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obsessive compulsive personality disorder

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concerns with orderliness, rules, and regulations
- perfectionism and inflexibility

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genetic component of schizophrenia

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strong genetic component
- excess levels of dopamine

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parkinsons disease

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motor deterioration associated with lack of dopamine
tremors, shuffle gait, lack of expresison

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depression treatment

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SSRI

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