Personality disorders
This personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of others.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This mood disorder is marked by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
A disorder characterized by an inability to recall important personal information, usually due to trauma.
What is dissociative amnesia?
A disorder where a person excessively worries about having a serious illness based on a minor symptom.
What is Hypochondriasis?
Schizophrenia is often associated with this type of sensory experience that isn't real.
What are hallucinations?
Individuals with this disorder often experience unstable relationships and self-image and may engage in impulsive behaviors.
What is borderline personality disorder?
A mood disorder that causes extreme highs and lows in mood, energy, and behavior.
What is bipolar disorder?
This disorder is marked by feelings of detachment from one's own body or thoughts.
What is depersonalization disorder?
This disorder involves one or more physical complaints that cause distress but lack a medical explanation.
What is somatic symptom disorder?
A common symptom of schizophrenia where a person holds a strong belief in something untrue.
This disorder involves a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking.
What is histrionic personality disorder?
This disorder is marked by excessive or irrational fears which are out of proportion to the actual danger.
What is phobic disorder?
A rare condition involving the presence of two or more distinct personality states.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
A condition in which a person has neurological symptoms, such as paralysis, with no medical cause.
What is conversion disorder?
A subtype of schizophrenia with prominent motor disturbances, including immobility or extreme agitation.
What is catatonic schizophrenia?
This personality disorder involves grandiosity, a need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.
What is narcissistic personality disorder?
This disorder can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, causing flashbacks, anxiety, and intense distress.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
A severe dissociative condition where individuals experience gaps in memory, often around traumatic events.
What is dissociative fugue?
This disorder involves intentionally producing or exaggerating symptoms for sympathy or attention.
What is factitious disorder?
The typical age range when schizophrenia symptoms begin to appear.
What is late teens to early 30s?
Individuals with this disorder often have a strong preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control.
What is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
This disorder involves a fear of having a panic attack in crowded or public places, leading to a person avoiding these situations.
What is agoraphobia?
Dissociative disorders are often linked to this type of traumatic experience, especially in childhood.
What is abuse?
A rare disorder in which a person believes that have a deformity or flaw in their appearance, often imaginary.
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
This hypothesis suggests schizophrenia is linked to an imbalance in a specific neurotransmitter.
What is the dopamine hypothesis?