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What is bipolar disorder?
A cycle of moods changing from depression to wild elation and back again - periods of mania
100
What is OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)?
A repetitive/ritualistic behavior such as checking or cleaning something specific
100
What are hallucinations?
False sensory perception that occurs in the absence of any actual stimulus
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What is DID (dissociative identity disorder)?
Two or more personalities within a single individual
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What is PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)?
Experiences that may produce this dosorder include: rape, abuse, assault, natural disasters, and war experiences
200
What is major depression?
This disorder is by far the most common of all of the psychological disorders. It consists of a constant down/sad feeling
200
What are obsessions?
Unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again
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What is disorganized schizophrenia?
Incoherant in thoughts and speech; disorganized behavior
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What is antisocial disorder?
A persistant behavior pattern of disreguard for, and violation of the rights of others
200
What is hypocondrasis?
Morgan is constantly worried about contracting diseases and continuously goes on WebMD.com
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What is histrionic personality disorder?
A constant need/desire for the attention of others
300
What are compulsions?
An apparently irresistable urge to repeat an act or engage in ritualistic behavior such as hand washing
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What is catatonic schizophrenia?
A schizophrenic disorder creating a disturbance in someone's movement
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What are phobic disorders?
Fear that leads to avoidence behavior that interferes with the effected person's normal life
300
What is conversion disorder?
Right before a basketball game Emily froze up out of fear and could not move her shooting arm.
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What are delusions of grandeur?
A superior feeling when in a group of others
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What are panic attacks?
Relatively short periods of intense fear or discomfort characterized by dizziness, shortness of breath, shaking, sweating and nausea
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What is paranoid schizophrenia?
Dellusions and hallucinations of people who are "out to get" them
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What is somatoform disorder?
The two most common forms of this disorder are conversion and hypocondrasis
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What is anxiety disorder?
Classified in the DSM/IV includes phobic disorders, panic, generalized anxiety disorder, compulsive disorder, or PTSD
500
What is narcissistic personality disorder?
a person who believes that they are better than everyone else around them
500
What is agoraphobia?
A fear of being in a place where you cannot escape
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What is a psychotic disorder of schizophrenia?
Most serious psychological disorder catagorized with a loss of contact with reality
500
What is dississociative fugue?
A person who wants to leave their old life behind for a completely new one
500
What are psychological disorders?
Behavior patterns or mental processes that include serious personal suffering or interfere with someone's everyday life