Characterized by persistent and intrusive preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance. People with this disorder suffer from obsessions about their appearance that can last for hours or the entire day. Plastic surgery rarely helps these people feel better about their perceived deficits.
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
100
The affected person believes that his or her thoughts or behavior have control over specific situations or people.
What is Magical thinking?
100
People with this disorder have a noted disregard for the rights and feelings of others and often perform criminal acts for personal gain.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
Antisocial personality disorder does NOT mean that they don't socialize, mainly they use other people for what they want. E.G. Charles Manson has this disorder and was a charismatic leader who got others to kill for him.
100
A chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive or difficult to control despite harmful consequences.
What is Drug Addiction?
200
CBT
What is Cognitive behavioral therapy?
200
This disorder involves the collecting or even hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged.
What is Bibliomania?
200
A word or expression invented by the patient that only they typically understand and makes little or no sense to others.
What is a Neologism?
200
This disorder causes patients to have unstable emotions and mood swings. Unlike bipolar disorder, it does not usually occur in cycles. These people typically have inappropriate or extreme emotional reactions, highly impulsive behaviors and a history of unstable relationships.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
200
The return to drug use after an attempt to stop.
What is relapse?
300
NAMI
What is the National Alliance on Mental Illness?
300
The person perceives the environment to be unsafe with no easy way to get away.These situations can include open spaces, public transit, shopping malls, or simply being outside the home and many people with this disorder are shut-ins.
What is Agoraphobia?
300
Use of rhythmic words.
What is Clanging?
300
This condition is characterized by acting in an overly dramatic or emotional way, usually as a bid to draw attention. This person always has to be at the center of attention and resents when they are not. They will do/say flashy or flamboyant things to gain attention.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
300
Most drugs affect the brain's reward circuit by flooding it with this chemical messenger.
What is Dopamine?
400
ECT
What is Electroconvulsive therapy?
400
A rare mental illness in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that he or she is already dead, does not exist, is putrefying, or has lost his or her blood or internal organs
What is the Cotard delusion?
400
Persistently repeating the same word or idea in response to different questions.
What is Perseveration?
400
Named for the figure from Greek mythology, this personality disorder causes patients to have an inflated view of self or their importance, often at the expense of others. They are the center of the universe.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
400
In this region of the world there are dozens of public facilities where you can bring recreational drugs including marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy to use.
What is the Netherlands?
500
PTSD
What is post traumatic stress disorder?
500
This disorder is the fear of being enclosed in a small space or room and having no escape.
What is Claustrophobia?
500
Speech marked by a group of disconnected words.
What is Word salad?
500
This condition is characterized primarily by a compulsion to engage in repetitive behaviors and repetitive thought patterns. Often rituals are part of this persons day.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
500
After marijuana, this drug is the second most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.
What is cocaine?
Fun Fact: The soft drink Coca-Cola originally contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per serving and it was officially removed from the drink’s ingredients in 1903.