Psychology Disorders

Disorders

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Deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressful over a relatively long period of time
Abnormal Behavior
Disorder marked by persistent anxiety for at least 6 months and in which the individual is unable to specify the reasons for the anxiety
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Disorder in which the individual experiences recurrent sudden onsets of intense terror often without warning and with no specific cause. Category?
Panic Disorder / Anxiety Disorders
Disorder characterized by an irrational overwhelming persistent fear of a particular object or situation. Category?
Phobia Disorder / Anxiety Disorder
Disorder in which the individual has anxiety-provoking thoughts that will not go away and/or urges to perform repetitive ritualistic behaviors to prevent or produce some future situation. Category?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Anxiety Disorder
Disorder that develops through exposure to a traumatic event, a severely oppressive situation, cruel abuse or a natural or an unnatural disaster. Category?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Anxiety Disorder
Disorder in chich the individual suffers from an unrelenting lack of pleasure in life. Category?
Depressive Disorder / Mood Disorder
Disorder involving a major depressive episode and depressed characteristics such as lethargy and hopelessness for at least 2 weeks. Category? Subcategory?
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) / Mood Disorder / Depressive Disorder
Disorder that is generally more chronic and has fewer symptoms than MDD, but no major depressive episode and no break with a normal mood. Category? Subcategory?
Dysthymic Disorder / Mood Disorder / Depressive Disorder
Disorder characterized by extreme mood swings that include one or more episodes of mania, an overexcitement, unrealistic optimistic state. Category?
Bipolar Disorder / Mood Disorder
Suicide is what category of disorder?
Mood Disorder
Disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation. Category?
Anorexia Nervosa / Eating Disorder
Disorder in chich an individual (typically a woman/girl) consistently follows a binge-and-purge eating pattern. Category?
Bulimia Nervosa / Eating Disorder
Disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large amounts of food during which the person feels a lack of control over eating. Category?
Binge Eating Disorder / Eating Disorder
Disorder characterized by extreme memory loss that is caused by extensive psychological stress. Category?
Dissociative Amnesia / Dissociative Disorder