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| Anxiety disorders | are characterized by feelings of tension and nervousness and sometimes by panic attacks during which the individual feels and overwhelming sense of panic fear and the desire to escape |
| Panic disorders | is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurring panic attacks as well as the constant worry of other people |
| Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) | is an anxiety disorder characterzied by an almost constant state of autonomic nervous system arousal and feelings of dread and worry |
| Obsessive-compulsice disorder (OCD) | characterzied by involuntary persistent thoughts or obsessions as well as by compulsions or repetitive behaviors that are time consuming and maladaptive |
| Post-traumtic stress disorder | is caused by exposure to trauma such as war or violence which leads to recurring thoughts and anxiety linked to the trauma |
| Phobias | or persistent irrational fears of common events or objects |
| Somatoform Disorders | are psychological disorders characterzied by physical symptoms without any actual physcial causes |
| Conversion disorder | is a somatoform disorder in which a psychologicl problem manifests itself as a deficit in physiological function |
| Mood disorders | are extreme distrubances of emotional balance |
| Major depression | is characterized by depressed mood general lack of interest in things that were once enjoyable low sense of self worth low energy and possibly by thoughts of death or suicide |
| Bipolar disorder | can appear in a number of forms |
| seasonal affective disorder | is a mood disorder that affects people mostly during winter |
| Schizophrenia | refers to family of disorders of thoughts and behavior which share the common features of delsions hallucinations and disturbed or inappropriate emotional responses to eviromental stimuli |
| Dopamine hypothesis | a theory that suggests causes of schizophrenics have an excess number of dopamine receptors in the brain which may account for many of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia |
| Disorganized schizophrenia | is characterized by incoherent speech and flat or inappropriate emotional affect |
| Catatonic schizophrenia | is marked by stupor and rigid body postures for extended periods of time |
| Paranoid | is characterized by auditory hallucinations and feelings of persecution |
| undifferentiated schizophrenia | is used as a category for schizophrenics who exhibit multiple symptoms that are not easily categorized into the other afflictions |
| residual schizophrenia | is the term for people currently dispalying some schizoid tendencies or traitts but who are not curretly profoundly schizophrenic |
| Paranoid personality disorder | is chracterized bye extreme distrust and suspicion of others |
| Antisocial personality disorder | is marked by disregard for the rights or interests of others |
| Narcissistic personality disorder | is characterized by self preoccupation and the need for others to focus on oneself |
| Dependent personality disorder | is characterized by a need to be cared for |
| Histrionic personality disorder | is characterized by excessive emotional reactions and excitability as well as by the need for attention |
