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| psychological disorders | behavior patters or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person's ability to cope with everyday life |
| culture-bound syndrome | clusters of symptoms that define or describe an illness |
| anxiety | refers to a general state of dread or uneasiness that occurs in response to a vague or imagined danger |
| phobia | a fear |
| simple phobia | refers to a persistent excessive or irrational fear of a particular object or situation |
| social phobia | persistent fear of social situations in which one might be exposed to the close scrutiny of others and thus be observed doing something embarrassing or humiliating |
| panic attack | a relatively short period of intense fear or discomfort, characterized by shortness of breath, dizziness, rapid heart rate, trembling or shaking, sweating, choking, nausea, and other distressing physical symptoms |
| agoraphobia | is a fear of being in places or situations in which escape may be difficult or impossible |
| obsession | unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again |
| compulsion | repetitive ritual behaviors often involving checking and cleaning |
| post-traumatic stress disorder | refers to intense, persistent feelings of anxiety that are caused by an experience so traumatic that it would produce stress in almost anyone |
| dissociation | refers to the separation of certain personality components or mental processes from conscious thought |
| depersonalization | refers to feelings of detachment from one's mental processes or body |
| somatization | refers to the expression of psychological distress through physical symptoms |
| depression | feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, guilt, and great sadness |
| bipolar disorder | involves a cycle of mood changes from depression to wild elation and back again |
| mania | extreme excitement characterized by hyperactivity and chaotic behavior |
| schizophrenia | most serious of psychological disorders, is characterized by loss of contact with reality |
| catatonic stupor | an immobile, expressionless, comalike state |
