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"affect","external expression of emotion, or emotional response" "amnesia","loss of memory" "anorexia nervosa","eating disorder with excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight" "anxiety disorders","characterized by unpleasant tension, distress and avoidance behavior; examples are panic disorder, phobias, OCD, PTSD and generalized anxiety disorder" "autism","neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inhibited social interaction and communication and by restricted, repetitive behavior" "bipolar disorders","these are marked by alternating periods of mania and depression" "bulimia nervosa","eating disorder with binge eating followed by vomiting, purging and depression" "delusion","fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence" "dementia","progressive loss of intellectual abilities such as memory, judgment and reasoning as well as changes in personality" "depressive disorders","major psychiatric disorders with chronic sadness, loss of energy, hopelessness, worry, discouragement, and commonly suicidal impulses/thoughts" "hallucination","false sensory perception (hearing voices and seeing things)" "mania","elevated expansive state (euphoria) with hyperactivity, talkativeness, and racing thought" "obsessive compulsive disorder","anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts dominate behavior" "personality disorders","lifelong personality patterns marked by inflexibility and impairment of social functioning" "phobia","irrational or disabling fear (avoidance) of an object or situation" "post traumatic stress disorder","anxiety-related symptoms appear after personal experience of a traumatic event" "psychosis","disorder marked by loss of contact with reality, often associated with delusions and hallucinations" "schizophrenia spectrum disorders","group of chronic psychotic disorders that may include hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior, flat affect, and lack of initiative" "somatic symptom disorders","presence of physical symptoms that cannot be explained by an actual physical disorder or mental disorder such as depression" "substance-related and addictive disorders","group of disorders marked by regular overuse of or dependence on psychoactive substances (alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis, etc) that affect the CNS" "electroconvulsive therapy","electrical current is used to produce convulsions and loss of consciousness; effective in the treatment of major depression. Modern techniques use anesthesia so convulsions are not so observable" "lithium","medication used to treat bipolar illness" "neuroleptic drug","any drug that favorably modifies psychotic symptoms; antipsychotic drug"...