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Psychiatry

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Loss of memory   amnesia  
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Varying degrees of uneasines, apprehension, or dread   anxiety  
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Absence of emotions lack of interest or emotional involvement   apathy  
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Thinking is internally stimulated and ideas have a private meaning   autistic thought  
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uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly   compulsion  
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Anxiety becomes a bodily symptom, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that does not have an organic base   conversion  
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A fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence   delusion  
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Uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object   dissociation  
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Sadness, hopelessness depressive mood, or feeling "low"   dysphoria  
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Exaggerated feeling of well-being   euphoria  
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False or unreal sensory perception as, for example, hearing voices when none are present   hallucination  
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Unstable; undergoing rapid emotional change   labile  
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State of excessive exciteability; hyperactive elation   mania  
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nonreactive state;stupor   mutism  
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An involuntary, persistent idea or emotion   obsession  
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Overly suspicious system of thinking   paranoia  
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Characterized by unpleasent tension, distres, and avoidance behavior, ex: phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder   anxiety disorders  
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Mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and depression   bipolar disorder  
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Eating disorder with binge eating followed by vomitting, purging and depression   bulimia nervosa  
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Active substance in marijuana   cannabis  
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Condition marked by physical symptoms with no organic basis, appearing as a result of anxiety and unconscious inner conflict   conversion disorder  
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Confusion in thinking   dilirium  
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Fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence   delusion  
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Loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgement and reasoning as well as changed in personality   dementia  
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Major mood disorder with chronic sadness, loss of energey, hopelessness   depression  
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Chronic or sudden disturbance in memory, identity, or consciousness   dissociative disorder  
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Central coordinating branch of the personality or mind   ego  
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Flight from customary surrounding   fugue  
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Strong and persisten cross-gender identification with the opposite sex   gender identity disorder  
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Maor unconscious part of the personality   id  
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Prolonged emotion dominates a person's life   mood disorders  
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repressed conflicts lead to mental symptoms such as anxiety and fears that disturb ability to function   neurosis  
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Anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and repetitive acts dominate behavior   obsessive-compulsive disorder  
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Recurrent intense sexual urge, fantasy, or behavior that involves unusual objects, activities or situations   paraphilia  
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Lifelong personality patterns marked by inflexibility and impairment of social functioning   personality disorders  
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Group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills   pervasive developmental disorders  
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Anxiety-related symptoms appear after personal experience of a traumatic event   post-traumatic stress disorder  
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Diagnostic personality test using unstructured stimuli (inkblots etc)   projective (personality) test  
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physician (MD)can prescribe dugs   psychiatrist  
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nonmedical professional (PhD or EdD)   psychologist  
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Disorder marked by loss on contact with reality   psychosis  
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Ability to perceive fact from fantasy   reality testing  
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Defense mechanism by which unacceptable thoughts, feelings and impulses are automatically pushed into the unconsious   repression  
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A psychosis marked by withdrawal from reality into an inner world or disorganized thinking and conflict   schizophrenia  
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Disorders of paraphilias and sexual dysfunction   Sexual disorders  
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Having physical symptoms that cannot be explained by any actual physical disorder or other well-described mental disorder ssuch as depression   somatoform disorders  
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Regular overuse of pschoactive substances   substance-related disorders  
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Central nervous system stimulants that may be used to treat depression and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder   amphetamines  
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