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Covers all DSM disorders as it relates to the LMSW Exam.

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Definition
Dementia   cognitive and memory impairment  
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Amnestic Disorder   memory impairment with no cognitive delay, due to chronic alcoholism- Karaskoff Syndrome  
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Delirium   disturbance in consciousness due to medical condition or substance induced  
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substance dependance   increased tolerance, withdrawal symptoms  
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substance abuse   interference with daily life: legal, career, social, family, medical.  
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autistic disorder   onset before age 3, delay or abnormal social functioning, lack eye contact, repitive interest in behaviors or objects  
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asperger's disorder   high functioning and normal cognitive/language development, but social impairment.  
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ADHD   impulsivilty, easily distracted, fidgeting, inability to focus  
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder   negative, hostile, defiant, talking back, attitude, less serious violation.  
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conduct Disorder   More serious violation-truancy, stealing, lying, ignore societal norms(Remember the adult version for this disorder is called Antisocial Personality Disorder.)  
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PICA   eating non-nutrient substances  
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Rumination   regurgitation, re-chewing of food  
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Tourett's   multiple motor and 1 or more vocal tics  
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Chronic Vocal/Motor Tic   uncontrollable movements or vocal outbursts (but not both). ..../....  
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Transient Tic Disorder   like tourett's but less sever, and symptoms ends within 12 months.  
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Encopresis   Fecal soiling beyond 4 years of age  
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Enuresis   bedwetting; involuntary passing of urine in children after bladder control is achieved  
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selective mutism   a child who can speak well stops speaking, usually in school or social settings  
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separation anxiety disorder   child experiences anxiety when separated from the primary caregiver (usually the mother).  
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reactive attachment disorder   problem with social interaction that occurs when a child's basic physical and emotional needs are neglected, particularly when the child is an infant.  
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stereotypical movement disorders   repetitive, purposeless movements (such as hand waving, body rocking, or head banging) for at least four weeks.  
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schizophrenia   presence of symptoms @ least 6 months; 5 Types: Disorganized type Paranoid type Indifferentiated type Residual type Catatonic type  
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Disorganized Schizophrenia   speech and behavior that are disorganized or difficult to understand, and flattening or inappropriate emotions. People with this type of schizophrenia may laugh at the changing color of a traffic light or at something not closely related to what they are  
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Paranoid Schizophrenia   This type of Schizophrenia is characterized by delusions and auditory hallucinations but maintain relatively normal intellectual functioning and expression of affect. The delusions can often be about being persecuted unfairly or being some other person wh  
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Catatonic Schizophrenia   Characterized by disturbances of movement, people with this type of schizophrenia may keep themselves completely immobile or move all over the place. They may not say anything for hours, or they may repeat anything you say or do senselessly.  
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Residual Schizophrenia   Characterized by a past history of at least one episode of schizophrenia, but the person currently has no positive symptoms (delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech or behavior). It may represent a transition between a full-blown episode and comple  
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Indifferentiated Schizophrenia   Has symptoms seen in all of the other types of Schizophreniat but not enough of any one of them to define it as another particular type of schizophrenia.  
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Schizophreniform Disorder   presence of symptoms like Scizophrenia for more than a month but less than 6 months; Treatment= individual or group therapy, anti-psychotic drugs, and family support.  
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Schizo-Affective Disorder   Has symptoms of schizophrenia (psychosis) and mood problems (major depressive episode).  
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Delusional Disorder   persistent belief contrary to reality; 5 Types: Grandiose Persecutory Jealousy Erotomanic Somatic  
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Erotomanic   This type of delusional disorder believes that another person, often someone important or famous, is in love with him or her.  
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Jealousy   This type of delusional disorder believes that his or her spouse or sexual partner is unfaithful.  
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Grandiose   This type of delusional disorder has an over-inflated sense of worth, power, knowledge, or identity.  
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Persecutory   This type of delusional disorder causes people to believe that they (or someone close to them) are being mistreated, or that someone is spying on them or planning to harm them.  
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Somatic   This type of delusional disorder believes that he or she has a physical defect or medical problem.  
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Major Depressive Disorder   This disorder is characterized by presence of symptoms for @ least 2 weeks; weight gain or loss insomnia or over sleeping high or low energy feeling sad, empty, worthless  
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Dysthymic Disorder   This disorder is characterized by presence of symptoms for @ least 2 years-Chronic; type of depression in which a person's moods are regularly low. However, symptoms are not as severe as with major depression.  
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Manic Episode   This disorder is characterized by elevated mood, decreased need for sleep, increased energy, inflated self-esteem, increased talkativeness, and irresponsible behavior  
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Hypomania   Less severe & disruptive of version of a manic episode  
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Mixed Episode   This depression disorder is characterized by a period of at least one week when the standards are met for both a manic (not hypomanic) and a major depressive episode, and the mood disturbance is severe enough to impair job performance, social activities o  
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Bipolar I Disorder   This disorder is characterized by a person having at least one manic episode, Depression is often experienced as the high quickly fades and as the consequences of their activities becomes apparent, the depressive episode can be exacerbated.  
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Bipolar II   This disorder is characterized by hypomania and major depressive symptoms  
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phobia   This disorder is characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations  
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social phobia   This phobia is characterized by fear of humiliation in social settings  
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder   This disorder is characterized by recurrent thought or compulsive behaviors  
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder   This disorder exceeds 1 month and is characterized by re-experiencing a severe trauma  
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Acute Stress Disorder   This disorder is characterized by experiencing fear and related symptoms soon after a traumatic event and lasts less than a month  
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder   This disorder is characterized by excessive worry; chronic anxiety plus exaggerated worry and tension even when there is little or nothing to provoke these feelings  
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Body Dysmorphic   This disorder is characterized by being occupied with some imagined defect in appearance  
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Conversion Disorder   This disorder is characterized by a person experiencing very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found  
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Hypochondriasis Disorder   This disorder is characterized by the belief that physical symptoms are signs of a serious illness, even when there is no medical evidence to support the presence of an illness.  
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Somatization   This disorder is characterized by the expression of psychological distress through physical symptoms for the purpose of avoiding dealing with and emotional problem and to get attention from caregivers  
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Factitious Disorder   This disorder is characterized by faking mental or physical pain without obvious benefits; "hospital addiction"  
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Munchausen Disorder   This disorder is characterized by a person inducing illness in another person, exaggerating and fabricating symptoms, demanding tests, surgeries, hospitalizations  
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Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy   A form of child abuse. The abusive parent will falsify an illness in a child by making up or creating symptoms and then seeking medical treatment for the child.  
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Malingering Disorder   This disorder is characterized by producing symptoms in an attempt to seek hospitalization, avoid prosecution, obtain compensation, or simply get a bed for the night  
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Paranoid Personality Disorder   This disorder is characterized by inappropriate interpreting of the actions of others as demeaning or threatening.  
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Schizoid Personality Disorder   This disorder is characterized by being a loner who could care less to form relationships with others  
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Schizotypal Personality   This disorder is characterized by delusions and odd beliefs  
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Antisocial Personality Disorder   This disorder is characterized by violations of the rights of others  
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Borderline Personality Disorder   This disorder is characterized by instability in relationships; self destructive, intense mood shifts, manipulative; splitting (needs strict boundaries with therapist)  
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Histrionic Personality Disorder   This disorder is characterized by attention seeking; excessive emotionality, drama queen  
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder   This disorder is characterized by grand sense of self importance, entitlement, lack of empathy for others.  
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Avoidant Personality Disorder   This disorder is characterized by fear of negative social rejection. Despite the desire for closeness, connection is avoided.  
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Obessive Compulisve Personality Disorder   This disorder is characterized by perfectionism and inflexibility; ritualistic behaviors.  
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Panic Disorder   This disorder is characterized by sudden attacks with no logical or visible cause that occur over and over  
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Agoraphobia   This disorder is characterized by fear of place or situations from which escape might be hard  
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Asperger's Disorder   This disorder is characterized by maintenance of standard cognitive and linguistic development with difficulty in forming social relationships, repetitive motions, and abnormally clumsy motor skills  
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Rett's Disorder   Not to be confused with Tourette's disorder, this disorder is only found in girls and is characterized by hand-wringing motions and lack of hand skills.  
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Separation Anxiety Disorder   This disorder is characterized by excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or attachment figures  
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Reactive Attachment Disorder   Severe and unusual disorder in children, this disorder is characterized by a failure to form normal attachments with caregivers. Inhibited type shows an extreme lack of attachment. Disinhibited type shows extreme attachment to everyone including strangers  
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Vascular Dementia   A type of dementia that has rapid onset due to a significant cerebral event  
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Alcohol Withdraw   Quitting or reducing extreme and long-lasting alcohol use results in this disorder which is characterized by hyperactivity, psychomotor agitation, hand tremors, insomnia, depression, seizures, nausea, etc.  
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Delirium Tremens   Caused by alcohol this disorder is characterized by vibrant hallucinations, delusions, autonomic hyperactivity, and agitation  
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Korsakoff's Syndrome   A thiamine deficiency damaging to the thalamus region of the brain. Often brought on by alcoholism  
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Delusional Disorder   The client experiences non-bizarre delusions for at least 1month. Self or interpersonal function is not markedly impaired.  
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Capgras Syndrome   A type of delusional disorder in which the client believes that someone he/she knows has been replaced by a double  
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Fregoli Syndrome   A type of delusional disorder in which the patient identifies various people encountered as "psychologically identical" to a familiar person. **NO PHYSICAL SIMILARITY IS PRESENT YET THE CLIENT INSISTS THE TWO PEOPLE ARE IDENTICAL**  
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Dissociative Disorder   Disorder in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.  
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multiple personality disorder   A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.  
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Dissociative Fugue   disorder in which one travels away from home and is unable to remember details of his past, including often his identity  
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Depersonalization Disorder   dissociative disorder in which individuals feel detached and disconnected from themselves, their bodies, and their surroundings  
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Male Erectile Disorder   a sexual dysfunction characterized by repeated difficulty becoming sexually aroused as defined by failure to achieve or sustain erection  
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Female Organismic Disorder   recurrent or persistent inhibition of female orgasm after a normal period of sexual excitement  
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Male Organismic Disorder   Persistent or recurrent delay in, or absence of, orgasm following a normal sexual excitement phase during sexual activity in which men have a delayed ejaculation  
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Dyspareunia   painful sexual intercourse  
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Vaginismus   involuntary spasms of the vaginal muscles that interfere with penetration  
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Hypoactive Sexual Desire   a sexual problem characterized by a persisting and pervasive absence of sexual fantasies and desire.  
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Paraphilia   psychosexual disorders, sexual attraction to an object, person or activity not usually seen as sexual  
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Exhibitionism   a sexual disorder involving the exposure of one's genitals to a stranger  
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Fetishism   sexual attraction to nonliving things  
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Pedophilia   abnormal sexual desire in adults for children  
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Voyeurism   perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior  
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Anorexia Nervosa   An eating disorder characterized by an obsession with weight and starving oneself  
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Bulimia Nervosa   An eating disorder characterized by binge eating and using compensatory ways to avoid weight gain  
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Dyssomnia   Abnormality in the amount, quality, or timing of sleep  
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Parasomnia   behavioral or psychological events associated with sleep or sleep-wake transitions. Includes: nightmares, sleepwalking, night terrors, etc  
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Insomnia   Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep.  
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Hypersomnia   excessive daytime sleepiness  
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Narcolepsy   A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times.  
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Night Terrors   a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified with no dreams or other stimuli initiating it  
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Intermittent Explosive Disorder   recurrent outbursts of aggression resulting in assault/property damage  
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Kleptomania   a continual urge to steal regardless of economic motive  
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Pyromania   a compulsion to set things on fire  
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Trichotillomania   a disorder characterized by the repeated pulling out of one's own hair  
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Mental Retardation   a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life; varies from mild to profound  
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Dependent Personality Disorder   A personality disorder characterized by a pattern of clinging and obedience, fear of separation, and an ongoing need to be taken care of.  
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Social Phobia   Beyond being shy, this phobia is characterized by an irrational fear of being publicly humiliated or embarrassed.  
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Claustrophobia   Not to be confused with agoraphobia, this phobia is characterized by an intense fear of closed spaces  
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Zoophobia   Intense fear of animals and insects  
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Brontophobia   This phobia is characterized by an intense fear of thunder  
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Acrophobia   Intense fear of heights  
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Aerophobia   Intense fear of flying  
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Triskaidekaphobia   Abnormal fear of anything related to the number 13  
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Emetophobia   Irrational fear of vomiting  
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