PSYCHOLOGY

• Anxiety - an unpleasant mental state where you worry about the possibility of future danger
• Phobic Stimulus - Intense fear of specific object or situation
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder - excessive anxiety and worry about number of events/activities.
• Fear - is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat.
• Social Anxiety Disorder- fear or worry of embarrassment in social situations.
• Agoraphobia - fear of being alone in public where escape is difficult.
• Panic Attack - an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort
• Anxiety - is anticipation of future threat.
• Phobia- a persistent or irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situations.
• Selective Mutism - lack of speech in social interactions with children and adults.
• Astraphobia - fear of thunder and lightning.
• Panic Disorder - recurrent, unexpected panic attack.
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - essential features are recurrent Obsession or Compulsion that are severe enough to be time consuming.
• Anal Character - represent fixation to the anal stage development.
• Compulsion - repetitive behavior or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform
• Absent Insight - The individual is convinced that the house will burn down if the stove is not checked 30 times
• Good or Fair Insight - The individual believes that the stove may or may not burn down if the stove is not checked 30 times
• Obsession - recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted
• Poor Insight - The individual believes that the house will probably burn down if the stove is not checked 30 times.
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - condition triggered by a traumatic or terrifying event - either witnessing it or experiencing it
• Hoarding Disorder - persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder - preoccupation with perceived flaws and defects in appearance often unnoticeable to others.
• Trichotillomania - recurrent pulling of ones hair, resulting in hair loss
• Excoriation - Recurrent skin picking resulting in skin lesions
• Bipolar II Disorder - at least one major depressive episode (lasting at least 2 weeks) + one hypomanic episode
• Bipolar Disorder - presence of extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania and hypomania) and lows (depression
• Mania - elevated mood or high energy
• Bipolar I Disorder - at least one manic episode (lasting more than 7 days(
• Cyclothymic Disorder - fluctuate between mild depression to hypomania (at least 2 years in adults and at least 1 year in children and adolescents)
• Major Depressive Disorder - abnormal extension and over elaboration of sadness and grief
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder - severe temper outbursts that are out of proportion to the situation
• Persistent Depressive Disorder - persistent depressed mood for at least 2 years
• Persistent Depressive Disorder - characterized by persistent depressed mood for at least 2 years.
• Hypomania - a symptoms of bipolar disorder that is less severe than mania
• Mania - Often had almost completely loss of function and requires hospitalization
• Euthymia - not sad not happy