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Medical Model
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A framework for understanding abnormal behavior patterns as symptoms of underlying disorders or disease
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Biopsychosocial Model
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An integrative model for explaining abnormal behavior patterns in terms of the interactions of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors
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Diathesis-stress Model
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A type of biopsychosocial model that relates the development of disorders to the combination of a diathesis, or predisposition, usually genetic in origin, and exposure to stressful events or life circumstances
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Diathesis
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A vulnerability or predisposition to developing a disorder
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Psychological Disorders (Mental disorders / mental illnesses)
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Abnormal behavior patterns characterized by disturbances in behavior, thinking, perceptions, or emotions that are associated with significant personal distress or impaired functioning.
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Social Phobia
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A type of anxiety disorder involving excessive fear of social situations
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Specific Phobia
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Phobia reactions involving specific situations or objects
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Acrophobia
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Excessive fear of heights
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Agoraphobia
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Excessive, irrational fear of being in public places
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Panic Disorder
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A type of anxiety disorder involving repeated episodes of sheer terror called panic attacks
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
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A type of anxiety disorder involving persistent and generalized anxiety and worry
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Dissociative disorders
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A class of psychological disorders involving changes in consciousness, memory, or self-identity
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Somatoform disorders
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A class of psychological disorders involving physical ailments or complaints that cannot be explained by organic causes
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
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A type of dissociative disorder characterized by the appearance of multiple personalities in the same individual
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Conversion Disorder
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A type of somatoform disorder characterized by a change in or loss of physical function that cannot be explained by medical causes
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