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Affect
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External expression of emotion, or emotional response.
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Amnesia
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Loss of memory.
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Anorexia nervosa
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Eating disorder with excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight.
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Anxiety disorders
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Characterized by unpleasant tension, distress, and avoidance behavior; examples are phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Apathy
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Absence of emotions; lack of interest or emotional involvement.
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Autistic thought
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Thinking is internally stimulated and ideas have a private meaning; fantasy thought of as reality.
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Bipolar disorder
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Mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and drepression.
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Bulimia nervosa
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Eating disorder with binge eating followed by vomiting, purging and depression.
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Cannabis
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Active substance in marijuana; THC
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Compulsion
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Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly.
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Conversion disorder
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Condition marked by physical symptoms with no organic basis, appearing as a result of anxiety and unconscious inner conflict.
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Defense mechanism
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Unconscious technique (coping mechanism) a person uses to resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety. It protects the individual against anxiety and stress; examples are acting out and denial.
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Delirium
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Confusion in thinking; faulty perceptions and irrational behaviour.
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Delusion
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Fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence.
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Dementia
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Loss of intellectual abiities with impairment of memory, judgement and reasoning as well as changes in personality.
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