a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder
an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors
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a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.
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an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheade…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.A neurological disorder marked by recurrent seizures.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some proj…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheade…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, recurrent, persistent.
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