a disorder in one's mental state
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.
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inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior
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any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheade…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry.
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a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crow…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inf…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, maladaptive, patterns, behavior.a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and…
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