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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Phobic disorder
an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"
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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.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.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, extreme, irrational.characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.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, extreme, irrational.To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.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, extreme, irrational.To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassmen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.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, extreme, irrational.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, extreme, irrational.extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme un…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anxiety, disorder, characterized, extreme, irrational.Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.
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