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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Psychotic depression
a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
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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
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: depression, severe, loses, contact, reality.any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: depression, severe, loses, contact, reality.emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: depression, severe, loses, contact, reality.emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: depression, severe, loses, contact, reality.a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: depression, severe, loses, contact, reality.a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: depression, severe, loses, contact, reality.One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: depression, severe, loses, contact, reality.One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious a…
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