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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Retarded depression
a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action
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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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Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted un…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted un…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.To initiate; to introduce favorably.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especial…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of chara…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.of Initiate
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clinical, depression, individual, lethargic, slow.of Initiate
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