a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
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characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia
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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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schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.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: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and biz…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and biz…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chron…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and biz…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and biz…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, symptoms, similar, less, severe.The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies whi…
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