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proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease

distinguishing one illness from another

refers to the apparent causation and developmental history of an illness

a forecast about the probable course of an illness

American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; system for classifying disorders

disorders marked by a chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat

disorder marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger

disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur suddenly and unexpectedly

the fear of going out in public

OCD; a disorder marked by persistent, uncontrollable intrusions of unwanted thoughts and urges to engage in senseless rituals

PTSD; a disorder that involves enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event

indicates the percentage of twin pairs or other pairs of relatives that exhibit the same disorder

physical ailments that cannot be fully explained by organic conditions and are largely due to psychological factors

genuine physical ailments caused in part by psychological factors, especially emotional distress

a disorder marked by a history of diverse physical complaints that appear to be psychological in origin

characterized by a significant loss of physical function, (with no apparent organic basis) usually in a single organ system

a disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with one's health and incessant worry about developing physical illness

a class of disorders in which people lose contact with portions of their consciousness or memory, resulting in disruptions in their sense of identity

a sudden loss of memory for important personal information that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting

a disorder when people lose their memory for their entire lives along with their sense of personal identity

DID; a disorder that involves the coexistence in one person of two or more largely complete, and usually very different, personalities

a class of disorders marked by emotional disturbances of varied kinds that may spill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and thought processes

disorders when people show persistent feelings of sadness and despair and a loss of interest in previous sources of pleasure

a disorder marked by the experience of both depressed and manic periods

a class of disorders marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and deterioration of adaptive behavior

false beliefs that are maintained even though they clearly are out of touch with reality

sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of a real, external stimulus or are gross distortions of perceptual input

patients dominated by delusions of persecution, along with delusions of grandeur

patients marked by striking motor disturbance, ranging from muscular rigidity to random motor activity

patients marked by a particularly severe deterioration of adaptive behavior

schizophrenics who do not fall into any of the other three categories; marked by idiosyncratic mixtures of symptoms

symptoms that involve behavioral deficits, such as flattened emotions, social withdrawal, apathy, impaired attention, and poverty of speech

symptoms that involve behavioral excesses or peculiarities, such as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild flights of ideas