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What is Acute PTSD?
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PTSD symptoms that occur within 1 to 6 months after the triggering event.
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What is Chronic PTSD?
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PTSD symptoms that last for more than 6 months after the triggering event.
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What is Delayed Onset PTSD?
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PTSD symptoms that develop more than 6 months after the triggering event.
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What are Dissociative Symptoms in PTSD?
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Symptoms paired with depersonalization or derealization in PTSD.
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What is Phobic Disorder?
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A condition characterized by irrational fears of specific objects or situations like spiders, snakes, or heights.
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What is Social Phobia?
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A fear of humiliation or public speaking, also known as social anxiety disorder.
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What is Agoraphobia?
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A fear of busy areas, open spaces, or situations where escape may be difficult.
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What are the types of Specific Phobias?
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Animal Type, Natural Environment Type, Blood Injection Injury Type, and Situational Type.
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What is Panic Disorder?
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Abrupt anxiety attacks that are unrelated to specific objects or situations.
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What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
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Persistent anxiety on at least 50% of days about various events, not attributed to a specific phobic object or situation.
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What is Left Frontal Lobe Activation?
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Activation of the left frontal lobe in the brain, associated with certain mental processes.
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What is Dissociative Amnesia?
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Sudden inability to recall important personal information, often related to traumatic or stressful events.
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What is Dissociative Fugue?
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Abruptly leaving home or work, traveling to a new place, and losing memory of past life, a form of dissociative amnesia.
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What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
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Formerly known as multiple personality disorder, it involves two or more distinct identities or personalities.
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What is Depersonalization?
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Detachment from one's mental processes or body, feeling like in a dream state.
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What is Derealization?
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Experiencing unreality of surroundings, losing a sense of the external world.
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What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
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A condition characterized by recurrent anxiety-provoking thoughts (obsessions) and compulsive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions).
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What are the major categories of OCD compulsions?
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Checking, Ordering, Arranging, Washing/Cleaning.
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What is Schizophrenia?
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A mental disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, language, perception, motor activity, mood, and withdrawal from reality.
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What are the 4 causes of Schizophrenia?
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Genetics, drugs, abnormalities in brain function, and environmental risk factors.
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What are the 3 phases of Schizophrenia?
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Prodromal (before acute phase), Active/Acute (hallucinations, delusions), Residual (after acute phase).
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What are Somatoform Disorders?
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Psychological disorders where physical symptoms cannot be explained by a medical condition.
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What is Somatization Disorder?
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Complaining of physical problems like pain or paralysis without physical evidence.
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What is Conversion Disorder?
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Major change or loss of physical functioning without medical explanation, not intentionally produced.
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What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?
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Previously known as hypochondriasis, strong belief of having a serious illness despite few or no symptoms.
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What are Factitious Disorders?
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Conditions where a person intentionally creates or complains of physical symptoms without obvious external rewards.
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What is Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD)?
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Illness anxiety disorder is a recent term for what used to be diagnosed as hypochondriasis. People diagnosed with IAD strongly believe they have a serious or life-threatening illness despite few or no symptoms, yet their concerns are very real to them.
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What are Factitious Disorders?
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Factitious disorders are conditions in which a person knowingly and intentionally creates or complains of physical and/or emotional symptoms in order to place themselves in the role of a patient or a person in need of help.