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Affective Symptoms - Mood or emotional responses dissonant with or inappropriate to the behavior and/or stimulus. |
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Aggression - A form of behavior which leads to self-assertion; it may arise from innate drives and/or a response to frustration; may be manifested by destructive and attacking behavior, by covert attitudes of hostility and obstructionism, or by healthy self-expressive drive to mastery. (Dorland 27th ed) |
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Child Reactive Disorders - Reactions to an event or set of events which are considered to be of pathological degree, that have not developed into a neurosis, psychosis, or personality disorder with fixed patterns. |
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Delusions - A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates. |
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Depersonalization - State in which an individual perceives or experiences a sensation of unreality concerning the self or the environment; it is seen in disorders such as schizophrenia, affection disorders, organic mental disorders, and personality disorders. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.) |
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Depression - Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with major depression present in neurotic and psychotic disorders. |
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Malingering - Simulation of symptoms of illness or injury with intent to deceive in order to obtain a goal, e.g., a claim of physical illness to avoid jury duty. |
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Mental Fatigue - Fatigue arising in consequence of mental effort. |
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Obsessive Behavior - Persistent, unwanted idea or impulse which is considered normal when it does not markedly interfere with mental processes or emotional adjustment. |
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Paranoid Behavior - Behavior exhibited by individuals who are overly suspicious, but without the constellation of symptoms characteristic of paranoid personality disorder or paranoid type of schizophrenia. |
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Schizophrenic Language - The artificial language of schizophrenic patients - neologisms (words of the patient's own making with new meanings). |
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Self-Injurious Behavior - Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation. |
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Stress, Psychological - Stress wherein emotional factors predominate. |
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