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Somatization Disorder
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Multiple, unexplained symptoms (including pain and mood symptoms) characterize this chronic...
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Conversion Disorder
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These patients complain of isolated symptoms that seem to have no physical cause.
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Pain Disorder
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The pain in question has no apparent physical or physiological basis, or it far exceeds the...
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Hypochondriasis
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An otherwise healthy patient who has the unfounded fear of a serious, often life-threatening...
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Body Dysmorphic
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In this rare disorder, physically normal patients believe parts of their bodies are misshappened...
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Undifferentiated Somatiform Disorder
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This is a residual category for patients who don't meet criteria for any other somatoform disorder....
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Somatoform N.O.S
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This is a catchall category for patients whose somatoform symptoms fail to meet criteria for...
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Factitious Disorder
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These patients make up symptoms for the purpose, in DSM-IV language, of assuming the sick role....
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Malingering
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These people devise symptoms for material gain: obtaining money or drugs, avoiding work or...
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Dissociative Amnesia
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The patient cannot remember important information that is usually of a personal nature. This...
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Dissociative Fugue
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The patient suddenly travels away from home and cannot remember important details about the...
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
(Multiple personality disorder)
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One or more additional identities intermittently seize control of the patient's behavior.
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Depersonalization Disorder
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There are episodes of detachment, as if the patient is observing the patient's own behavior...
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Dissociative Disorder N.O.S
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Patients who have symptoms suggestive of any of the disorders above, but who do not meet criteria...
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Despite the fact that they are severly underweight, these patients see themselves as fat.
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Bulimia Nervosa
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These patients eat in binges, then prevent weight gain by self-induced vomitting, purging,...
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Eating Disorder N.O.S
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Use this category for disorders of eating that do not meet the criteria for either Anorexia...
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Intermittent Explosive Disorder
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With no other demonstrable pathology (psychological or general medical), these patients have...
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Kleptomania
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An irresistible impulse to steal objects they don't need causes these patients to do so repeatedly....
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Pyromania
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Fire setters feel "tension and release" in regard to the behavior of starting fires.
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Pathological Gambling
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These patients repeatedly gamble, often until they lose money, jobs, and friends.
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Trichotillomania
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Pulling hair from various parts of the body is accompanied by feelings of "tension and release"
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Impulse-Control Disorder N.O.S
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Use this category for problems with impulse control that do not meet the criteria for any other...
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Adjustment Disorder
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When an identifiable stressor leads to impaired relationships in the patient's work or social...
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
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These people are suspicious and quick to take offense. they often have few confidants and may...
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Schizoid Personality Disorder
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These people care little for social relationships, have a restricted emotional range, and seem...
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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Interpersonal relationships are so difficult for these people that they appear peculiar or...
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
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The irresponsible, often criminal behavior of these people begin in childhood or early adolescence...
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Borderline Personality Disorder
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These impulsive people make recurrent suicide threats or attempts. Affectively unstable, they...
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Histrionic Personality Disorder
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Overly emotional, vague, and attention-seeking, histrionic people need constant reassurance ...
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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These people are self-important and often preoccupied with envy, fantasies of success, or ruminations...
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
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These timid people are so easily wounded by criticism that they hesitate to become involved...
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Dependent Personality Disorder
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These people need the approval of others so much that they have trouble making independent...
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Obsessive-Compulsive Personlaity Disorder
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Perfectionism and rigidity characterize these people. They are often workaholics, and they...
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Personality Disorder N.O.S
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Use this category for personality disturbances that do not meet the criteria for any of the...
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