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- anorexia
- an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a normal minimal body weight, fear of gaining weight
- anxiety
- a state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation
- asylum
- an institution for the care of people, especially those with physical or mental impairments, who require organized supervision or assistance
- autism
- abnormal self-absorption, usually affecting children, characterized by a lack of response to people and actions and limited ability to communicate
- compulsion
- an inner drive that causes a person to perform actions, often of a trivial and repetitive nature
- creative therapy
- any non-standard process which focuses on the action instead of the result as a means of therapy
- delusion
- a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary
- dementia
- a state of serious emotional and mental deterioration
- ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)
- the treatment of certain psychotic conditions by passing an electric current through the brain to induce coma or convulsions
- frontal lobotomy
- incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts
- mood stabilizers
- a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shifts
- OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)
- a mental condition characterized by persistent, intrusive, and senseless thoughts (obsessions) to perform repetitive behaviors
- panic attack
- an episode of acute and disabling anxiety associated with such physical symptoms as hyperventilation and sweating
- phobia
- an abnormal intense and irrational fear of a given situation, organism, or object
- PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
- a disorder that occurs among survivors of severe environmental stress such as a tornado, an airplane crash, or military combat
- psychiatrist
- a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- psychoactive drug
- a chemical substance that affects the processes of the mind
- psychologist
- a person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy
- psychotherapy
- treatment of mental disorders and behavioral disturbances using verbal and nonverbal communication
- schizophrenia
- any of a group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations
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Many people worry that the pressure on teenage girls to look like models causes anorexia.
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John had suffered from anxiety for several years before he sought treatment.
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Nowadays, people usually say 'psychiatric hospital' instead of 'asylum' as it sounds better.
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The film 'Rainman' did a lot to educate people on the effects of autism.
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At first his compulsion to count the M&M's seemed strange, but we all got used to it quickly.
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Some coma clinics use color therapy as a creative therapy to try and stimulate the patients' brains.
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When his delusion became so strong that he lost touch with reality, he had to be sent to a psychiatric hospital for his own safety.
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It can be very distressing to see the effects of dementia on elderly relatives.
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Electroconvulsive therapy is usually the last resort when treating major depressive disorders.
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Although now viewed as barbaric, the frontal lobotomy was one of the only options available to surgeons at the time.
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Jane would become extremely sad if she didn't take her mood stabilizers.
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The main sign that he was suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder, was his need to wash his hands three times after going to the toilet.
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Having a panic attack while driving can result in the complete loss of control of the vehicle.
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As a result of his phobia of crowds, John refused to go to the supermarket and did all his shopping online.
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Thousands of soldiers returning from the Gulf war suffered from post traumatic stress disorder so badly that it was impossible for them to go back to a normal life.
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During her time at medical university, Jane developed an interest in mental health and decided to become a psychiatrist.
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Although most people think of LSD when talking about psychoactive drugs, it is worth remembering that they can play a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses.
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John had been seeing his psychologist for several years before he realized the cause of his anxiety.
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Some people don't see the value of psychotherapy, because they think that just talking about feelings cannot help a patient.
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People suffering from schizophrenia often find it hard to live in the real world.