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Common Behavioral Disorder Terms

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Anorexia nervosa
An eating disorder characterized by failure to maintain body weight, intensive fear of gaining weight, desire to be thin.
Anxiety disorder
An emotional disorder characterized by feelings of apprehension, tension or uneasiness arising typically from the anticipation of unreal or imagined danger
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
A disorder of learning and behavioral problems characterized by marked inattention, impulsiveness and hyperactivity.
Bipolar disorder
A major psychological disorder typified by a disturbance in mood. The disorder is manifested by maniac and depressive episodes that may alternate or may occur simultaneously
Bulimia nervosa
An eating disorder characterized by uncontrolled binge eating followed by purging (induced vomiting)
Major depression
A mood disturbance characterized by feelings of sadness, despair, and discouragement. Depression ranges from normal feelings of sadness (resulting from and proportional to personal los
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
A disorder characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts that result in the tendency to perform repetitive acts or rituals (compulsions) usually as a means of releasing tension or reli
Panic attack
An episode of acute anxiety, occurring unpredictably, with feelings of acute apprehension, dyspnea, dizziness, sweating, and/or chest pain
Phobia
A marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific situation or object
Pica
Compulsive eating of non-nutritive substances such as clay or ice. This condition is often a result of an iron deficiency. When iron deficiency is the cause of pica the condition will
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
A disorder characterized by an acute emotional response to a traumatic event or severe emotional stress such as an airplane crash, repeated physical or emotional trauma, or military co
Schizophrenia
Any one of a large group of psychotic disorders characterized by gross distortions of reality, disturbance of language and communication, withdrawal from social interaction, and the di
Somatoform disorders
Physical symptoms for which no known physical cause exists.
AD
Alzheimer disease
ADHD
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder
ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
CNS
Central nervous system
CP
Cerebral palsy
CSF
Cerebrospinal fluid
CVA
Cerebrovascular accident
EchoEG
Echoencephalography
EEG
Electroencephalogram
EP studies
Evoked potential studies
LP
Lumbar puncture
MRI scan
Magnetic resonance imaging scan
MS
Multiple sclerosis
OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
PD
Parkinson disease
PET scan
Positron emission tomography scan
PNS
Peripheral nervous system
PTSD
Posttraumatic stress disorder
TIA
Transient ischemic attack

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