Terms You should know about Mental Health 1~10     

3.Mental Health

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

A condition characterized by antisocial behavior (such as lying, stealing, and sometimes violence), lack of social emotions (guilt and shame), and impulsivity.

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Antisocial Personality

A behavior pattern beginning in childhood that seriously violates the rights of others. Individuals with this disorder are irresponsible in their work, school, finances, and personal relationships.

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Anxiety Disorders

Illnesses that cause intense feelings of anxiety and tension when there is no real danger, causing significant distress and interfere with daily activities. The physical signs of anxiety are restlessness, irritability, disturbed sleep, muscle aches and pains, gastrointestinal distress, and difficulty concentrating. Anxiety disorders are often accompanied by the symptoms of depression and can lead to chronic anxiety.

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Behavior Disorders / Emotional Disturbance

Disorders that are identified by extreme or unacceptable chronic behavior problems, consisting of four kinds of traits, including conduct disorders, anxiety-withdrawal, immaturity, and socialized aggression. Children with these disorders lag behind their peers in social development and are often isolated from others either because they withdraw from social contact or because they behave in an aggressive, hostile manner.

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Behavior Modification

A method of certain techniques (rewards or punishments) to reduce or eliminate problematic behavior, or to teach people new responses.

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Behavioral Medicine

The interdisciplinary field that studies behaviors related to the maintenance of health, the onset of illness, and the prevention of disease through the integration of behavioral and biomedical science.

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Behaviorism

An approach to psychology that focuses on the study of observable behaviors instead of inner thoughts. Behaviorists stress the role of the environment as a fundamental shaper of human and animal behavior. They use behavior modification to re-shape the behavior of subjects.

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Bipolar Disorder / Manic Depression

A serious mood disorder which involves extreme mood swings or highs (mania) and lows (depression); also known as manic-depressive psychosis.

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Borderline Personality

A highly unstable personality style identified by intense personal relationship problems such as extreme rudeness, aggression, or criticalness, and extreme changes in their feelings and opinions of others. They often act on impulse, have problems with drug abuse, and may have money issues, i.e. impulsive spending/debting. Individuals with borderline personality often suffer from depression, anxiety, and the fear of being abandoned.

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Bulimia

Characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting to compensate for the effects of binge eating. Although most people with this disorder can maintain a normal weight, it exerts a tremendous strain on virtually every major system and organ in the human body.