| Child Abuse |
| Child abuse is physical or psychological mistreatment of a child by its parents, guardians, or other adults. The simplest example of child abuse is neglect. |
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| Tardive Dyskinesia |
| Tardive dyskinesia is a serious neurological disorder caused by the long-term use of traditional antipsychotic drugs. These neuroleptic drugs are generally prescribed for psychiatric disorders, as well as for some gastrointestinal disorders and neurological disorders. However, the new generation of atypical antipsychotics appears not to cause tardive dyskinesia. |
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| Narcissistic Personality Disorder |
| Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder that is characterized by extreme feelings of self-importance, a high need for admiration, and a lack of empathy. NPD can be considered as a pathological form of narcissism. It is estimated that 0.7-1% of the general population are afflicted with NPD. Most people with NPD (50-75%, according to the DSM) are men. |
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| Insomnia |
| Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterised by an inability to sleep and/or to remain asleep for a reasonable period during the night. Sufferers typically complain of being unable to close their eyes for more than a few minutes at a time, or of 'tossing and turning' through the night. |
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| Anorexia Nervosa |
| Anorexia nervosa (commonly shortened to anorexia) is an eating disorder characterised by voluntary starvation and exercise stress. Anorexia nervosa is a complex disease, involving psychological, sociological and physiological components. A person who is suffering from anorexia is known as an anorectic (although the spellings anorexic and anoretic also exist). |
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| Gender Identity Disorder |
| Gender identity disorder as identified by psychologists and medical doctors is a condition where a person who has been assigned one gender (usually at birth on the basis of their sex, but compare intersexual) but identifies as belonging to another gender, or does not conform with the gender role their respective society prescribes to them. |
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| Dyspareunia |
| Dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse) often can be resolved, even when long-standing, self-perpetuating pain is a factor. Clinicians should consider dyspareunia to be primarily a physical, rather than an emotional, problem until proven otherwise. |
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| Dissociative Identity Disorder |
| In psychiatry, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is the current name of the condition formerly listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) and Multiple Personality Syndrome. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems continues to list it as Multiple Personality Disorder. Multiple Personality Disorder should not be confused with schizophrenia. |
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| Munchausen Syndrome |
| Munchausen syndrome is a form of psychological disorder known as a factitious disorder. Sufferers mimic real diseases, presenting a great problem to themselves and their healthcare professionals. |
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| General Anxiety Disorder |
| General anxiety disorder or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by uncontrollable worry about everyday things. |
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