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What is the disorder where patients intentionally produce or feign physical symptoms, also known as Munchausen Syndrome?
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What is the disorder characterized by the false creation of symptoms or deceptive production of disease/injury without external rewards?
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What is the disorder involving the false creation of symptoms or deceptive production of disease/injury in another person, even without external rewards?
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What disorder is characterized by medically unexplained physical symptoms that affect voluntary motor or sensory functioning?
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What checklist is used to diagnose conversion disorder, including symptoms affecting voluntary/sensory function, inconsistency, and significant distress?
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What disorder involves people becoming disproportionately concerned, distressed, and disrupted by bodily symptoms?
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What checklist is used for diagnosing somatic symptom disorder, including disruptive somatic symptoms and unreasonable thoughts/feelings/behaviors?
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What are the symptoms of SSD that include repeated/excessive thoughts about seriousness, high anxiety, and disproportionate time/energy spent on health?
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What symptoms must people with the somatization pattern of SSD have, including several pain, gastrointestinal, sexual, and neurological symptoms?
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What actions might people with factitious disorder take, such as giving themselves meds secretly or eagerly undergoing painful testing/treatment?
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What is the disorder where parents/caretakers make up physical illnesses in their children?
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What is the condition where people with conversion disorder have neurological symptoms that have no neurological basis?
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What is the term for numbness that begins sharply at the wrist and extends evenly right to the fingertips, associated with conversion disorder?
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What must people with the predominant pain pattern of SSD have, involving psychosocial factors that play a central role in pain?
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What disorders were previously known as hysterical disorders?
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What do theorists point to in order to help explain conversion and SSD, including somatic vigilance, rewards, and communication skills?
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What is the term for when some people pay more attention to their bodies than others, making them focus more on physical discomforts?
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What do theorists propose about the physical symptoms of certain disorders, suggesting they yield important benefits to sufferers?
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In what cultures is the transformation of personal distress into somatic complaints considered the norm?
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What are the treatments for conversion and SSD, including insight, exposure, and drug therapies?
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What disorder, also known as hypochondriasis, involves constant worry about health despite the absence of somatic symptoms?
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What checklist is used for diagnosing illness anxiety disorder, including constant worry about serious illness and excessive health-related behaviors?
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What do cognitive behavioral theorists believe about illness anxiety disorder, including the acquisition of illness fears through classical conditioning?
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What treatments are used for illness anxiety disorder, including antidepressant drugs and exposure and response prevention?
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What are examples of psychosomatic disorders, including ulcers, asthma, insomnia, and chronic headaches?
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What does the somatic nervous system (SNS) trigger the release of?
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What does the HPA axis trigger the release of?
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What is the area of study that ties stress and illness to the body's immune system?
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What do helper T-cells do in the immune system?
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What do natural killer cells do in the immune system?
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What do B-cells produce in the immune system?
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What happens if stress continues for too long, involving norepinephrine and certain lymphocytes?
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What is the term for symptoms under voluntary control where individuals exaggerate or feign illness to escape duty or work?
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What is the disorder where sufferers believe they must be very thin and may starve to death as they lose significant weight?
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What is the disorder where people engage in frequent eating binges and may induce vomiting or take extreme measures to avoid gaining weight?
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What is the disorder where people frequently go on eating binges but don't force themselves to vomit?
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What behaviors might someone with anorexia exhibit, including maintaining a low body weight and fearing weight gain?
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What is the type of anorexia where people reduce their weight by restricting their intake of food?
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What is the type of anorexia where people lose weight by forcing themselves to vomit after meals or by abusing laxatives or diuretics?
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What psychological problems often accompany anorexia, including depression, anxiety, and OCD patterns?
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What is the term for the absence of one's period cycle, often developed in women with anorexia?
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What characterizes binge eating, including eating an amount of food larger than normal and lack of control over eating during an episode?
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How often do the binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors in bulimia occur?
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What are examples of compensatory behaviors in bulimia, including vomiting and excessive exercise?
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What are people with bulimia more concerned about, including pleasing others and being attractive?
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What features must episodes of binge eating disorder include, such as fast eating and feelings of self-disgust?
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What is the difference between mild, moderate, severe, and extreme binge eating disorder in terms of episodes per week?
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What are the side-effects of anorexia, including cognitive impairments and physical health issues?
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What are the harmful effects of bulimia, including dental issues and gastrointestinal problems?
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What severe health consequences can anorexia lead to, including death and organ failure?
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What severe health consequences can bulimia lead to, including electrolyte imbalances and damage to the body?
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What psychodynamic factors, according to Bruch, cause eating disorders, involving disturbed mother-child interactions?
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What do people with eating disorders inaccurately perceive, leading them to worry about how they are viewed by others?
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What cognitive-behavioral factors contribute to eating disorders, involving struggles with internal sensations and needs?
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What biological factors are associated with eating disorders, including brain structure abnormalities and neurotransmitter activity?
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What part of the brain produces hunger?
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What part of the brain reduces hunger?
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What is the concept involving the hypothalamus and related structures that maintains an individual's weight level?
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What is Minuchin's enmeshed family pattern, involving overinvolvement and concern with each other's lives?
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What can enmeshed families be, besides affectionate and loyal, that fosters dependency?
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What is the treatment for anorexia, involving weight regain, recovery from malnourishment, and psychological changes?
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What is nutritional rehabilitation, which may involve forced tube or intravenous feedings for patients refusing to eat?
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What does cognitive-behavioral therapy for eating disorders involve, including identification of core pathology and stress management?
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What are challenges to treating eating disorders, including lack of motivation and insight?
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What is schizophrenia, involving deterioration into an isolated wilderness of unusual perceptions and disturbed emotions?
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What is psychosis, involving a loss of contact with reality?
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How long must symptoms persist for a diagnosis of schizophrenia?
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How long do symptoms last in brief psychotic disorder?
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How long do symptoms last in schizophreniform disorder?
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What disorder involves symptoms of both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?
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How long must symptoms persist for a diagnosis of delusional disorder?
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What are false sensory perceptions called?
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What are false beliefs called?
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What is the downward drift theory, suggesting schizophrenia can cause sufferers to fall to a lower socioeconomic level?
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What is the checklist for schizophrenia, including symptoms like delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech?
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What are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, including delusions and disorganized thinking?
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What are delusions, a positive symptom of schizophrenia, including beliefs of persecution and grandeur?
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What is disorganized thinking/speech, a positive symptom of schizophrenia, including loose associations and neologisms?
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What are heightened perceptions/hallucinations, a positive symptom of schizophrenia, involving sensory overload?
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What is inappropriate affect, a positive symptom of schizophrenia, involving emotional responses that are not suitable for the situation?
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What are erotomania delusions, involving the belief that someone is in love with the sufferer?
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What are grandiose delusions, involving the belief that the sufferer has exceptional abilities?
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What are referential delusions, involving the belief that cues or comments are specifically for the sufferer?
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What are persecutory delusions, involving the belief that someone is out to harm the sufferer?
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What are nihilistic delusions, involving the belief that a catastrophe will occur?
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What are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, including poverty of speech and social withdrawal?
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What is poverty of speech, a negative symptom of schizophrenia, involving a reduction in speech?
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What is restricted affect, a negative symptom of schizophrenia, involving a reduction in emotional expression?
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What is loss of volition, a negative symptom of schizophrenia, involving a feeling of being drained of energy?
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What is social withdrawal, a negative symptom of schizophrenia, involving withdrawal from social environments?
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What are the psychomotor symptoms of schizophrenia, including awkward movements and catatonia?
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What are catatonic stupor, rigidity, posturing, and excitement, involving various motor symptoms in schizophrenia?
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What are the three phases of schizophrenia, including prodromal, active, and residual phases?
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What is the prodromal phase of schizophrenia, involving the beginning of deterioration without obvious symptoms?
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What is the active phase of schizophrenia, involving the appearance of symptoms?
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What is the residual phase of schizophrenia, involving a return to a prodromal-like level of functioning?
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What is the difference between Type I and Type II schizophrenia, involving positive and negative symptoms?
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What is the diathesis-stress relationship, suggesting a biological predisposition for schizophrenia activated by stressors?
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What is the dopamine hypothesis, suggesting that excessive dopamine activity produces schizophrenic symptoms?
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What are antipsychotic drugs used to treat?
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