English word senses marked with topical category "Clinical psychology"

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Total 32 word senses

• D-MER (Noun) Initialism of dysphoric milk ejection reflex.
• DSM-5 (Proper name) The 2013 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
• DSM-I (Proper name) The 1952 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
• DSM-II (Proper name) The 1968 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
• DSM-III (Proper name) The 1980 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
• DSM-III-R (Proper name) The 1987 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
• DSM-IV (Proper name) The 1994 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
• DSM-IV-TR (Proper name) The 2000 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
• HPPD (Noun) Initialism of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.
• ICD-10 (Proper name) The 1994 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
• ICD-6 (Proper name) The 1949 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
• ICD-7 (Proper name) The minor 1955 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
• ICD-8a (Proper name) The 1965 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
• ICD-9 (Proper name) The 1977 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, published by WHO.
• SIB (Noun) Initialism of self-injurious behavior.
• autism (Noun) A pervasive neurological condition that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication patterns (e.g., differences in body language or eye contact), delayed language development, and sensory processing sensitivities.
• autism (Noun) A pervasive neurological condition that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication patterns (e.g., differences in body language or eye contact), delayed language development, and sensory processing sensitivities.; Synonym of autism spectrum; a range of disorders.
• autism (Noun) A diagnosis involving a pathological tendency to engage in self-centered fantasy thinking, historically considered a symptom of insanity and/or schizophrenia.
• bipolar disorder (Noun) A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (mania) and clinical depression.
• dysphoric milk ejection reflex (Noun) A brief dysphoria just prior to the milk ejection reflex.
• echolalia (Noun) The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.
• echolalic (Adjective) Of or pertaining to echolalia.
• elective mutism (Noun) Dated form of selective mutism (“A severe anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak in some social settings”).
• hebephrenia (Noun) A form of schizophrenia characterised by inappropriate behaviour and emotional responses.
• manic depression (Noun) A psychiatric diagnostic category, now called bipolar disorder, characterised by mood swings between great energy (manic) and clinical depression.
• palilalia (Noun) A complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.
• psychosis (Noun) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
• selective mutism (Noun) A severe form of social anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak or communicate orally in certain social settings.
• sib (Verb) To engage in repetitive behaviors such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting, or head-banging.
• social anxiety disorder (Noun) The most common anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.
• transvestism (Noun) A paraphilia typically found in heterosexual males characterized by compulsively seeking and deriving sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.
• transvestite (Noun) A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.

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