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Disorder

Deutsch: Störung / Español: Trastorno / Português: Transtorno / Français: Trouble / Italiano: Disturbo

A psychological disorder, also known as a mental illness or mental health condition, refers to a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotional regulation, or behavior. These disturbances are typically associated with distress or impairment in important areas of functioning, such as work, relationships, or daily activities .

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Disorder of written expression

Disorder of written expression refers to a learning disorder in which the person's writing is characterized by poor spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors, and disorganization of paragraphs.

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Disorders organized by shared similarity

Disorders organized by shared similarity refers to seven (7) DSM Subtitle Chapters organized into classes of Disorders by "shared similarity" of symptoms. It is also referred to as Shared Phenomenology of features and include the following: 1. Somatoform Disorders 2. Factitious Disoreder 3. Dissociative Disorders 4. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders 5. Eating Disorders 6. Sleep Disorders 7. Impulse Control Disorders

Disorganization

Deutsch: Desorganisation / Español: Desorganización / Português: Desorganização / Français: Désorganisation / Italian: Disorganizzazione

Disorganization in the psychology context refers to a state of mental or behavioral dysfunction characterized by a lack of structure, coherence, or order. This Condition can manifest in various ways, such as disorganized thinking, behavior, speech, and emotional responses, often impacting an individual's ability to function effectively in daily life.

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Disorganized attachment

Disorganized attachment (Disoriented attachment) refers to a relationship in which infants don’t seem to understand what’s happening when they are separated and later reunited with their mothers.

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Disorganized behavior

Disorganized behavior refers to a behavior that involves physical actions that do not appear to be goal directed, such as maintaining unusual body positions, pacing excitedly, or taking off one’s clothes in public.

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Disorganized schizophrenia

Disorganized schizophrenia refers to Schizophrenia marked by incoherence, grossly disorganized behavior, bizarre thinking, and flat or grossly inappropriate emotions. It is a type of Schizophrenia characterized by a particularly severe deterioration of adaptive behavior. Also prominent charecteristics are disorganized speech and behavior and a flat or inappropriate affect. Likewise, the style of talking is incoherent and lack of typical logical patterns.

Disorganized speech

Disorganized speech refers to a style of speaking seen in individuals with schizophrenia that includes mimicking, disconnected or incoherent speech patterns, and/or the invention of new words

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