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mood disorders
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psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.
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major depressive disorder
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a mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities
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mania
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a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
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bipolar disorder
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a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. Formerly called manic-depressive disorder.
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schizophrenia
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a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions and inappropriate emotions and actions
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delusions
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false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
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linkage analysis
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after finding families in which a disorder appears across several generations, geneticists examine DNA from affected and unaffected family members looking for differences.
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hippocampus
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memory-processing center linked with the brain's emotional circuitry; vulnerable to stress-related damage in depressed people
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norepinephrine
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increases arousal and boosts mood; scarce during depression and overabundant during mania
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serotonin
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a second neurotransmitter that is scarce during depression
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paranoid schizophrenia
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type of schizophrenia characterized by preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations, often with themes of persecution or grandiosity
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disorganized schizophrenia
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type of schizophrenia characterized by disorganized speech or behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotion
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catatonic schizophrenia
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type of schizophrenia characterized by immobility (or excessive, purposeless movement), extreme negativism, and/or parrotlike repeating of another's speech or movements
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undifferentiated schizophrenia
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type of schizophrenia that is characterized by many and varied symptoms
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residual schizophrenia
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type of schizophrenia that is characterized by withdrawal, after hallucinations and delusions have disappeared
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