A perspective on psychopathology that emphasizes the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to mental illness.
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An eating disorder characterized by repeated bingeand- purge bouts
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The tendency for different mental disorders to occur together in the same person
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Actions taken to ensure that binge eating does not translate into weight gain (e.g., self-induced vomiting).
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The probability that a person with a particular familial relationship to a patient (e.g., an identical twin) has the same disorder as the patient.
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A conception of psychopathology that distinguishes factors that create a risk of illness (the diathesis) from the factors that turn the risk into a problem (the stress).
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A state in which someone leaves home, then, days or months later, suddenly realizes he is in a strange place and doesn't know how he got there; often understood as a means of coping with (and escaping from) extremely painful events.
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A disorder that results in a person developing two or more distinct personalities.
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Asserts that the brains of people with schizophrenia are oversensitive to the neurotransmitter dopamine
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A mild manic state in which the individual seems infectiously merry, extremely talkative, charming, and tireless.
