If someone believes they're ill, but no illness can be found what is their disorder?
Munchausen syndrome is a psychiatric factitious disorder wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention or sympathy to themselves. It is also sometimes known as hospital addiction syndrome or hospital hopper syndrome. ChaCha away!
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What are obsessive compulsive disorder?
OCD, is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwan...
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Chromosomal disorders are due to chromosome alterations in au...
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What are some mental disorders?
Organic brain disorders, Mood and Anxiety, Personality disord...
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Do I have a personality disorder?
I'm not at liberty to say whether or not you have a personali...
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How many non-residential eating disorder clinics are there in the U.S?
The total number of non-residential eating disorder clinics i...
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Do people recover from post traumatic stress disorder?
With treatment and support one can overcome symptoms, reduce ...
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Adolescents with conduct disorders seem to have an impairment...
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What is an impulse-control disorder?
Impulse control disorder is a set of psychiatric disorders in...
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What is borderline personality disorder?
Borderline personality disorder, or BPD, is a personality dis...
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What are obsessive compulsive disorder?
OCD, is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwan...
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What are the three types of personality disorders?
List of personality disorders: Paranoid personality disorder,...
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What is disorder proliferative endometrium?
Proliferative endometrium is the lining of the uterus before ...
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Can poverty cause a psychological disorder?
People who grew up in poverty, with psychological disorders i...
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Chromosomal disorders are due to chromosome alterations in au...
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What areas of the brain are affected by obsessive compulsive disorder?
A miscommunication between the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), ca...
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What is borderline personality disorder?
Borderline personality disorder, or BPD, is a personality dis...
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Auditory processing disorder means that something is adversel...
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What is body dysmorphia disorder?
People with BDD are preoccupied with an imagined physical def...
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Is there a mental disorder where you stare at things?
A mental disorder where you stare at things is called Schizop...
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What is schizoid personality disorder?
Schizoid Personality Disorder is a condition characterized by...
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What is borderline personality disorder?
Borderline personality disorder, or BPD, is a personality dis...
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Auditory processing disorder means that something is adversel...
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What is dissociative identity disorder?
It is a disorder in which a person develops multiple personal...
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What is a borderline personality disorder?
Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness that invo...
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What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, is an anxiety disorder an...
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Auditory processing disorder means that something is adversel...
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What are signs of someone having a eating disorder?
Signs of an eating disorder include dramatic weight loss in a...
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What are the behaviors of obsessive compulsive disorder?
Washers are afraid of contamination. Checkers repeatedly chec...
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What is sleep terror disorder?
Sleep terror disorder is defined as repeated temporary arousa...
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There are numerous types of blood disorders that are caused b...
About Disorder
In medicine, a disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance. Medical disorders can be categorized into mental disorders, physical disorders, genetic disorders, emotional and behavioral disorders, and functional disorders.
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