| 영문 | personality disorder | 한글 | 인격장애, 성격장애 |
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| 설명 | 타고난 인성과 성장과정의 여러 사건, 그리고 교육정도에 따라 개인의 인격은 형성된다. 이런 인격(성격)이 사회생활, 혹은 가족생활에 지장을 주거나, 자기자신의 생활에 피해를 주는 경우, 이를 인격장애라 부른다. 실제로 이런 일련의 성격들은 누구나 정상적으로 나타날 수 있으나, 이상성격이 심한 경우 치료의 대상이 된다. |
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| 영문 | narcissistic personality disorder | 한글 | 자기애적 인격장애 |
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| 설명 | 자신의 중요성과 독특함, 유일함에 대한 광적인 집착과 자신이 성공할 것이라는 지나친 집착을 보여주는 성격장애. 지나친 자기에의 만족감을 가지고, 지나친 자신감, 성공에 대한 확신을 지니고 있다. |
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| 영문 | conversion disorder | 한글 | 전환장애 |
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| 설명 | 내부의 갈등에 대한 무의식적 방어메커니즘으로 내부의 갈등을 특정한 신체의 증상으로 변환하여 나타내는 것을 말 한다. 이 전환으로 인한 증상을 주로 나타내는 정신질환을 전환장애라고 한다. 전환으로 인한 증상으로 대표적인 것으로는 마비, 경련, 의식장애 등이다. 대개 그 병을 일으킬 만한 병변이 존재하지 않고, 심리적 갈등이 심할 경우에 더욱 증상이 심해지고 증상의 발현으로 인해서 내부적 갈등이 감소되고 증상의 발현으로 인한 2차적 이득(가족들의 관심집중, 돌봐줌)이 있는 것이 이 전환장애의 특징이다. 대개 이 전환장애 환자는 자신의 질환에 대해서 특징적으로 매우 무관심한 태도를 취한다. |
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| 영문 | affective disorder | 한글 | 정동장애 |
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| 설명 | 주로 기분의 장애가 주축이 되는 일련의 정신장애이다. 이 병의 범주에는(우울병－지속적으로 우울한 기분이 외부자극과 관계없이 나타나는 병), (조병－지속적으로 들뜬 기분이 외부자극과 관계없이 계속되는 병) 등이 포함된다. |
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| 영문 | psychiatric disorder(s) | 한글 | 정신질환 |
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| 설명 | 정신상태에 이상이 있는 질환으로, 정신분열병, 정동장애, 인격장애 등이 있다. |
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| grandiose type of paranoid disorder | A delusion in which the person believes that he or she possesses some great but unrecognised talent or insight, or has made an important discovery, with subsequent efforts toward official or public recognition. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| persecutory type of paranoid disorder | One of the most common of the types of paranoid disorders, it involves a single theme or series of connected themes, such as being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisoned or drugged, maligned, harassed, or obstructed in the pursuit of long-term goals; small slights may be exaggerated and become the focus of a delusional system. See: paranoia. Compare: paranoid personality disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personality disorder | General term for a group of behavioural disorder's characterised by usually lifelong, ingrained, maladaptive patterns of deviant behaviour, lifestyle, and social adjustment that are different in quality from psychotic and neurotic symptoms; former designations for individuals with these personality disorder's were psychopath and sociopath. See: antisocial personality disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pervasive developmental disorder | A class of mental disorders of infancy, childhood, or adolescence characterised by distortions in the development of the multiple basic psychological functions involved in the development of social skills and language. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pervasive development disorder | <neurology, psychiatry> A large group of developmental disabilities which are neurological disorders, usually of unknown cause. Characteristics include reduced abilities to understand language and communicate normally, reduced ability to socially interact with others in a normal manner, and limited variety in activities and interests. Individuals will also often respond in unusual ways to sensations, engage in repetitive activities, and resist changes to the environment or to daily routines. Types of pervasive development disorder include autism, Retts Syndrome, Hellers Syndrome, and Aspergers Syndrome. Acronym: PDD (12 Jan 1998) |
| chromosome disorder | An abnormal condition due to an abnormality of the chromosomes. For example, Down syndrome (the genetic abnormality featuring three chromosome 21s, instead of two, also refered to as trisomy 21) is a chromosome disorder. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rumination disorder | A mental disorder occurring in infancy characterised by repeated regurgitation of food; usually accompanied by weight loss or failure to gain weight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cocaine-related disorder | <psychiatry> Disorders related or resulting from use of cocaine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cognition disorder | <psychology> Disturbances in the mental process related to thinking, reasoning, and judgment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| compulsive personality disorder | <psychology> A personality disorder which is characterised by the avoidance of feelings, emotion and intimacy within a framework of strict adherence to rules and order. (05 Jan 1998) |
| conduct disorder | A repetitive and persistent pattern of behaviour in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated. These behaviours include aggressive conduct that causes or threatens physical harm to other people or animals, nonagressive conduct that causes property loss or damage, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violations of rules. The onset is before age 18. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multiple personality disorder | A dissociative disorder in which the individual adopts two or more distinct personalities. Each personality is a fully integrated and complex unit with memories, behaviour patterns and social friendships. Transition from one personality to another is sudden. (12 Dec 1998) |
| conversion disorder | A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need. (12 Dec 1998) |
| polygenic disorder | <genetics> Genetic disorders resulting from the combined action of alleles of more thanone gene (for example, heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers). Although such disorders are inherited, they depend on the simultaneous presence of several alleles, thus the hereditary patterns are usually more complex than those of single-gene disorders. (14 Oct 1997) |
| posttraumatic stress disorder | Development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically traumatic event that is generally outside the range of usual human experience; symptoms include numbed responsiveness to environmental stimuli, a variety of autonomic and cognitive dysfunctions, and dysphoria. (05 Mar 2000) |