the definition of trichotillomania
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trichotillomania Trichotillomania is an obsessive, irresistible urge to pull out your own hair. It's a serious mental condition. Many psychological compulsions and conditions include the word mania, such as pyromania, which is a compulsion to set fires. Another is trichotillomania, a condition suffered by people who can't help pulling out their own hair. This goes way beyond the frustrated saying I was pulling out my own hair!. This is a real mental-health problem that can cause serious behavior and appearance problems for the sufferers.
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Kleptomania You don't need that thing, and you can afford to buy it, but you can't help yourself: You just take it. Kleptomaniacs compulsively steal items that are not needed or have little monetary value and experience pleasure or relief as a result. Definition. Kleptomania is a condition in which an individual experiences a consistent impulse to steal items not needed for personal use or monetary value. The objects are stolen despite typically being of little value to the individual and are often given away or discarded after being taken.
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Bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder, formerly manic depression, is a mental disorder with periods of depression and periods of elevated mood. The elevated mood is significant and is known as mania or hypomania, depending on its severity, or whether symptoms of psychosis are present.
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cyclothymic disorder [si″klo-thi´mik] pertaining to or characterized by cyclothymia. cyclothymic disorder a mood disorder characterized by numerous alternating short cycles of hypomanic and depressive periods with symptoms like those of manic and major depressive episodes but of lesser severity.
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MELANCHOLIA Encyclopedia Home :: MEC-MIC. MELANCHOLIA.—Melancholia is a general term applied to all forms of insanity in which the prevailing mental symptom is that of depression and dates back to the time of netan- Hippocrates.
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CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER What is CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER? in the DSM-IV-TR, a mood disorder marked by times of hypomanic indicators and times of depressive ones which happen over the span of two or more years, during which any period lacking indicators must persist no more than two months time.
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What Is Melancholic Depression? Melancholia is a profound presentation of severe depression. With this form of depression, there is a complete loss of pleasure in all or almost everything. The start of these episodes is usually not caused by a specific event, and even when something good happens, the individual's mood does not improve, not even for a short time.
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- trichomoniasis. 1  a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis. 2  any of various other diseases caused by a trichomonad.
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Medical Definition of Tricho- (prefix) Medical Definition of Tricho- (prefix) Tricho- (prefix): Pertaining to hair. As in trichobezoar (a hair ball), trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling), trichoepithelioma (a tumor from a hair follicle), etc. From the Greek thrix, trichos, meaning hair. See also: Trich- (prefix).
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- Trichomoniasis (or “trich”) is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by infection with a protozoan parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis. Although symptoms of the disease vary, most women and men who have the parasite cannot tell they are infected. Back to Top.
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Bipolar II Disorder During a hypomanic episode, elevated mood can manifest itself as either euphoria (feeling high) or as irritability. Symptoms during hypomanic episodes include: 1  Flying suddenly from one idea to the next. 2  Rapid, pressured, and loud speech. 3  Increased energy, with hyperactivity and a decreased need for sleep.
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Hair Pulling: A Baffling Disorder Psychology Today. Hair Pulling: A Baffling Disorder. Millions of Americans wrestle daily with an overwhelming urge to pluck hair from their own bodies. Here, one woman describes her struggle with trichotillomania, which is now known as a body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB). An eyelash takes six weeks to grow back.
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Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) What is Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)? Trichotillomania is a body-focused repetitive behavior classified as an impulse control disorder (along the lines of pyromania, kleptomania, and pathologic gambling) which involves pulling out one's hair. Hair pulling may occur in any region of the body in which hair grows but the most common sites are the scalp, eyebrows, and eyelids.
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Hypomania [edit on Wikidata] Hypomania (literally under mania or less than mania) is a mood state characterized by persistent disinhibition and pervasive elevated (euphoric) with or without irritable mood but generally less severe than full mania.
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- About Trichomoniasis. Trichomoniasis (or trich) is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by infection with a protozoan parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis.Although symptoms of the disease vary, most women and men who have the parasite cannot tell they are infected.bout the Penis. Trichomoniasis (or trich) is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by infection with a protozoan parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis.
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- Bipolar Disorder. Definition. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. There are four basic types of bipolar disorder; all of them involve clear changes in mood, energy, and activity levels.
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- ” Triskaidekaphobia is an irrational fear of the number 13. It is usually considered a superstition. It has been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Jesus, but it probably originated only in medieval times.
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How to diagnose and treat female hair loss Trichology (from Greek θρίξ, gen.: τριχός, “hair”) is the branch of dermatology that deals with the scientific study of the health of hair and scalp. A trichologist is usually a doctor who can diagnose the causes of hair loss, diseases of the scalp and treat accordingly. All dermatologists are trichologists ( but all trichologists are not dermatologists) and female hair loss is a particular interest of mine.
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Trichomoniasis Trichomoniasis (or “trich”) is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by infection with a protozoan parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis. Although symptoms of the disease vary, most women and men who have the parasite cannot tell they are infected. Trichomoniasis is considered the most common curable STD.
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Bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder that causes periods of depression and periods of elevated mood. The elevated mood is significant and is known as mania or hypomania, depending on its severity, or whether symptoms of psychosis are present. During mania, an individual behaves or feels abnormally energetic, happy, or irritable. Individuals often make poorly thought out decisions with little regard to the consequences. The need for sleep is usually reduced
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mania (Note: Hypomania is a term applied to a condition resembling mania. It is characterized by persistent or elevated expansive mood, hyperactivity, inflated self esteem, etc., but of less intensity than mania.) Severe mania may have psychotic features.
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Trichotillomania: Why You're Pulling Your Hair Out You have been pulling your hair out since you were a kid. You are ashamed that you do this and you want to stop, but you feel a constant hair-pulling urge. Or you may not even realize when you do it. You may have trichotillomania. Trichotillomania is a type of mental health condition known as an impulse control disorder.
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- Cyclothymia. Cyclothymia is a milder form of bipolar disorder characterized by several hypomanic episodes and less severe episodes of depression that alternate for at least two years. The severity of this illness may change over time.
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Trichotillomania Facts - Symptoms, Causes, Classification The basic definition of trichotillomania is that it is the uncontrollable impulse to pull out one’s own hair at the root. 1  However, there are many variations on this base description. Sometimes, the condition is also defined by the eating of one’s own hair once it is pulled out.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: This article is an expansion of a section titled Hypomania from within the main article: Bipolar disorder. Hypomania is a mood state characterized by persistent and pervasive elevated or irritable mood, as well as thoughts and behaviors that are consistent with such a mood state.
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User Contributed Dictionary Trichomoniasis, sometimes referred to as trich, is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD). It is caused by the single-celled protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. Trichomoniasis is primarily an infection of the genitourinary tract; the most common site of infection is the urethra and the vagina in women. It is most common in women and uncircumcised men. For uncircumcised men, the most common site for the infection is the tip of the penis.