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  2. Borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Idealization by Edvard Munch (1903), who is presumed to have had borderline personality disorder [6] [7]: Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: Unstable relationships, distorted sense of self, and intense emotions; impulsivity; recurrent suicidal and self-harming behavior; fear of abandonment; chronic feelings of emptiness; inappropriate anger; dissociation [8] [9]

  3. Mental disorder - Wikipedia

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    An eating disorder is a serious mental health condition that involves an unhealthy relationship with food and body image. They can cause severe physical and psychological problems. [60] Eating disorders involve disproportionate concern in matters of food and weight. [40]

  4. Serious mental illness - Wikipedia

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    Many people living with SMI experience institutional recidivism, which is the process of being admitted and readmitted into the hospital. [7] This cycle is due in part to a lack of support being available for people living with SMI after being released from the hospital, frequent encounters between them and the police, as well as miscommunication between clinicians and police officers. [7]

  5. Psychopathy - Wikipedia

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    A study on the relationship between psychopathy scores and types of aggression in a sample of sexual murderers, in which 84.2% of the sample had PCL-R scores above 20 and 47.4% above 30, found that 82.4% of those with scores above 30 had engaged in sadistic violence (defined as enjoyment indicated by self-report or evidence) compared to 52.6% ...

  6. Relationship maintenance - Wikipedia

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    Relationship maintenance (or relational maintenance) refers to a variety of behaviors exhibited by relational partners in an effort to maintain that relationship.Scholars define relational maintenance in four different ways: [1] to keep a relationship in existence, to keep a relationship in a specified state or condition, to keep a relationship in a satisfactory condition, and to keep a ...

  7. Compulsive behavior - Wikipedia

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    This compulsive behavior can have severe side effects including, but not limited to, binge eating, depression, withdrawal from activities due to weight, and spontaneous dieting. Though this is a very serious compulsive behavior, getting treatment and a proper diet plan can help individuals overcome these behaviors. [11]

  8. Obsessive relational intrusion - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the more serious the intrusion (for example, violence), the more formal the coping response (for example, calling the police). [4] ORI behavior, as well as non-ORI sexually coercive behavior, can involve types of coercion identified as deception coercion, mild force coercion, psychological coercion and severe force coercion. [4]

  9. Social anxiety disorder - Wikipedia

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    Major avoidance behaviors could include an almost pathological or compulsive lying behavior to preserve self-image and avoid judgment in front of others. Minor avoidance behaviors are exposed when a person avoids eye contact and crosses his or her arms to conceal recognizable shaking. [16] A fight-or-flight response is then triggered in such ...