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  2. Non-epileptic seizure - Wikipedia

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    Physiological causes include fainting, sleep disorders, and heart arrhythmias. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Psychological causes are known as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures . [ 3 ] Diagnosis may be based on the history of the event and physical examination with support from heart testing and an EEG .

  3. N.E.R.D.S. - Wikipedia

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    N.E.R.D.S. is a children's pentalogy written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Ethen Beavers.The series tells the story of a fictional spy agency and its agents—children who have their "nerdy" characteristics upgraded into a tool that they can use to fight crime.

  4. Causes of mental disorders - Wikipedia

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    Risk factors for mental illness include psychological trauma, adverse childhood experiences, genetic predisposition, and personality traits. [7] [8] Correlations between mental disorders and substance use are also found to have a two way relationship, in that substance use can lead to the development of mental disorders and having mental disorders can lead to substance use/abuse.

  5. Iatrogenesis - Wikipedia

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    12,000 due to unnecessary surgery; 7,000 due to medication errors in hospitals; 20,000 due to other errors in hospitals; 80,000 due to nosocomial infections in hospitals; 106,000 due to non-error, negative effects of drugs; Based on these figures, iatrogenesis may cause as many as 225,000 deaths per year in the United States (excluding ...

  6. Intentional infliction of emotional distress - Wikipedia

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    Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) [1] is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted emotional distress by behaving in an "extreme and outrageous" way. [2]

  7. Actio personalis moritur cum persona - Wikipedia

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    However, some actions are personal to the plaintiff, defamation of character being one notable example. Therefore, such an action, where it relates to the private character of the plaintiff, comes to an end on his death, whereas an action for the publication of a false and malicious statement which causes damage to the plaintiff's personal ...

  8. Unintended consequences - Wikipedia

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    An erosion gully in Australia caused by rabbits, an unintended consequence of their introduction as game animals. In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences, more colloquially called knock-on effects) are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen.

  9. Narcissistic personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    If parents treat their children badly, and the children develop personality disorders, it does not necessarily mean that the treatment of the children is the cause of the development. An alternative explanation may be that the parents themselves have some personality disorder traits, partly due to genes.