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body dysmorphia disorder (BDD)
somatoform disorder featuring a disruptive reoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance
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compulsions
repetitive, ritualistic, time-consuming behaviours or mental acts a person feels driven to perform
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conversion disorders
physical malfunctions, such as blindness or paralysis, suggesting neurological impairment, with no organic pathology to account for it
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excoriation
recurrent, difficult-to-control picking of one's skin leading to significant impairment or distress
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factitious disorders
nonexistent physical or psychological disorders deliberately faked for no apparent gain except possibly sympathy and attention
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illness anxiety disorder
involves severe anxiety over belief in having a disease without any evident physical cause
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malingering
deliberate faking of a physical or psychological disorder motivated by gain
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obsessions
recurrent intrusive thoughts or impulses the client seeks to suppress or neutralize while recognizing they are not imposed by outside forces
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obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
anxiety disorder involving unwanted, persistent, intrusive thoughts and impulses as well as repetitive actions intended to suppress them
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psychological factors affecting medical condition
somatic condition in which a psychological characteristic affects a diagnosed medical condition, such as asthma being exacerbated by anxiety
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somatic symptom disorders
disorders involving extreme and long-lasting focus on multiple physical symptoms for which no medical cause is evident
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trichotillomania
people's urge to pull out their own hair from anywhere on the body, including the scalp, eyebrows, and arms