Psychopathological syndromes
23 entries in the Psychopathological Syndromes compendium.
Alice in Wonderland syndromeA neurological disorder distorting perception of size, distance, and time.Amotivational syndromeA chronic disorder of diminished motivation linked to cannabis and SSRIs.Battered woman syndromeA pattern of symptoms from persistent intimate partner violence.BoreoutA workplace disorder from mental underload, not stress.CatatoniaNeuropsychiatric syndrome with motor and behavioral abnormalities.Clouding of consciousnessA state of reduced wakefulness and awareness without full delirium.Cotard's syndromeRare delusion of being dead or non-existent.Da Costa's syndromeHistorical syndrome of heart-like symptoms, later reclassified as psychiatric.Death row phenomenonEmotional distress from death row conditions and prolonged waiting.Delusional misidentification syndromeUmbrella term for delusions involving altered identity of persons or places.Delusional parasitosisA delusional disorder of perceived infestation without medical evidence.Disorders of diminished motivationDisorders involving diminished motivation, will, and affect.Dopamine supersensitivity psychosisHypothesis linking antipsychotic use to worsening psychosis via dopamine sensitivity.ErotomaniaA paranoid delusion of being loved by an unattainable other.Factitious disorder imposed on anotherA caregiver fabricates or induces illness in another for attention.Factitious disorder imposed on selfA mental disorder of feigned illness for attention and sympathy.Folie à deuxRare syndrome of shared delusional belief between two or more people.Ganser syndromeRare dissociative disorder with approximate answers.Geschwind syndromeBehavioral phenomena in some temporal lobe epilepsy patients.Hero syndromeA psychological phenomenon of seeking heroism by creating crises.Institutional syndromeDeficits from long-term institutional living impair social and life skills.Kandinsky–Clérambault syndromeSyndrome of mental automatism linked to paranoid schizophrenia.Klüver–Bucy syndromeSyndrome from temporal lobe lesions causing compulsive eating and hypersexuality.
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