Glossary for Social withdrawal

Medical terms related to Social withdrawal or mentioned in this section include:

• Agoraphobia: This is an irrational fear of being in public that sometimes is associated with panic attacks
• Anxiety: Excessive worry, anxiety, or fear.
• Anxiety disorder: A mental condition that is characterized by anxiety and avoidance behaviours
• Asperger syndrome: A neuropsychiatric disorder mainly involving the inability to understand and becoming involved in social interaction.
• Autism: Childhood mental condition with social and communication difficulties.
• Avoidant personality disorder: Personality type that avoids other people
• Behavioral symptoms: Symptoms of personal behavior.
• Bipolar disorder: Cycles of mania and depression; commonly called "manic-depression".
• Bulimia nervosa: Eating disorder with binging (overeating) and purging (vomiting).
• Child abuse: Physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of child.
• Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: A rare early-onset form of the mental disorder called schizophrenia. Symptoms start before the age of thirteen. Symptoms usually start gradually and are often preceded by slow motor, speech and language development.
• Cyclothymic disorder: A persistent disorder where the sufferer's mood swings from elation to depression are not severe enough to be diagnosed as bipolar disorder.
• Depressive disorders: Depression or its various related conditions.
• Depressive symptoms: Inappropriate depressed mood.
• Developmental problems: Physical or mental development difficulty.
• Infant symptoms: Symptoms affecting babies and infants.
• Isolation: Social withdrawal or isolation
• Learning disabilities: Difficulty with learning or schooling.
• Mania: Inappropriately euphoric mood usually with hyperactivity and other symptoms.
• Mental problems: Symptoms affecting judgement, thought or intelligence.
• Panic attack: A condition which is characterized by an acute episode of intense anxiety
• Paranoia: Delusion that people or events conspire against you.
• Paranoid personality disorder: Excessive paranoid beliefs
• Personality symptoms: Symptoms or changes to the personality.
• Physical addiction: Physical addiction refers to the compulsive need for a drug or substance in order to prevent the withdrawal symptoms (physical and/or psychological) or due to increased tolerance to the effects of the substance.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder: Stress following a traumatic event.
• Psychological addiction: Psychological addiction refers to the lack of willpower in fighting against a compulsive need for something i.e. a mental dependence rather than a physical dependence. The addiction stems from psychological or emotional factors. Psychological addictions may involve addictions to drugs, sex, shopping and just about anything else. A person finds themselves unable to resist the source of their addiction.
• Schizophrenia: Psychiatric disorder with delusional beliefs and hallucinations.
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A personality disorder which is characterized by long term emotional coldness, indifference and criticism of others.
• School problems: Difficulty with learning or schooling as a symptom.
• Social problems: Difficulty relating to other people
• Society problems: Difficulty interacting in society.
• Substance abuse: Abuse of illicit substances

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