Definition: Personality disorder characterized by a definite tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences; the mood is unpredictable and capricious. There is a liability to outbursts of emotion and an incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. There is a tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others, especially when impulsive acts are thwarted or censored. Two types may be distinguished: the impulsive type, characterized predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control, and the borderline type, characterized in addition by disturbances in self-image, aims, and internal preferences, b ...[+++]y chronic feelings of emptiness, by intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, and by a tendency to self-destructive behaviour, including suicide gestures and attempts. | Personality (disorder):aggressive | borderline | explosive

entrepreneurial fiber | entrepreneurial fibre | entrepreneurial tendency | entrepreneurship tendency | entrepreneurial tendencies | entrepreneurship tendencies

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barometric tendency | pressure tendency

tendency equation | advective pressure tendency

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Definition: A disorder characterized by eccentric behaviour and anomalies of thinking and affect which resemble those seen in schizophrenia, though no definite and characteristic schizophrenic anomalies occur at any stage. The symptoms may include a cold or inappropriate affect; anhedonia; odd or eccentric behaviour; a tendency to social withdrawal; paranoid or bizarre ideas not amounting to true delusions; obsessive ruminations; thought disorder and perceptual disturbances; occasional transient quasi-psychotic episodes with intense illusions, auditory or other hallucinations, and delusion-like ideas, usually occurring without ext ...[+++]ernal provocation. There is no definite onset and evolution and course are usually those of a personality disorder. | Latent schizophrenic reaction Schizophrenia:borderline | latent | prepsychotic | prodromal | pseudoneurotic | pseudopsychopathic | Schizotypal personality disorder

Definition: A form of schizophrenia in which affective changes are prominent, delusions and hallucinations fleeting and fragmentary, behaviour irresponsible and unpredictable, and mannerisms common. The mood is shallow and inappropriate, thought is disorganized, and speech is incoherent. There is a tendency to social isolation. Usually the prognosis is poor because of the rapid development of negative symptoms, particularly flattening of affect and loss of volition. Hebephrenia should normally be diagnosed only in adolescents or young ...[+++] adults. | Disorganized schizophrenia Hebephrenia

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