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Marijuana Dependence Learning Center

Marijuana is a dried mixture of the leaves and flowers of Cannabis sativa , or hemp plant. Slang words for marijuana include "pot," "weed," "grass," and "dope." The term "cannabis" refers to different psychoactive preparations of the plant, includ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Personality disorders (PD) are a group of psychiatric conditions characterized by experience and behavior patterns that cause serious problems with respect to any two of the following: thinking, mood, personal relations, and the control of impulses.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Personality disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions in which chronic behavior patterns cause serious problems with relationships and work.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 17, 2008
A psychosocial disorder is a mental illness caused or influenced by life experiences, as well as maladjusted cognitive and behavioral processes.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Long-standing, deeply ingrained patterns of social behavior that are detrimental to those who display them or to others.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Peer pressure is the influence of a social group on an individual.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The influence of the social group on an individual. Peers are the individuals with whom a child or adolescent identifies, who are usually but not always of the same age-group. Peer pressure occurs when the individual experiences implicit or explic...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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