Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
hypervigilance
Definitions related to hypervigilance:
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Condition of elevated sensory sensitivity, perception of risk of threats, and low threshold for stimuli.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Excessive attention to and focus on all internal and external stimuli usually seen in delusional or paranoid states.Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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