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Disorder
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Symptoms
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Trainable Tasks
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Major Depression
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Apathy
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Hypersomnia
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Wake-up handler
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Feelings of isolation
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Cuddle and Kiss
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Sadness
Tearfulness
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Hug
Lick Tears
Bring Tissues
Initiate Play
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Insomnia
Suicidal ideation
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Stay with and focus on
handler
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Psychomotor retardation
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Walk on a leash
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Memory loss
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Remind to take medication
Help to find keys or telephone
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Disorganization
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Assist with daily routines in the home
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Bipolar
(Manic phase)
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Thoughts racing
Distractibility
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Hyper focus
Irritability
Hyper locomotion
Olfactory cue?
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Alert to incipient manic
episode
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Aggressive driving
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Alert to aggressive driving
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Insomnia
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Alert to insomnia
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Memory loss
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Remind to take medication
Help to find keys or telephone
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Disorganization
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Assist with daily routines in the home
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Panic
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Derealization
Depersonalization
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Olfactory cue?
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Alert to incipient anxiety
or panic attack
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Fear
Fight or Flight response
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Lead handler to a safe
place
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Pounding heart
Trembling
Nausea
Sweating
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Staying with and focusing
on handler
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Dizziness
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Brace or lean against the
handler
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Chills
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Lay across handler’s body
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Memory loss
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Remind to take medication
Help to find keys or telephone
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Anxiety
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Restlessness
Distractibility
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Sleep disturbance
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Staying with and focusing
on handler
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Anxiety
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Assist handler to leave
situation
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Muscle tension
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Walk on leash
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Memory loss
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Remind to take medication
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Agoraphobia
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Anxiety
Fear of what could happen
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Anxiety
Fear of being vulnerable
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Staying with and focusing
on handler
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Fear of leaving home
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Assist handler to leave the
house
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Social Phobia
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Anxiety
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Tactile Stimulation
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Nervousness around others
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Facilitate social
interactions
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Distress
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Staying with and focusing
on handler
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Feeling overwhelmed
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Assist handler in leaving a
social situation
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Post Traumatic Stress
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Distractibility
Anxiety
Intrusive imagery
Dissociation
Flashbacks
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Hallucinations
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Hallucination Discernment
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Feelings of isolation
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Cuddle and Kiss
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Hypervigilance
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Alert to presence of other
people
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Fear
Startle response
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Environmental Assessment
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Fear
Anxiety
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Turn on lights and safety
check a room
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Rumination
Avoidance behaviors
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Staying with and focusing
on handler
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Nightmares
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Interrupt by Waking-up handler
Turn on lights for calming & reorienting
Turn off lights for resuming sleep
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Feelings of being
threatened
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Create safe personal space
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Obsessive Compulsive
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Distractibility
Intrusive thoughts or
images
Anxiety
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Repetitive or compulsive
behavior
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Interrupt
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Memory loss
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Remind to take medication
Help to find keys or telephone
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Dissociative Identity
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Distress
Flashbacks
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Startle response
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Threat Assessment
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Olfactory or behavioral
cue?
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Alert to incipient dissociative episode
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Dissociation
Self-mutilation
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Interrupt
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Hallucinations
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Hallucination Discernment
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Nightmares
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Wake-up handler
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Forgotten personal identity
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Carry handler
identification documents
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Anxiety
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Staying with and focusing
on handler
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Dissociative fugue
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Help handler to cross streets
safely
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Schizophrenia
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Flat
affect
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Tactile
Stimulation
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Hallucinations
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Hallucination Discernment
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Catatonic behavior
Disorganized speech or behavior
Psychosis
Delusions
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Staying with and focusing
on handler
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Forgotten personal identity
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Carry handler identification
documents
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Confusion or disorientation
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Take handler home
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Social withdrawal
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Facilitate social
interactions
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Feeling overwhelmed
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Buffer handler in crowded
situations
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Memory loss
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Remind to take medication
Help to find keys or telephone
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