Month: January 2021
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Atypical antipsychotic agents
The second generation of antipsychotic agents that have an effect on both dopamine receptors (in particular, D2 receptors) and serotonin receptors (in particular, 5-HT2A receptors). Currently available atypical antipsychotic agents include aripiprazole, clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone.
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Antimuscarinic medications
Another name for anticholinergic medications.
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Anticholinergic medications
Substances that retard or block the activity of acetylcholine within the central nervous system (CNS) and in other organs.
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Anancastic personality
Synonym for obsessive-compulsive personality.
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Amnestic aphasia
Loss of the ability to name objects; also called anomic aphasia.
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Alcohol psychosis
A group of major mental disorders associated with organic brain dysfunction due to alcohol. In DSM-IV-TR, categorized as alcohol-induced psychotic disorder. Includes delirium tremens (DT) and alcohol halluinosis.
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Abnormal involuntary movement scale
A widely used assessment screening scale for tardive dyskinesia, a chronic, involuntary movement disorder that may develop in patients who have been treated for long periods with antipsychotic drugs.
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Viscerotropic
Primarily acting upon hollow organs.
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Viscerotrophic
Nutrition related to condition of hollow organs. To trophic changes related to or associated with visceral conditions.
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Viscerosomatic
Hollow organs and the body.