Category: C

A central nervous system (CNS) stimulant used in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is used infrequently today because of its association with life-threatening liver failure. The brand name for pemoline.    

In dsm-iv-tr, one of the bipolar disorders characterized by hypomanic episodes, which are less severe than mania, and periods of depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure that do not meet criteria for major depressive disorder. A mild form of bipolar disorder. Chronic mood disturbance characterized by periods of depression and hypomania. A milder…

Brand name for the mixed dopamine agonist-antagonist drug bromocriptine.  

A modern-day paraphilia, characterized by dependence on on-line sex-chat rooms.  

Cerebrovascular accident.  

Clinical abnormalities due to chronic exposure to high level of cortisol. Caused by tumors of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Patients with Cushing’s disease often show cognitive changes, particularly memory impairment. A condition in which the adrenal cortex produces too many corticosteroids [Described 1932. After Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939), surgeon, Boston, USA.] Disorder…

In Hispanic America, a traditional folk healer or shaman who is dedicated to curing physical or spiritual illnesses. Curanderos treat ailments like espanto, suto, and mal de ojo with religious rituals, ceremonial cleansing, and prayers.  

Forms of disturbed behavior and troubling experiences specific to certain cultural systems that do not conform to Western nosological entities or diagnostic systems, such as DSM-IV-TR or ICD-10.  

Feelings of isolation, rejection, and alienation experienced by an individual or a group when transplanted from a familiar to an unfamiliar culture (e.g., moving from one country to another). The emotional trauma of being exposed to the culture, mores, and customs of a culture that is vastly different from the one to which one has…

Acceptance that cultural differences and similarities exist, without assigning values to those cultural differences.