Category: C
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Carbamazepine
An anticonvulsant and analgesic medication used in psychiatry as a mood stabilizer to treat bipolar disorders. Marketed under the brand name tegretol; may also be known by the discontinued brand name equetro. A drug which reduces pain and helps to prevent convulsions. It is used in the treatment of epilepsy, pain and bipolar disorder. A…
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Capitation
A uniform payment based on the number of people in the population being served. The health or mental health care provider, or group of providers, accepts responsibility to deliver the health or mental health services needed by all members of a specified group, and an agreed-on payment is made at regular intervals to the provider.…
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Capgras’ syndrome
The delusion that impostors have replaced others or the self. The syndrome typically follows the development of negative feelings toward the other person that the subject cannot accept and attributes, instead, to the impostor. It has been reported in patients with paranoid schizophrenia and other forms of organic brain disease. A specific delusional belief in…
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Cannabis sativa
An India hemp plant from which marijuana is derived. The main psychoactive component of cannabis is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Marijuana may contain 0.1%–10% THC. The marijuana plant.
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Cannabis-related disorders
In dsm-iv-tr, a group of mental disorders that includes cannabis dependence, cannabis abuse, cannabis intoxication, cannabis intoxication delirium, cannabis-induced psychotic disorder with delusions or hallucinations, and cannabisinduced anxiety disorder.
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Cannabinoid receptors
Cannabinoids are organic compounds that are present in Cannabis sativa. Two subtypes of cannabinoid receptors—CB1 and CB2—have been cloned from animal or human sources; however, the therapeutic application of these receptors remains unknown. The CB1 receptor is expressed mainly in the BRAIN. Several studies have concluded that certain cannabinoids might have the ability to prevent…
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Candidate gene studies
A research approach that focuses on testing the effects of genetic variants of a potentially contributing gene in an association study. Candidate gene studies have been conducted for mood disorders, alcoholism, and other psychiatric illnesses.
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Candidate gene
A gene, located in a specific chromosome region, thought likely to cause a disease. Once a candidate gene can be linked to a specific disease, researchers can explore variations in the gene. A gene, if mutated, that is suspected to play a causal role in a clinical syndrome. A gene that is suspected of being…
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Campral
Brand name for the alcoholism treatment drug acamprosate.
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Caffeine-induced disorders
In dsm-iv-tr, a group of mental disorders that includes caffeine intoxication, caffeine-induced anxiety disorder, and caffeine-induced sleep disorder.