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An agency of the u.s. Department of health and human services that is a world-renowned institution supporting biomedical and behavioral research; the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government. Its components are the national cancer institute; the national eye institute; the national heart, lung, and blood institute; the national human genome research institute; the…

One of the 27 institutes and centers that constitute the national institutes of health (NIH). Nida’s mission is to lead the fight on drug abuse and addiction. An institute within ADAMHA responsible for the prevention, control, and research into causes and treatment of narcotic addiction and drug dependence. Established within the National Institute of Mental…

One of the 27 institutes and centers that constitute the national institutes of health (NIH). NIAAA supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. An institute within ADAMHA responsible for programs for the prevention, control, and research into courses and treatment of alcohol abuse and…

One of the 27 institutes and centers that constitute the national institutes of health (NIH). Nimh is responsible for research on the causes and treatments of mental disorders. An institute within ADAMHA responsible for programs dealing with mental health. The mission of NIMH is to improve the understanding, treatment and rehabilitation of the mentally ill,…

Conducted from september 1990 through february 1992; the first nationally representative mental health survey in the united states to use a fully structured research diagnostic interview to assess the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a community setting.  

An organization whose members are parents and relatives of mentally ill patients and former patients whose main objective is for better and more sustained care. Its trustees and chapter officers engage in active lobbying and in education projects.  

Brand name for the monoamine oxidase inhibitor (maoi) antidepressant phenelzine. A commercial preparation of phenelzine.  

Agents structurally similar to the opioids and probably occupying the same receptor sites in the central nervous system (CNS). In sufficient doses, they block the effects of opiate drugs by competing for the opioid receptor sites. If given after opiate dependence has developed, these agents will precipitate an acute abstinence syndrome.  

Psychotherapeutic treatment occurring under partial anesthesia, such as that induced by barbiturates, which is now rarely used. Originally used to treat acute mental disorders occurring in a military combat setting. A psychotherapeutic procedure in which the person is under the influence of some hypnotic drug, e.g., sodium amytal.  

Stupor of varying depth induced by certain drugs. A state of lowered consciousness induced by a drug. State of stupor caused by narcotic drugs. A state of diminished consciousness or complete unconsciousness caused by the use of *narcotic drugs, which have a depressant action on the nervous system. The body’s normal reactions to stimuli are…