Category: P

In DSM-III-R called somatoform disorder; pain in which adequate physical findings are absent and in which there is evidence that psychological factors play a causal role. A disorder in which the person experiences intense and prolonged pain with no apparent organic cause.  

The biweekly newspaper of the American Psychiatric Association.  

American psychiatrist and neurologist known for his work on multiple personalities.  

In DSM-lII-R called primary degenerative dementia, presenile onset.  

French physician-reformer who pioneered in abolishing the use of restraints for the mentally ill.  

Swiss psychologist noted for his theoretical concepts of and research on the mental development of children.  

A group of psychotropic drugs that, chemically, have in common a phenothiazine configuration but differ from one another through variations in other components of the molecule. As a group of drugs, the phenothiazines are also known as antipsychotic drugs or neuroleptics.  

The essential features are various oddities of thinking, perception, communication, and behavior not severe enough to meet the criteria for schizophrenia. No single feature is invariably present. The disturbance in thinking may be expressed as magical thinking, ideas of reference, or paranoid ideation. Perceptual disturbances may include recurrent illusions, depersonalization, or derealization. Often there are…

Aggressive behavior manifested in passive ways such as obstructionism, pouting, procrastination, intentional inefficiency, and obstinacy. The aggression often arises from resentment at failing to find gratification in a relationship with an individual or institution upon which the individual is overdependent.  

Russian neuro-physiologist noted for his research on conditioning. Awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine (1904) for his work on the physiology of digestion.