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Behavior disorders of childhood
A group of behavior patterns occurring in childhood and adolescence that are less severe than psychoses but more resistant to treatment than transient situational disturbances because they are more stabilized and internalized. They are characterized by over-activity, inattentiveness, shyness, feelings of rejection, over-aggressiveness, timidity, or delinquency. The child who frequently runs away from home or…
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Beers, Clifford W. (1876-1943)
Author of A Mind That Found Itself” and founder, in 1909, of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, now the National Mental Health Association.
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Autism
A pervasive developmental disorder caused by a physical disorder of the brain appearing during the first three years of life. Symptoms include disturbances in physical, social, and language skills; abnormal responses to sensations; and abnormal ways of relating to people, objects, and events. In psychology, absorption in fantasy to the exclusion of interest in reality.…
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Attention deficit disorder (ADD)
A DSM-lII-R category for a childhood disorder characterized by develop- mentally inappropriate short attention span, poor concentration, and frequent hyperactivity. A group of disorders associated in underachievement and low motivation and classified as (a) minimal brain dysfunction; (b) learning disability syndrome, (c) hyperactive child syndrome. A condition in which a person is unable to concentrate,…
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Antiparkinson drugs
Pharmacologic agents that ameliorate Parkinson-like symptoms. In psychiatry, these agents are used to combat the untoward Parkinson-like and extrappramidal effects that may be associated with treatment with phenothiazines and other antipsychotic drugs.
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American journal of psychiatry
The official monthly scientific publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
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American board of psychiatry and neurology (ABPN)
A group of sixteen physicians (five from the American Psychiatric Association, four from the American Neurological Association, three from the Section Council on Psychiatry of the American Medical Association, two from the American Academy of Neurology, and two from the Section Council on Neurology of the American Medical Association). This group arranges, controls, and conducts…
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Alexander, franz (1891-1964)
Hungarian psychoanalist, professor of psichoanalisis at The University of Chicago; chief contributions were in areas of brief analytic and psychosomatic medicine.
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Alcoholic psychoses
A group of major mental disorders associated with organic brain damage due to alcohol; in DSM-IIl-R categorized as alcohol-induced organic mental disorders. Includes delirium tremens, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, and alcoholic hallucinosis.
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Alcoholic hallucinosis
An organic mental disorder consisting of auditory hallucinations occurring in a clear sensorium, developing shortly after the reduction or cessation of drinking, usually within 48 hours. It commonly follows prolonged and heavy alcohol use. Associated with delirium tremens is characterized by auditory hallucinations is distinguished from delirium tremens in that it is a more chronic…
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