Psychiatry Psychiatry 5150 is a section of California's Welfare and Institutions Code which deals with involuntary confinement of a person for the purposes of a psychiatric evaluation. The term has come to mean both the written request and the client themselves. A 5150 can be written by any peace officer in the state of California and by clinicians specifically designated by individual counties. ...more on Wikipedia about "5150 (Involuntary psychiatric hold)"
In this Glossary of Confusing Psychiatric Terms, mostly German terms used in psychiatric literature are defined. Some confusing non-German terms are also included. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Glossary of Confusing Psychiatric Terms"
The abbreviated mental test score (AMTS) was introduced by Hodkinson in 1972 to rapidly assess elderly patients for the possibility of dementia. Its uses in medicine have become somewhat wider, e.g. to assess for confusion, although it has mainly been validated in the elderly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abbreviated mental test score"
Andrea Pia Yates (born July 2, 1964) is a woman from Houston, Texas, USA, who is currently awaiting retrial after previously being sentenced to life imprisonment for methodically drowning her five children (ages six months to seven years) in a bathtub on June 20, 2001. She was suffering from a severe case of postpartum depression, recurring, after having had her last baby. She immediately called 9-1-1 after the deaths and was arrested shortly thereafter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrea Yates"
In psychology, anhedonia (< an- + Greek hēdonē pleasure) is a patient's inability to experience pleasure from normally pleasurable life events such as eating, exercise, and social/sexual interactions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anhedonia"
Beginning in the 1960s, a movement called anti-psychiatry claimed that psychiatric patients do not necessarily have a " mental illness", but in fact are individuals who do not ascribe to the same conventional belief system, or consensus reality, shared by most people in their particular culture. Adherents of this movement sometimes refer to "the myth of mental illness", after Dr. Thomas Szasz's controversial book, The Myth of Mental Illness. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-psychiatry"
An antidepressant is a medication designed to treat or alleviate the symptoms of clinical depression. Some antidepressants, notably the tricyclics, are commonly used off-label in the treatment of neuropathic pain, whether or not the patient is depressed. Smaller doses are generally used for this purpose, and they often take effect more quickly. Many antidepressants also are used for the treatment of anxiety disorders, and tricyclic antidepressants are used in the treatment of chronic pain disorders such as chronic functional abdominal pain (CFAP), myofascial pain syndrome, and post-herpetic neuralgia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antidepressant"
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Athymhormia is a disorder of motivation, one of that class of neuro- psychiatric conditions marked by abnormalities or deficiencies in motivation. Symptoms include the loss or reduction of desire and interest toward previous motivations, loss of drive and the desire for satisfaction, curiosity, the loss of tastes and preferences, and flattened affect. In athymhormia, however, these phenomena are not accompanied by the characterizing features of depression nor by any notable abnormality in intellectual or cognitive function. ...more on Wikipedia about "Athymhormia"
The atypical antipsychotics (also known as second generation antipsychotics) are a class of prescription medications used to treat psychiatric conditions. All atypical antipsychotics are FDA approved for use in the treatment of schizophrenia. Some carry FDA approved indications for acute mania, bipolar mania, psychotic agitation, bipolar maintenance, and other indications. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atypical antipsychotic"
Atypical Depression (AD) is a subtype of Major Depression characterized by mood reactivity-- being able to experience improved mood in response to positive events. In contrast, suffers of 'melancholic' depression generally cannot experience positive moods, even when good things happen. Additionally, atypical depression is characterized by reversed vegetative symptoms, namely over-eating and over-sleeping. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atypical depression"
Aversion therapy is a form of psychiatric treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while simultaneously being hurt or made ill. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aversion therapy"
Dr. Benjamin Rush ( December 24, 1745– April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, and humanitarian. He also was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. Later in life, he became a professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Despite having a wide influence on the development of American government, he is not as widely known as many of his American contemporaries. Rush was also an early opponent of slavery and capital punishment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Benjamin Rush"
Bioenergetic Analysis is a body-oriented psychotherapy based on the expression of feelings and the re-establishment of energy flow in the body. Developed out of Wilhelm Reich's character analysis technique by Alexander Lowen and others, it is practised under the auspices of the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis . ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioenergetic analysis"
Biological psychiatry, sometimes referred to as bio-psychiatry, is a term used mainly by critics of mainstream mental health practice to describe what opponents of psychiatry believe are unproven and subjective diagnostic and treatment practices in modern psychiatry. References to biological psychiatry are used specifically by critics to denote the biological model of mental health, which they believe places undue emphasis upon biological theories and psychiatric drug treatment, rather than objective diagnosis of medical pathologies and psychological counseling. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biological psychiatry"
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Burnout is a psychological term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, usually coming immediately after an extended period of overwork. It is also used as an English slang term to mean exhaustion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burnout (psychology)"
Catatonic excitement is state of constant agitation and excitability. The individual is extremely hyperactive although the activity seems to have no purpose. Violence toward him/herself or others may also be seen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Catatonic excitement"
The Causes of psychiatric disorders have been subject to many theories. Most mainstream thought in the fields of psychiatry, neurobiology and related specialties relates each disease to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. There are also illnesses caused wholly by physical trauma. Many psychiatric diseases can be classified as syndromes, consistent groups of symptoms that do not always have a single cause. ...more on Wikipedia about "Causes of psychiatric disorder"
Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is named after the Swiss naturalist Charles Bonnet. In 1760 he described a condition in which vivid, complex visual hallucinations (fictive visual percepts) occur in mentally healthy people. He first documented it in his 87 year old grandfather, who was nearly blind from cataracts in both eyes but perceived men, women, birds, carriages, buildings, tapestries and scaffolding patterns. Most who are affected by this are people with visual impairments due to old age, damage to the eyes or optic pathways. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Bonnet syndrome"
Chemical imbalance is a simplification of the language sometimes used by drug companies ** in the United States in advertising and consumer literature for psychoactive drugs after deregulation of pharmaceutical advertising. The term has its origins in the 'chemical hypothesis', which refers to a simplification of the series of hypothesised neurochemical changes thought to partially underly mental illness. This term is most often used by groups critical of the pharmaceutical treatment of mental illness ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Chemical imbalance theory"
Child psychopathology is a term referring to children and adolescents with a psychological disorder. Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder are examples of child psychopathology. Social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists who work with mentally ill children are informed by research in developmental psychology, developmental psychopathology, clinical child psychology, and family systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Child psychopathology"
Cognitive neuropsychiatry is a sub-discipline of psychology and psychiatry that aims to understand mental illness and psychopathology in terms of models of normal psychological function. It is also a way of uncovering normal psychological processes by studying the effects of their change or impairment. It is derived from the fields of psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, and cognitive neuropsychology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cognitive neuropsychiatry" This article is made on shortopedia
A copycat suicide is defined as a duplication or copycat of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media. The well-known suicide serves as a model, in the absence of protective factors, for the next suicide. They occasionally spread through a school system, through a community, or in terms of a celebrity suicide wave, nationally. Examples of celebrities whose suicides have inspired widespread copycat suicides include the American musician Kurt Cobain and the Japanese musician hide. Recent books by Loren Coleman entitled Suicide Clusters (1987) and The Copycat Effect (2004) detail case histories of several centuries of copycat suicides. ...more on Wikipedia about "Copycat suicide"
Criminally insane refers to a legal standard in most countries, where the motive for murder or greivous bodily harm is insanity. People considered to be criminally insane cannot differentiate between right and wrong, and enjoy violent actions. Criminal insanity has long been portrayed in movies and books as the primary motive for violent acts, despite the majority of murders being committed as acts of frustration rather than pleasure. The movie stereotype is based on a person who revels in violence making a more convincing or entertaining villain then one who commits murder out of stress and frustration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Criminally insane"
Cyberchondria is a colloquial term for hypochondria in individuals who have researched medical conditions on the internet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyberchondria"
Delirium tremens (colloquially, the DTs or, "the shakes") is a condition nearly invariably associated with complete alcohol withdrawal, although it also occurs as a complication of benzodiazepine and barbiturate withdrawal. It only occurs in individuals with a history of constant, long-term alcohol consumption. Delirium tremens typically manifests about 18 to 24 hours after discontinuation of alcohol consumption. ...more on Wikipedia about "Delirium tremens" http://www.shortopedia.com, just the best. shortopedia
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