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Whipples Disease
Whipple's disease Definition Whipple's disease is a rare infectious disorder that can affect many areas of the body, including the gastrointestinal and central nervous systems. Caused by the bacteria Tropheryma whipplei, it is typically diagnosed from malabsorption symptoms such as diarrhea and... Read more |
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deficiency disease
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suffocation disease
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coeliac disease
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Recurrence (Disease)
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Gauchers disease
Gaucher's disease , rare genetic disease involving a deficiency of an enzyme, glucocerebrosidase, which normally breaks down certain body glycolipids (i.e., lipids (fats) that have a sugar molecule attached). There are three types of the disease. In all three types, the enzyme deficiency results... Read more |
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Chronic Respiratory Diseases
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES Chronic respiratory diseases include disorders that affect any part of the respiratory system, not only the lung but also the upper airway (nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx, and trachea), the chest wall and diaphragm, and the neuromuscular system that provides the power for... Read more |
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disease
disease impairment of the normal state or functioning of the body as a whole or of any of its parts. Some diseases are acute, producing severe symptoms that terminate after a short time, e.g., pneumonia; others are chronic disorders, e.g., arthritis, that last a long time; and still others return... Read more |
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Conversion disorder
Conversion disorder Definition Conversion disorder is defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision, also known as the DSM-IV-TR,as a mental disorder whose central feature is the appearance of symptoms affecting the patient's... Read more |
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prophylaxis
prophylaxis , measures designed to prevent the occurrence of disease or its dissemination. Some examples of prophylaxis are immunization against serious diseases such as smallpox or diphtheria; quarantine to confine communicable disease; public health measures to ensure the safety of food, milk,... Read more |
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seasonal affective disorder
seasonal affective disorder (SAD) Mental depression apparently linked to the seasonally changing amount of light. Sufferers experience depression during autumn and winter. |
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nervous breakdown
nervous breakdown Popular term for a mental and emotional crisis in which the person either is unable or feels unable to function normally. It is an imprecise term and refers to any of a range of conditions. See also mental disorder |
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psychology
psychology Study of mental activity and behaviour. It includes the study of perception, thought, problem solving, personality, emotion, mental disorder, and the adaptation of the individual to society. It overlaps... |
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Garfield, James
...died on 19 September. Guiteau's plea of not guilty by reason of insanity sparked much discussion of the nature of mental disorder. He was convicted and hanged on 30 June 1882. Though himself immersed in the politics of patronage, Garfield after... |
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psychosis
psychosis Serious mental disorder in which the patient loses contact with reality, in contrast to neurosis. It may feature extreme mood swings, delusions or hallucinations... |
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schizophrenia
schizophrenia Severe mental disorder marked by disturbances of cognitive functioning, particularly thinking. As well as the characteristic loss of contact with reality... |
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lobotomy, frontal
...pharmacological means of treating mental illness. Nevertheless, the...neurosurgery for treating mental disorders has continued...primarily mood and anxiety disorders as opposed to schizophrenia...Psychosurgery, the treatment of mental ... |
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psychiatry
psychiatry Analysis, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and behavioural disorders. It includes research into the cause and prevention of mental disorders, and the administering of treatment, usually by physical means... |
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lunacy
...symptoms and behaviour of those with mental disorders or defects were often ascribed to demonology...that an extensive programme of mental hospital construction was undertaken...At law, lunacy is regarded as mental unsoundness that relieves a person... |
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gender
...characterized by a complex interweaving of physical and mental disorders, results from somatizing unfulfilled sexual fantasies...ready to admit that both men and women suffer from mental disorders, his overall approach was that the ‘anatomical... |
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Mental Health Act
Mental Health Act n. (in England and Wales) legislation of 1983 that governs the treatment of people with a mental disorder, which is defined as covering mental illness, personality disorder, and learning disability... |
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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, hyperkinetic disorder) (ă-ten-shŏn def-i-sit dis-or-der) n. a mental disorder, usually of children, characterized by a grossly excessive level... |
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bipolar disorder
bi·po·lar dis·or·der • n. a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression. Also called manic depression. Compare with unipolar. |
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dissociative disorder
dissociative disorder n. any one of a group of mental disorders explained psychoanalytically as extreme defence mechanisms. Symptoms include amnesia, fugue, the assumption of a new identity... |
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mental illness
mental illness n. a disorder of one or more of the functions of the mind, which causes suffering to the patient or others. Mental illnesses are broadly categorized as psychoses, in which the capacity for appreciating reality is lost, or neuroses, in which insight is retained. |
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bipolar affective disorder
bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) n. a severe mental illness causing repeated episodes of depression, mania, or mixed affective state. Mood stabilizers (e.g. lithium) are used... |
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post-traumatic stress disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and... |
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mental
...carried out by or taking place in the mind: a quick mental calculation I started my mental journey. 2. of, relating to, or suffering from disorders or illnesses of the mind: a mental hospital. ∎ inf. insane; crazy: every time I'm five... |
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mental retardation
mental retardation n. the state of those whose...education. There are very many causes of mental retardation, including Down's syndrome...fragile-X syndrome, inherited metabolic disorders, brain injury, and gross psychological... |
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psychopathology
psychopathology (sy-koh-pă-thol-ŏji) n. 1. the study of mental disorders, with the aim of explaining and describing aberrant behaviour. Compare psychiatry. 2. the symptoms, collectively, of a mental disorder. —psychopathological adj. |
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mental
mental • adjective 1. mental faculties synonyms: intellectual, cerebral, brain, rational, cognitive.antonym: physical. 2. a mental disorder synonyms: psychiatric, psychological, psychogenic. 3. informal he's completely mental. See mad sense 1. |
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neurosis
neurosis • noun synonyms: mental illness, mental disorder, psychological disorder, mental disturbance, mental derangement, mental/emotional instability, psychological maladjustment, psychoneurosis, psychopathy, ... |
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insanity
insanity • noun 1. patients suffering from insanitysynonyms: madness, severe mental disorder, mental derangement, dementia, frenzy, delirium. 2. the insanity of the ideasynonyms: folly, foolishness, madness... |
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obscure
...terms. Obscure often expresses dissatisfaction at one's inability to identify something (the causation of his mental disorder is obscure), or, more critically, refers to something that's not sufficiently clearly expressed (the law is... |
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protean
protean • adjective 1. the protean nature of mental disorders synonyms: ever-changing, variable, changeable, mutable, kaleidoscopic, inconstant, inconsistent, unstable, shifting, unsettled... |
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madness
madness • noun 1. today madness is called mental illness synonyms: insanity, mental illness, dementia, derangement; lunacy...pandemonium, craziness, uproar, turmoil, disorder, all hell broken loose, (three-ring) circus... |
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madhouse
madhouse • noun 1. confined to a madhousesynonyms: mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, asylum; inf. nuthouse...pandemonium, uproar, turmoil, disarray, scene of confusion, disorder, three-ring circus. |
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Mental disorder numbers outpace treatment. (National Institutes of Mental...
...obsessive-compulsive disorder. Other disorders occurred in 8 percent...the population. A mental disorder appeared simultaneously...treatment for mental disorders. They also plan...recurrence for each mental ... |
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Mental disorders more widespread than estimated: study comes as psychiatrists...
...ongoing U.S. surveys of mental disorders based on self-reports...and teachers) had a mental disorder for a relatively short...problems, efforts to get mental-health care or suicide...percent for anxiety disorders, 41 percent ... |
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Data on Mental Disorders Discussed by Researchers at National Institute of...
...Amsterdam, Netherlands. Keywords: City:Bethesda, State:Maryland, Country:United States, Mental Disorder, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Psychiatry This article was prepared by Psychology & Psychiatry Journal editors from staff... |
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Gender and diagnosis of mental disorders: implications for mental health...
...prevalence of mental disorders by gender. Of particular...substance-related disorders. We review and evaluate...by gender of these mental disorder categories because...prevalence rates of these disorders as reported by ... |
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Nutritional therapies for mental disorders.(Review)
...hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD...four most common mental disorders that cause disabilities...with some mental disorders [8, 9]. The...deficiencies seen in mental disorder patients are of...treatments for ... |
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Sexual Orientation and Its Relation to Mental Disorders and Suicide Attempts:...
...rate of anxiety disorders and schizophrenia...accounting for mental disorder comorbidity...substance use disorder A growing body...higher rates of mental disorders and suicidal behaviour...exploring mental ... |
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Impact of common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence on...
...substance-related disorder, respectively...early onset of several disorders and failure to complete...Individuals with any mental disorder, any substance-related...onset of different mental disorders and failure to ... |
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Prevention of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders in Youth: The...
...CONCLUSIONS: Mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders are common among...emotional, or mental disorder, health promotion...or behavioral disorder at an annual cost...all adults with mental disorders ... |
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New mental disorders findings from Helsinki University, Department of...
...II mental disorder. Prevalences...related disorders (47...of Axis I mental disorders...Delirium, Mental Disorder, Mental Disorders, Narcissistic Personality ... |
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A third of LGBT youth suffer mental disorders.
...prevalence of mental disorders compared with others...Keywords: Depression, Mental Disorder, Mental Health, PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychiatric, Psychiatry...Suicide, Traumatic Stress ... |
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