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Beck Depression Inventory Beck Depression Inventory
Beck Depression Inventory Definition The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a series of questions developed to measure the intensity, severity, and depth of depression in patients with psychiatric diagnoses. Its long form is composed of 21 questions, each designed to assess... Read more
Manias Manias
Manias BIBLIOGRAPHY The American Psychiatric Association (APA) defines mania as a period of unusually elated or irritable mood that is accompanied by at least three other symptoms (APA 2000). The symptoms of mania can include physical restlessness or overly active behavior; rapid speech or... Read more
John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus (1743–1823), was brought from England to America at the age of 11. He became a Moravian missionary to the Indians on the Susquehanna and aided in their removal to Ohio and Canada. His wide knowledge of the Indians is recorded in his Account of the History,... Read more
Ralph Albert Blakelock Ralph Albert Blakelock
Ralph Albert Blakelock 1847-1919, American landscape painter, b. New York City. The son of a doctor, he was educated for a medical career but abandoned it for painting, in which he was largely self-taught. His life was one of hardship. At first his work, although exhibited in major exhibitions, was... Read more
Cayuse Cayuse
Cayuse , Native North Americans who formerly occupied parts of NE Oregon and SE Washington. They were closely associated with the Nez Percé and spoke a language belonging to the Sahaptin-Chinook branch of the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American Languages ). A mission was... Read more
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phenothiazine phenothiazine
phenothiazine , any one of a class of drugs used to control mental disorders. Phenothiazines, along with other antipsychotic, or neuroleptic, drugs are used for such disorders as schizophrenia, paranoia, mania, psychosis resulting from mental deficiency, some forms of senility, hyperactivity in... Read more
NIH (National Institutes of Health) NIH (National Institutes of Health)
NIH (National Institutes of Health) ¦ BELINDA ROWLAND The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is a federal agency that serves as the fiscal agent of medical research in the United States. The mission of the NIH is to foster medical and behavioral research on living systems... Read more
Clinical psychiatry Clinical psychiatry
Psychiatry Forensic psychiatric evaluations are crucial to many civil and criminal court decisions. Psychiatrists are requested to assess the level of criminal and legal responsibility of defenders in cases of fraud, embezzlement, murder , physical aggression, disputes for child custody, and other... Read more
seasonal affective disorder seasonal affective disorder
seasonal affective disorder (SAD), recurrent fall or winter depression characterized by excessive sleeping, social withdrawal, depression, overeating, and pronounced weight gain. SAD effects an estimated 6% of Americans; for reasons not yet understood, 80% of those affected are women. Most children... Read more

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