Index of Medical Terms

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addiction. See also alcoholism; substance abuse

AIDS. See HIV/AIDS

alcohol poisoning

alcoholism

antibiotics

antidepressants

antipsychotic medications

anxiety

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

autism

barbiturates

behavior therapy

bipolar disorder

Cade’s disease

depression

euthymic period

and genetics

kindling theory

and lamotrigine (Lamictal)

and lithium

and maltreatment

mania

mixed state

and neurotransmitters

and psychosis

and schizoaffective disorder

and schizophrenia

and stigma

and suicide

and therapy

See also manic-depression

cancer

depression

and bipolar disorder

and electroconvulsive therapy

postpartum

Dexedrine

Dilantin

dopamine

Doriden

Down syndrome

eating disorders. See also vomiting, self-induced

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

emotion dysregulation

family therapy

grand mal seizures. See also seizures

Haldol

Hansen’s disease (leprosy)

headaches. See migraine headaches

HIV/AIDS

hypomania

ideas of reference

insulin coma therapy

internalization

kidney failure

L-DOPA

lamotrigine (Lamictal)

leprosy (Hansen’s disease)

Lewy-body dementia

lithium

macular degeneration

maltreatment

mania

manic-depression. See also bipolar disorder

Mellaril

migraine headaches

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

mood disorders

moral treatment

MRI

neurotransmitters

paranoia

Parkinson’s disease

placebos

postpartum depression. See also depression

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Prader-Willi Syndrome

psychosis

delusions

hallucinations

illogical thinking

relaxation training

rheumatoid arthritis

odontoid flare

schizoaffective disorder

schizophrenia

and bipolar disorder

electroconvulsive therapy

and genetics

insulin coma therapy

See also psychosis

seizures

grand mal seizures

status epilepticus

social deviance

stigma

anticipated stigma

courtesy stigma

definition of

evolutionary model of

historical context

internalization of

objective and subjective burden

physical and psychological

self-stigma

and social distance

stigma reduction

substance abuse

suicide

talk therapy

tardive dyskinesia

Thorazine

transformations, behavioral

tuberculosis

Valium

vomiting, self-induced. See also eating disorders