ENERGIZER (Antidepressant)
A stimulating, mood-elevating drug used primarily in combating depressions.Two types of energizers, or “psychoanaleptics,” are in use today: MAO inhibitors,…
ELIMINATION DRIVES
The physical and developmental facts about urination and defecation are simple and clear-cut as compared to the amount of theory…
ENCOPRESIS (Enchopresis)
Involuntary defecation not caused by organic defect or illness.In our culture inability to control bowel function after the age of…
EROTOGENIC ZONE (Erogenous Zone)
An area of the body that is particularly susceptible to erotic stimulation. Three of these zones are considered primary: the…
EPILEPSY (Symptoms and Types)
Epilepsy comprises a group of disorders characterized by transient, recurrent episodes of clouding or loss of consciousness, sometimes with convulsive…
ENURESIS (Bed-wetting)
Persistent involuntary discharge of urine, usually during sleep, after the age of three. Bed-wetting may occur every night, several times…
EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS
An inflammation of brain tissue caused by a filterable virus, and sometimes associated with systemic infections such as measles, mumps,…
ENTROPY (literally “turning toward or turning inward”)
A diminished capacity for spontaneous change; the inability to translate psychic or physical energy into a new form.In its psychiatric…
ESQUIROL, JEAN (1772-1840)
Es- quirol, an early exponent of the functional point of view and of humane treatment in psychiatry, was born in…
EPILEPSY (Etiology and Therapy)
The primary symptoms of epilepsy, alterations of consciousness in association with convulsive movements, are produced by disturbances in the electrical…
EQUILIBRIUM (Labyrinthine Sense; Vestibular Sense)
The sense of balance and position.Two sets of receptors in the inner ear, or “labyrinth,” are responsible for our senses…
EIDETIC IMAGERY (Photographic Memory)
Mental imagery, usually visual, which closely resembles actual perception.Some people are able to look at a drawing or page of…
EGO PSYCHOTHERAPY
A therapeutic approach developed by Paul Federn and his disciple Edoardo Weiss, based upon the theory that mental disturbance involves…
DYNAMICS (PSYCHODYNAMICS)
The force or pattern of forces which gives rise to a particular psychological event or condition, such as an act,…
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
Ecology is the scientific study of the mutual relations between organisms and their environment.Ecological research on animals and plants focuses…
EBBINGHAUS, HERMANN (1850- 1909)
In his work on memory, Ebbinghaus suggested many principles and methods that have been incorporated in modern psychology. He invented…