NALLINE TEST
precipitates withdrawal symptoms if opiates have been used recently. It is therefore used as a test to examine a patient…
NAMING TASK
are used to assess an individuals level of language impairment (if any) and if there is any difficulty when recalling…
NARCANNALTREXONE
prevents the binding of opioid drugs to opioid receptors in the body. Narcannaltrexone is a morphine based opioid antagonist which…
NARCISSISM
is described as an exaggerated opinions of ones own contribution to society or group, otherwise known as an excessive self-love…
NARCISSISTIC OBJECT CHOICE
is the selection of a mate or partner who is highly similar ot oneself.
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY
otherwise known as a narcissistic character, its defined as a pattern of traits and behaviours which are concerned with excessive…
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
first proposed by U.S. psychiatrists Wilhelm Reich (1897 - 1957), Otto Kernberg, and Heinz Kohut (1913 - 1981), and U.S.…
NARCOANALYSIS
is a form of psychoanalysis where drugs which cause a semi hypnotic state are injected into the patient which allows…
NARCOLEPSY
is considered a neural disorder which consists of excessive daytime sleepiness which are paired with very brief attacks of sleep…
NARCOLEPSY-CATAPLEXY SYNDROME
is a complex which is characterized with accelerated muscle loss and persistent sleep attacks.
NARCOMANIA
is the pathological (becoming unhealthy) desire for narcotic based drugs to relieve pain.
NARCOSYNTHESIS
involves the administration of narcotics which stimulate the recall of emotional traumas in the individuals life. These experiences are then…
NARCOTHERAPY
defines any psychotherapy which occurs during the patient being in an narcotics induced semiconscious state. Narcotics such as amobarbital otherwise…
NARCOTIC 1
is a drug which stimulates a state of stupor or insensibility within an individual, typically they have been used as…
NARCOTIC STUPOR
is the state of lethargy or limited mobility and decreased responsiveness which results after ingesting an opioid.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS (NA)
is a self-help group which aims to provide assistance and help for those with a drug addiction, there is a…