ANOMIC SUICIDE
a historical term referring to a suicidal gesture that occurs due to changes in a person's social or financial circumstances
ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR AXIS
A hypothetical plane or line that runs from front-back of the body or brain.
ANTIAGING REMEDY
an intervention hypothesized to slow or reverse the effects of again. These interventions can take the form of pharmacology, for…
ANTICIPATORY GRIEF
sorrow and grief associated with the expectation that a valued person will die soon - similar to the grief encountered…
ANTIGONADAL ACTION
the blocking of some type of gonadal function by an agent or process. For example, action caused by a lesion…
ANTISOCIAL
denoting behavior that deliberately violates laws, norms, or customary social behaviors. In addition, these behaviors also violate other people's rights.…
ANXIETY FIXATION
in psychoanalysis, this refers to the continuation of an anxious reaction from an earlier developmental stage to a later one.
AORTIC ARCH SYNDROME
a disorder caused by progressive obliteration of the main branches of the aortic arch due to another medical condition: arteriosclerosis,…
APPERSONATION
n. an unusual delusion in which the individual believes him- or herself to be another person. The person the assumes…
APPROPRIATE AFFECT
an expression of mood, emotion or feeling that is congruent with the subject matter being discussed or witnessed.
APTITUDE-TREATMENT INTERACTION
a hypothesis that certain patterns of aptitudes respond better to certain sets of treatments. For example, people with higher spatial…
ARCHICORTEX
refers to the cerebral cortex, which has been found to have three distinct layers. See also allocortex.
ARITHMETIC DISABILITY
a marked disturbance in the ability to calculate and reason in a logical manner. This is often associated with neurological…