GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME
The total mobilization of the organism’s resources in meeting situations of excessive stressThe concept grew out of Hans Selye’s research…
GESELL, ARNOLD LUCIUS (1880- 1961)
Gesell, the leading authority on child development, was bom in Wisconsin and graduated from the State University. After receiving his…
GIFTED CHILDREN
The 1 per cent of children with IQs above 135 or 140. Children with IQs above 170 or 180 are…
GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME
(Tic de Guinon, tic convulsive, multiple tics with coprolalia, im- bacco). A rare disorder of unknown etiology found in Asia…
GLOBUS HYSTERICUS
The distressing feeling of a lump in the throat,sometimes accompanied by choking sensations. When medical examination reveals that there is…
GRANDIOSE DELUSIONS
Delusions of great power, wealth, or self-importance. The patient believes he has a private key to Fort Knox, owns fifty-seven…
GRIESINGER, WILHELM (1817— 68)
A German by birth, Griesinger— the first systematic organicist in psychiatry—received his medical degree at Zurich. After studying for two…
GROUP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
An invitational organization with a membership of approximately 185 psychiatrists organized into working committees to study specific problems in psychiatry,…
GALEN (C. 130-C. 220)
Galen was not only the most eminent physicianof his time, but influenced the entire course of both physical and mental…
GALTON, FRANCIS (1822-1911)
Galton, the first to make a systematic study of individual differences, was a native of Birmingham, England. In view of…
GANZFELD PHENOMENON
Ourvisual world is usually filled with a myriad of different shapes, colors and forms. Some objects are large, others small;…
GAINSHARING
a reward system where employees are provided with monetary incentives in the form of bonuses that are tied to the…
GAMETOGENESIS
Process that results in the formation of gametes from germ cells, which normally involves mitosis. Female is known as oogenesis…
GANSER SYNDROME
Condition seen in mental hospitals and prisons where a dissociative state occurs from the unconscious effort to flee from an…
GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY
the involuntary movement of contents in the gastrointestinal tract. It is made by alternating contraction and relaxation of muscle fibres…
GEL ELECTROPHORESIS
the method of separating molecules of differing size or electrical charge by forcing them to flow through a gel under…
GENDER IDENTITY
the recognition of being male or female resulting from a combination of biological and psychic influences, family attitudes and cultural…
GENERAL PARESIS
dementia associated with an advanced neurosyphilitic infection in the brain. It is now rare as it is diagnosed early now.…