HYPOMANIC PERSONALITY
A personality pattern disturbance characterized by a mild degree of exhilaration and overactivity Hypomanics are enthusiastic, gregarious, lively individuals constantly…
HYSTERICAL PERSONALITY
A personality trait disturbance characterized by immature, self-centered behavior with frequent emotional outbursts and histrionic display.Most hysterical personalities are women.…
HYPNAGOGIC STATE
The drowsy, trancelike state between sleeping and waking.During the hypnagogic period some people experience transient, dreamlike fantasies which have been…
HYPOCALCEMIA
An endocrine disorder most commonly caused by removal or damage to the parathyroid glands during thyroidectomy. Damage to these glands…
HYPOCHONDRIASIS
Persistent, excessive concern with one’s state of healthaccompanied by various bodily complaints even though no organic pathology can be found.The…
HOMEOSTASIS
The process of maintaining constancy or equilibrium in the physiological activities of the organism. The normal functioning of all parts…
HYPOGLYCEMIA, IDIOPATHIC
Aform of hypoglycemia, or low blood- sugar level, that occasionally runs in families.Children who are afflicted with this disorder not…
HOMOSEXUALITY (ETIOLOGY AND THERAPY)
Erotic relationships between members of the same sex, ranging from sexual fantasies through kissing and mutual masturbation to oral or…
HYPOGLYCEMIC STATES
Acute but transitory mental symptoms occasionally associated with a deficiency of blood sugar There is no single psychological pattern, but…
HOMOSEXUALITY (Female)
Homosexuality is considerably less prevalent among women than among men. In the Kinsey studies (1948, 1953), 28 per cent of…
HOMOSEXUALITY (Male)
Male homosexuality, like female homosexuality, takes a number of forms: the latent type, in which there is an attraction to…
HORNEY, KAREN (1885-1952)
as a Freudian analyst. She came to this country in the early 1930s, and soon after founded an association and…
HUMORAL THEORY
The theory that ascribes personality characteristics to the effects of bodily fluids, or “humors.”The humoral theory is the oldest known…
HUNGER DRIVE
Hunger has been studied more intensively than any otherdrive, yet its exact mechanism is still in doubt. Newer investigations, however,…
HUNTINGTON’S CHOREA
A rare degenerative disease of the central nervous system, characterized by choreiform movements and mental deterioration.Huntington’s chorea was named after…
HYDROCEPHALY
An enlargement of the head resultingfrom excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles (open spaces) of the brain (internal…
HYDROTHERAPY
The use of water in the treatment of diseaseHydrotherapy of one kind or another is as old as the history…