MENTAL PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS
Social clubs or other organizations formed to help former mental patients readjust to community life.These organizations are based on the…
MENTAL RETARDATION (CAUSES)
Mental retardation is not a single disorder, syndrome, or clinical entity. Rather, it is a symptom associated with a large…
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE REACTION (DEPRESSIVE PHASE)
Depressive reactions frequently occur in persons who have a history of manic episodes, butare even more often the sole expression…
MENTAL RETARDATION (PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT)
Considerable progress has been made in the care and treatment of the mentally retarded in recent years. In the past…
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE REACTION (ETIOLOGY)
contributory role in manic-depressive reactions. They do not, however, agree on the relative weight to be assigned to heredity, constitution,…
MERCURY POISONING
A toxic disorder produced by inhalation of mercury; classified by the American Psychiatric Association under brain syndromes resulting from drug…
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE REACTION (GENERAL)
A group of affective psychotic reactions characterized by a predominant mood of elation or depression, accompanied by related disturbances of…
MESMER, FRANZ ANTON (1734- 1815)
Mesmer, the controversial precursor of hypnotherapy, was born in Austria, studied philosophy at a Jesuit university in Bavaria, and medicine…
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE REACTION (THERAPY AND PROGNOSIS)
Thefirst aim in the treatment of manic reactions is to control hyperactivity, and this can often be accomplished through theuse…
METABOLIC DISORDERS
Many psychiatric conditions result from disturbances in the chemical processes of the body—that is, disturbances of metabolism. Disorders of this…
MANIPULATIVE DRIVE
A general drive to handle and examine objects, not clearly distinguishable from the curiosity or exploratory drive.Early in this century…
MAPLE SUGAR URINE DISEASE
A rare disorder affecting amino acid metabolism shortly after birth, and leading to mental retardation. It is believed to be…
MAKE - A - PICTURE - STORY TEST (MAPS)
A projective test in which the subject tells stories about cardboard figures which he selects and places against a background.The…
MANGANESE POISONING
A toxic disorder produced by inhalation of volatile manganese; classified by the American Psychiatric Association (1952) under brain syndromes resulting…
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE REACTION (CIRCULAR AND MIXED TYPES)
Manic-depressive psychosis was long known as a cyclic or circular illness, but actually only 15 to 25 per cent of…
METABOLIC EQUIVALENT
a unit of measurement of energy, or heat, generated by the body. 1 MET = 50 kcal/h/nr bodily exterior. MET…
MACROSKELIC
is a term used to describe a body which has abnormally long legs, the individual assuming the Kretschmer typology would…
MAGIC CIRCLE
was first developed by U.S. psychiatrist William Glasser which involves primarily children sitting in a circle with their peers talking…
MAINTAINING CAUSE
a direct influence on an individuals life, typically from either peers or their careers which leads to maladaptive behaviours.