NOSOLOGY (literally, “study of disease”)
The classification of diseases, or the branch of medicine that deals with naming and classifying diseases.Nosology has an extremely important…
NURSERY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
Many studies have been made of the effect of nursery school on the intellectual, social, and emotional development of the…
NYMPHOMANIA (Andromania)
A sexual deviation in females consisting of an excessive or insatiable desire for gratification.In nymphomaniacs, the desire for sexual stimulation…
NEUROTIC DEPRESSIVE REACTION (Reactive Depression)
An acute depression precipitated by an intensely distressing situation such as loss of a job, death of a loved person,…
NEUROTIC PERSONALITY
A pattern of personality traits which renders the individual susceptible to an actual or “symptom” neurosis.The neurotic personality does not…
NEWBORN INFANT (Neonate)
Anyone who looks through the window of a hospital nursery is bound to be impressed by the fact that individuality…
NIGHT HOSPITAL (Night Care Program)
A psychiatric unit offering treatment and residential care to patients after working hours. In most cases the patients reside at…
NIHILISM (Nihilistic Delusion)
In psychiatry, the delusion of nonexistence. The patient believes he no longer exists, that his mind or a part of…
NOREPINEPHRINE (Noradrenalin)
A substance secreted by the medulla of the adrenal gland.Since it has important effects on the activity of the sympathetic…
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
The national voluntary citizens’ organization working to combat mental illness and advance mental health.The Association was formed in 1950 by…
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMII)
In response to increased public awareness of the need for more research, training, and services in the mental health field,…
NECROMANIA (literally, mania for the dead)
Pathological preoccupation with dead bodies.The interest in corpses is usually of a sexual character and may in some cases take…
NECROPHILIA (literally, love of corpses)
A sexual deviation consisting of a morbid sexual interest in dead bodies.This perversion seems to be confined to men. The…
NERVE CONDUCTION
The process by which impulses are carried by nerve cells.Our knowledge of nerve conduction has gone through a number of…
NEURASTHENIA (literally, nerve weakness)
An obsolescent term for a neurotic condition marked by severe fatigue, bodily weakness, poor concentration, feelings of inadequacy, and mental…
NEUROFIBROMATOSIS (Von Recklinghausen’s Disease)
A disorder transmitted by a dominant gene, causing mild or moderate mental defect in about one third of the cases.…
NEURON (Nerve Cell)
The basic structural unit of the nervous system, which transmits impulses from one part of the body to another.The nervous…
NALLINE TEST
precipitates withdrawal symptoms if opiates have been used recently. It is therefore used as a test to examine a patient…
NARCOTIC 1
is a drug which stimulates a state of stupor or insensibility within an individual, typically they have been used as…
NATIONAL CHARACTER
is a group of characteristics or behavioural traits which are afforded to the entire or majority population of a whole…