NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NMHA)
which was established in 1909 has grown to become the largest institution throughout the U.S. which looks at all aspects…
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
involves using methods such as the rhythm method to ensure the number of children or offspring produced into a family…
NATURALISTIC ENVIRONMENT
is a situation or environment that contains primarily natural sources.
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE (NDE)
was first described by the U.S. parapsychologist Raymond A. Moody (1944 - ) in his book the Life After Life,…
NEED FOR COGNITION
is the need and strong desire to stretch ones cognitive capabilities with tests of numerical and literal content. This trait…
NEGATIVE ATTITUDE
in the context of psychotherapy, a negative attitude is the feeling of negativity from the therapist towards the client.
NEGATIVE RESPONSE
a response, or lack of response which results in the avoidance from a stimulus.
NEGOTIATION
is similar to bargaining where two parties will communication to dispute a specific process with the view to identifying a…
NEOLOGISTIC JARGON
otherwise known as neologistic paraphasia, where the speech produced is unintelligible and a mixture of inappropriately combined words.
NEOSTRIATUM
includes the caudate nucleus and the pulamen which form part of the basal ganglia in the born. It is thought…
NETWORK-MEMORY MODEL
is one of the many theories of memory which implies that the long-term memory store is a chain of similar…
NEURAL PARENCHYMA
are distinct tissues from other structural or supporting elements of the nervous system which are essential to the functioning of…
NEUROANATOMY
is the academic and scholastic study of physiological structures relating to the nervous system.
NEUROFIBROMA
are generally caused by the proliferation and general damage caused to Schwann cells resulting in a tumour or peripheral cells.
NEUROLOGICAL EVALUATION
Is one of the major examinations which physicians undergo with new patients typically looking at their- speech and behaviour, orientation…
NEUROPEPTIDE
are released by neurons acting as neurotransmitters into the local tissue which include: include the endogenous opioids (e.g., enkephalin and…
NEUROTENSIN (NT)
is a neuropeptide which is secreted by the hypothalamus for use across the central nervous system.
NEURULATION
is the process, usually during early development, where the first neurons are formed along with the neural tube and neural…
NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL
is described in the DSM (Diagnostic Statistical Manual) as: Dysphoria or depressed mood- insomnia- irritability, frustration, or anger- anxiety- difficulty…