Glossary

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  • Xenazine

    Brand name for the antichoreic drug tetrabenazine.  

  • Xanax

    Xanax

    Brand name for the benzodiazepine anxiolytic drug alprazolam. The commercial preparation of alprazolam.  

  • Wraparound services

    A network of community services and natural supports individualized to the needs of the child and family.  

  • World psychiatric association (WPA)

    A nongovernmental organization composed of about 120 member societies worldwide. Its headquarters are based in the home country of its secretariat.  

  • Working through

    Exploration of a problem by patient and therapist until a satisfactory solution has been found or until a symptom has been traced to its unconscious sources. This process aims at transforming intellectual understanding into emotional knowledge, resolving unconscious conflicts and thus leading to an increase in adaptive functioning and a decrease in symptoms. Confronting and…

  • Word salad

    A mixture of words and phrases that lack comprehensive meaning or logical coherence. It may be seen in patients with schizophrenia, especially the disorganized type. Word hash. Words combined in a way that has no meaning, as in the speech of some persons with schizophrenia. Speech that includes a jumble of seemingly unrelated words; often…

  • Wool-hwa-byung

    A culture-specific syndrome.  

  • Nicotine

    Nicotine

    Abrupt cessation of, or reduction in, nicotine use induces any combination of the following: dysphoric or depressed mood, insomnia, irritability or anger, anxiety, difficulty in concentrating, restlessness, decreased heart rate, and increased appetite or weight gain. A chemical found in tobacco, responsible for some of the physiological effects of smoking. The main alkaloid substance found…

  • Withdrawal symptoms

    The constellation of symptoms and signs that develops within a short period (usually hours) after cessation or significant reduction of use of a substance in a person with a pattern of heavy or prolonged use of that substance. The withdrawal symptoms tend to be specific for each substance. Physical and mental effects of withdrawing addictive…

  • Withdrawal (from psychoactive substances)

    The cessation or significant reduction of use of a chemical substance in a person with a pattern of heavy or prolonged use of that substance, often accompanied by withdrawal symptoms.