Author: Glossary

A term that refers to the collaborative aspect of the relationship between therapist and client in the context of psychotherapy.  

The fear of god.  

Formerly Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO); the agency that surveys hospitals and other health facilities and programs and certifies that they have met the standards set by The Joint Commission.  

The study of death and dying, emphasizing therapeutic interventions with dying persons and their survivors. The study of death is concerned with the multitude of issues raised by death and prolonging life. These issues are related to philosophy, law, theology, the social sciences, literature, and history. The study of the medical, psychological and sociological aspects…

A class of drugs used primarily as antidepressants that were first introduced in the 1970s. They are named after their chemical structure, which contains four rings of atoms, and are closely related to the tricyclic antidepressants, which contain three rings of atoms.  

An agent indicated for the treatment of chorea associated with huntington’s disease. Marketed under the brand name xenazine. A drug used mainly to control disorders of movement in Huntington’s chorea and similar disorders. It probably acts by reducing dopamine at the nerve endings, thus slowing neural transmissions.  

Actual or threatened violence to gain attention and to cause people to exaggerate the strength of the terrorists and the importance of their cause.  

In psychotherapy, termination refers to the mutual agreement between patient and therapist to bring therapy to an end. The idea of termination often occurs to both, but usually it is the therapist who introduces the subject into the session as a possibility to be considered. In psychoanalytic treatment, the patient’s reactions are worked through to…

Brand name for the alpha2A-adrenergic receptor agonist drug guanfacine.  

Mental and behavioral disturbances associated with temporal lobe epilepsy or other temporal lobe pathology. Lesions in the dominant temporal lobe may produce auditory hallucinations, delusions, and impaired verbal and reading comprehension. Lesions in the nondominant temporal lobe may produce depression, inappropriate affect, and impaired visual and auditory memory.