Author: Glossary
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Rumination disorder
A feeding and eating disorder of infancy consisting of the repeated regurgitation of food in the absence of associated gastrointestinal illness. Rumination disorder is mainly an eating disorder of infancy and childhood. After a period of normal development, an infant or child begins repeatedly and voluntarily to regurgitate and either spit out or (more commonly)…
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Rubenstein-Taybi syndrome
A syndrome characterized by short stature, moderate to severe learning difficulties, distinctive facial features, and broad thumbs and first toes. People with this condition have an increased risk of developing noncancerous and cancerous tumors, leukemia, and lymphoma. The syndrome is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern and is uncommon, affecting an estimated 1 in 125,000…
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Rozerem
Brand name for the nonbenzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic drug ramelteon.
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Rorschach
The “ink blot” test—in which, by scoring the subject’s responses to a set of 10 ambiguous forms on cards, inferences can be made about mental functioning and diagnosis, including psychological defenses and major conflicts. The test takes its name from its creator, swiss freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst herman rorschach (1884–1922).
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Ropinirole
A dopamine agonist drug indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of idiopathic parkinson’s disease and of moderate to severe primary restless legs syndrome. Marketed under the brand name requip.
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Rootwork
A set of cultural interpretations that ascribe illness to witchcraft, hexing, sorcery, or the evil influence of another person. Symptoms may include generalized anxiety, gastrointestinal complaints, weakness, dizziness, fear of being poisoned, and sometimes fear of being killed. Rootwork is found in the southern united states among both african american and european american populations and…
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Roofie
Street name for flunitrazepam.
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Role responsiveness
As used by Joseph Sandler (1927–1998), a term referring to a countertransference response in the analyst in which he or she feels compelled to behave in a certain way so as to play out a role that the patient unconsciously has assigned to him or her.
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Role
A pattern of behavior a person acquires or adopts as influenced and expected by significant people in his or her milieu. In sociology, the behavior expected of a person by reason of membership in a particular group or the actual behavior performed in the fulfillment of a particular position. The usual or expected function of…
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Rohypnol
Brand name for the potent sedative-hypnotic drug flunitrazepam. The trade name for flunitrazepam, a benzodiazepine medication once prescribed for insomnia as a sleep aid, but has since been taken off the market.