Author: Glossary
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Rape
Sexual assault; forced sexual intercourse without the partner’s consent. Sexual intercourse forced on one person by another, forcible rape; attempted rape; statutory rape. In human sexuality, intercourse or other sexual acts done without a person’s consent and under force, threats, or intimidation, often between parties known to one another, such as relatives or neighbors. In…
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Random
A statistical term that denotes accuracy by chance or without attention to selection or planning. A statistical term used in sampling which means that every “element” or “event” in the whole “universe” being sampled has an equal chance of being “drawn.” If a hospital wants to know how well patients like the food, for example,…
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Ramelteon
A nonbenzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic medication approved for long-term use in the treatment of insomnia. Marketed under the brand name rozerem.
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Racism
The practice of racial discrimination, segregation, persecution, and domination based on a feeling of racial differences or antagonisms, especially with reference to supposed racial superiority, inferiority, or purity. Assumptions, beliefs, laws, and behavior that area based on the premise that one race is superior to another. Disparaging beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors directed toward individuals or…
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Quetiapine
An atypical antipsychotic medication approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and for acute and maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. Marketed under the brand name seroquel.
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Quazepam
A benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic medication indicated for the treatment of insomnia. Marketed under the brand name doral.
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Quality assurance
Activities and programs intended to ensure the standard of care in a defined medical setting or program. Such programs must include educational components intended to remedy identified deficiencies in quality, as well as the components necessary to identify such deficiencies (such as peer or utilization review components) and assess the program’s own effectiveness. A program…
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Q-sort
A personality assessment technique in which the subject (or an observer) indicates the degree to which a standardized set of descriptive statements actually describes the subject. The term reflects the “sorting” procedures occasionally used with this technique. In psychology a personality test used in client-centered therapy or research, in which the person in question categorizes…
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Qi-gong psychotic reaction
A term describing an acute, timelimited episode characterized by dissociative, paranoid, or other psychotic or nonpsychotic symptoms that may occur after participation in the Chinese folk health-enhancing practice of qi-gong (“exercise of vital energy”).
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Pyrophobia
An unusual fear of fire.