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Intensive psychoanalytic study and analysis of the ways in which the ego resolves or attempts to deal with intrapsychic conflicts, especially in relation to the development of mental mechanisms and the maturation of capacity for rational thought and action. Modern psychoanalysis gives more emphasis to considerations of the defensive operations of the ego than did…

In psychoanalytic theory, one of the three major divisions in the structural model of the psychic apparatus, the others being the id and the superego. The ego represents the sum of certain mental mechanisms, such as perception and memory, and specific defense mechanisms. It serves to mediate between the demands of primitive instinctual drives (the…

Brand name for the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) antidepressant drug venlafaxine.  

Capable of achieving a fourth- or fifth-grade academic level. A similar term is mild intellectual disability (intelligence quotient [IQ] of 52–67).  

A street name for 3,4,-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), a synthetic amphetamine, often used and abused in nightclubs And at all-night dance parties known as “raves” and at gay circuit Parties. Ecstasy appears to damage brain serotonin neurons, but It is still used, especially by teenagers, because it induces a profound Feeling of attachment and connection. There have…

Scientific concept describing the basic and applied relationship between living things and their environment. These are assumed, by their presence or absence, to affect mental health.  

One of three metapsychological positions explicitly formulated by Sigmund Freud (1856–1939); concerned with the distribution, transformations, and expenditure of psychic energy.  

Imitative repetition of the movements, gestures, or posture of another. It may be a symptom of a neurological disorder or of schizophrenia. An automatic imitation by a person of another person’s movements or mannerisms, echolalia. The meaningless imitation of another person’s actions. Echopraxia is defined as the involuntary and spasmodic imitation of movements made by…

Parrot-like repetition of overheard words or fragments of speech. It may be a symptom of a developmental disorder, a neurological disorder, or schizophrenia. Echolalia tends to be repetitive and persistent and is often uttered with a mocking, mumbling, or staccato intonation. Meaningless repetition of words by a person, usually of whatever is said to him…