Author: Glossary

Social phobia occurring in childhood and adolescence.  

A behavior therapy procedure in which stimuli associated with undesirable behavior are paired with a painful or an unpleasant stimulus, resulting in the suppression of the undesirable behavior. A form of negative reinforcement. A treatment by which someone is cured of a type of behaviour by making him or her develop a great dislike for…

A tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression and selected anxiety disorders. A brand name for nortriptyline.  

Inability to localize and name the parts of one’s own body. Inability to orient various parts of the body correctly; occurs in lesions of the thalamoparietal pathways of the cortex.  

Referring to adaptation by changing the self. A psychotherapeutic approach that has the goal of changing oneself to accommodate external circumstances. Contrast with alloplastic.  

An aspect of the ego that operates with little or no conscious or unconscious conflict.  

Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS); can be caused by various neurological disorders, such as parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.  

A disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent symptoms other than pain that are mediated by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and not a part of a general medical condition. Symptoms may involve various systems or organs, including palpitations (cardiovascular), hyperventilation (respiratory), vomiting (gastrointestinal), urinary frequency (urogenital), or flushing (dermal). In earlier dsm classifications (dsm-i, dsm-ii,…

Automatic and apparently undirected non-purposeful behavior that is not consciously controlled. Seen in psychomotor epilepsy. The performance of an act without awareness. A state in which a person acts without consciously knowing that he or she is acting. A condition in which a person performs or acts without awareness of what he or she is…