Author: Glossary

Apathy, alienation, and personal distress resulting from the loss of goals previously valued. Durkheim popularized this term when he listed it as a principal reason for suicide. In psychology, without relationship or the feeling of belonging. A psychological condition in which a person develops the feeling of not being part of the everyday world, and…

Loss of the ability to name objects. Also called amnestic aphasia. Inability to name objects; loss of memory for words. A state characterized by the partial or complete inability to remember and retrieve the names of individuals or objects, typically caused by factors such as stroke, head trauma, brain tumor, or infection.  

A problem with word finding. Impaired recall of words with no impairment of comprehension or the capacity to repeat the words. Also known as anomic aphasia or amnestic aphasia. Indicating an absence of moral sense (Benjamin Rush). Inability to remember names of people and things. A type of aphasia involving the inability to recall the…

An emotional response to a previous event occurring at the same time of year. Often the event involved a loss, and the reaction involves a depressed state. The reaction can range from mild to severe and may occur at any time after the event.  

Shadow; In jungian psychology (carl gustav jung, 1875–1961), a person’s inner being as opposed to the character or persona presented to the world. Furthermore, the anima may be the more feminine “soul” or inner self of a man, and the animus may be the more masculine soul of a woman. A archetype that is the…

The inability to experience pleasure from activities that usually produce pleasurable feelings, typically as a manifestation of depression. Contrast with hedonism. Inability to experience pleasure from activities that usually produce pleasurable feelings. Contrast with hedonism. In psychology, a psychophysiological condition characterized by the inability to experience joy. Absence of pleasure from ordinarily pleasurable acts. A…

A genetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, seizures, jerky movements, ataxia, hyperactivity, skin and eye hypopigmentation, and unprovoked laughter. The syndrome is caused by a deletion of a segment of chromosome 15. Angelman syndrome, formerly known as happy puppet syndrome due to a resemblance of children with the disorder to the movement and…

A street name for phencyclidine (PCP), a drug of abuse that produces brief dissociative psychotic reactions similar to those seen in schizophrenia.  

The fear of men.