Category: O

Female orgasmic disorder. Inability of the woman to achieve orgasm through physical stimulation. Masters and Johnson describe two types. In primary orgasmic dysfunction, the woman has never had an orgasm through any physical contact, including masturbation. In situational orgasmic dysfunction, there has been at least one instance of orgasm through physical contact. Compare with impotence.…

A subcategory of sexual dysfunctions that includes female orgasmic disorder, male orgasmic disorder, and premature ejaculation.  

Sexual climax; peak psychophysiological response to sexual stimulation. A series of involuntary muscular contractions accompanied by emotional and nervous system pleasurable sensations and usually accompanied by ejaculation in the male and vaginal and uterine contractions in the female. The climax of the sexual act, when a person experiences a moment of great excitement. Powerful, climactic…

An older and nearly obsolete category originally created to distinguish physiological (termed exogenous or organic) causes of mental impairment from psychiatric (termed endogenous or functional) causes. The term was abandoned in dsm-iv because it was judged to incorrectly imply that “nonorganic” mental disorders did not have a biological basis. Transient or permanent dysfunction of the…

In older terminology, a disease characterized by a demonstrable structural or biochemical abnormality in an organ or a tissue (i.e., an exogenous etiology). Sometimes imprecisely used as an antonym for functional disorder. A disease that started as, or became, impairment of structure or tissue. The smoker may have coughing and shortness of breath for years,…

Obsolete term denoting a clear biological—as opposed to psychological (“functional”)—cause of an illness or symptom. Chemically, a substance containing carbon in the molecule (with the exception of carbonates and cyanide). Substances of animal and vegetable origin are organic; minerals are inorganic. The term organic foods refers to ‘organically grown foods’, meaning plants grown without the…

One of the principal frontal lobe syndromes. It is characterized by disinhibited, impulsive behavior; emotional lability; inappropriate jocular affect; and poor judgment and insight.  

Brand name for the conventional antipsychotic drug pimozide.  

In dsm-iv-tr, a group of mental disorders that includes opioid dependence; opioid abuse; opioid intoxication; opioid withdrawal; opioid intoxication delirium; opioidinduced psychotic disorder, with delusions or hallucinations; opioidinduced mood disorder; opioid-induced sexual dysfunction; and opioid-induced sleep disorder.  

Substances such as naloxone and naltrexone, which occupy opioid receptors but do not activate them. Opioid antagonists are used in the treatment of opiate overdose and alcoholism. An exceptional class of pharmaceutical substance, referred to as a receptor antagonist, demonstrates its influential mechanism of action by specifically targeting the opioid receptors in the human body.…