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  • Accountable

    Responsible, liable, explainable. To account means to furnish a justification or detailed explanation of financial activities or responsibilities; to furnish substantial reasons or convincing explanations. Accountability entails an obligation to periodically disclose in adequate detail and consistent form to all directly and indirectly responsible or properly interested parties the purposes, principles, procedures, relationships, results, incomes,…

  • Accident and health insurance

    Insurance under which benefits are payable in case of disease, accidental injury, or, in some cases, accidental death.  

  • Acceptability

    An individual’s (or group’s) overall assessment of medical care available to him. The individual appraises such things as the cost, quality, result, and convenience of care, and provider attitudes in determining the acceptability of health services provided.  

  • Conventional antipsychotic medications

    A group of older antipsychotic drugs also referred to as neuroleptics, such as Thorazine (chlorpromazine) and Haldol (haloperidol), that work principally by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain. These medications have some potential adverse side effects such as parkinsonian symptoms (muscle stiffness, rigidity, slowed gait, and tremor) and tardive dyskinesia (involuntary lip smacking, tongue movements,…

  • Clorazepate dipotassium

    A benzodiazepine used to treat various anxiety disorders. The generic name for Tranxene.  

  • Atypical antipsychotic agents

    The second generation of antipsychotic agents that have an effect on both dopamine receptors (in particular, D2 receptors) and serotonin receptors (in particular, 5-HT2A receptors). Currently available atypical antipsychotic agents include aripiprazole, clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone.  

  • Antimuscarinic medications

    Another name for anticholinergic medications.  

  • Anticholinergic medications

    Substances that retard or block the activity of acetylcholine within the central nervous system (CNS) and in other organs.  

  • Anancastic personality

    Synonym for obsessive-compulsive personality.  

  • Amnestic aphasia

    Loss of the ability to name objects; also called anomic aphasia.  

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