Specialist dictionary

Psychiatry

Specialist vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare.

Areas within Psychiatry

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The urinary system and related conditions.

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Psychiatry

Specialist vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare.

140 words
Core vocabulary

120 featured terms

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Acting outnoun

(psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeutic

Anorexia nervosanoun

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated

Anxietynoun

(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive…

Anxiousnessnoun

(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive…

Compensationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

Confabulationnoun

(psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

Conversionnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

Defencenoun

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

Defence mechanismnoun

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

Defence reactionnoun

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

Defensenoun

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

Defense mechanismnoun

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

Defense reactionnoun

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

Denialnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

Displacementnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

Disturbancenoun

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Echolalianoun

(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)

Folienoun

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Idealisationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad

Idealizationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad

Intellectualisationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict

Intellectualizationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict

Isolationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

Major depressive episodenoun

(psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid though…

Mental disordernoun

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Mental disturbancenoun

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Overcompensationnoun

(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

Paramnesianoun

(psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality

Projectionnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

Psychological disordernoun

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Rationalisationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threate…

Rationalizationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threate…

Reaction formationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed…

Regressionnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

Repressionnoun

(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming…

Resistancenoun

(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

Antidepressantnoun

any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects

Antidepressant drugnoun

any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects

Bipolar disordernoun

a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

Dementia praecoxnoun

any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social c…

Manic depressionnoun

a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

Manic depressive illnessnoun

a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

Manic-depressive psychosisnoun

a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

Psychosisnoun

any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

Schizophrenianoun

any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social c…

Schizophrenic disordernoun

any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social c…

Schizophrenic psychosisnoun

any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social c…

Aberrationnoun

a disorder in one's mental state

Affective disordernoun

any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

Anxiety disordernoun

a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

Castration anxietynoun

(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle a…

Conversion disordernoun

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)

Conversion hysterianoun

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)

Conversion reactionnoun

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)

Defensive attributionnoun

A tendency to blame victims for their misfortune, so that one feels less likely to be victimized in a similar way.; "Previous research has indic…

Deliriumnoun

a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

Delusional disordernoun

any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role

Dissociative disordernoun

dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down

Emotional disordernoun

any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

Emotional disturbancenoun

any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

Encopresisnoun

involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness

Folie a deuxnoun

the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife)

Hypochondrianoun

chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments

Hypochondriasisnoun

chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments

Involutional depressionnoun

a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric

Major affective disordernoun

any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

Neurosisnoun

a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

Neuroticismnoun

a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

Overanxietynoun

excessive anxiety

Panicnoun

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the buildin…

Passive aggressionnoun

indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, stubbornness, sullenness, or deliberate or repeated failure to accomplish req…

Personality disordernoun

inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior

Primitive idealizationnoun

an extremely unrealistic, archaic form of idealization.; "Borderline defenses include splitting, primitive idealization, projection, projective…

Psychoneurosisnoun

a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

Psychosomatic disordernoun

a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms

Scarenoun

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the buildin…

Schizothymianoun

resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality

Social anxietynoun

A discomfort or a fear when a person is in a social interaction that involves a concern of being judged or evaluated by others.

Transferencenoun

(psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of f…

Unipolar depressionnoun

a major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder

Acute schizophrenic episodenoun

schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

Borderline schizophrenianoun

schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia

Catatonianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short p…

Catatonic schizophrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short p…

Catatonic type schizophrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short p…

Cyclic disordernoun

a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time

Cyclothymianoun

a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time

Cyclothymic disordernoun

a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time

Delirium tremensnoun

acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning

Disorganized schizophrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behav…

Disorganized type schizophrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behav…

DTsnoun

acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning

Edronaxnoun

an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine

Hebephrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behav…

Hebephrenic schizophrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behav…

Latent schizophrenianoun

schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia

Maleatenoun

a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation

MAOInoun

any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate

Monoamine oxidase inhibitornoun

any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate

Nefazodonenoun

an antidepressant drug (trade name Serzone)

Nontricyclicnoun

a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO

Nontricyclic antidepressantnoun

a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO

Nontricyclic antidepressant drugnoun

a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO

Nontricyclic drugnoun

a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO

Paranoianoun

a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

Paranoic type schizophrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofnes…

Paranoid schizophrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofnes…

Paraphrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofnes…

Paraphrenic schizophrenianoun

a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofnes…

Reactive schizophrenianoun

schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

Reboxetinenoun

an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine

Selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitornoun

an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain

Serzonenoun

an antidepressant drug (trade name Serzone)

SSRInoun

an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain

Tricyclicnoun

an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to…

Tricyclic antidepressantnoun

an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to…

Tricyclic antidepressant drugnoun

an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to…

Delusionnoun

a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"

Depressionnoun

a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

Hallucinationnoun

a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"