PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY GLOSSARY
 
PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY GLOSSARY
 

From these pages, our center provides you with a description of the symptoms of the most common diseases and disorders of the mind. Know that this relationship is purely informational and should under no circumstances be used for diagnostic, as this mission is optional, only, duly qualified professionals.

To make it easier to use, this relationship is sorted alphabetically. If you know the name of the disorder or disease that interests you, click on the letter that its name starts, in the following menu to go to the page that contains it.

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A (from Anorgasmia)  |

B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |

H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |

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T  |  U  |  V  |  X  |  Y  |  Z  |

Or if you prefer, directly looking for the name, you're interested in the alphabetical list of all the disorders or diseases that we see in this glossary, we offer you below:

R

RETROGRADE EJACULATION

RUIN DELUSIONAL IDEAS

RUMINATION DISORDER

S

SADOMASOCHISM

SCOPOPHILIA (SCOPTOPHILIA) (VOYEURISM)

SELF-REFERENCE DELUSIONAL IDEAS

SIMPLE PHOBIA

SIMPLE SCHIZOPHRENIA

SOCIAL PHOBIA

SOMNAMBULISM

STEREOTYPES

STUPOR

SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR

SUPPRESSION OF LANGUAGE (APHASIA)

T

TACHYLALIA (TACHYPHEMIA)

TACHYPSYCHIA

U

UROLAGNIA

V

VAGINISMUS

VOYEURISM

X

NO INFORMATION

Y

NO INFORMATION

Z

ZOOPHILIA

 

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RETROGRADE EJACULATION

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Characteristics and Symptoms

This male sexual disorder, orgasm and ejaculation are delayed significantly.

The causes of these phenomena, can be organic, for drinking or narcotics, due to certain medicines and psychological

Habitual Treatment

Treatment is psychological and / or sexological, where the origin is psychological. In organic type disorders, treatment is medical. In cases of abuse of drinking and / or narcotics only will disappear after performing a detoxify and stop using. In cases of ingestion of medications, usually have been warned by the doctor that prescribed the disorder and forward, to end the need to take them.

 

Name

RUIN DELUSIONAL IDEAS

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Characteristics and Symptoms

Delusions of ruin are those in which the patient thinks he is absolutely ruined and is not true.

Habitual Treatment

The treatment is psychiatric and pharmacologic.

 

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RUMINATION DISORDER

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Characteristics and Symptoms

It is an eating disorder consisting of chewing food and swallowing exaggerated immediately and return them back to swallow. It is associated with schizophrenia.

Habitual Treatment

The treatment is psychiatric and pharmacologic.

 

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Name

SADOMASOCHISM

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Characteristics and Symptoms

SEE ALGOLAGNIA

Habitual Treatment

 

 

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SCOPOPHILIA (SCOPTOPHILIA) (VOYEURISM)

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Characteristics and Symptoms

It is a disorder in which the affected obtains sexual pleasure by observing the sexual acts of others. In severe cases, it may be the only way through which they can get this pleasure.

Habitual Treatment

Treatment is psychological and / or psychiatric

 

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SELF-REFERENCE DELUSIONAL IDEAS

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Characteristics and Symptoms

The delusions of self-reference, are those in which the patient thinks that the whole world is watching him. They collect and interpret real things their way. (Examples. Someone accidentally turns his head and he thinks he is watching. Believe that talking about it on TV. Thinks the car lights are passwords that are exchanged against him.)

Habitual Treatment

The treatment is psychiatric and pharmacologic.

 

Name

SIMPLE PHOBIA

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Characteristics and Symptoms

This type of phobia is generally unimportant, since it is limited to a given stimulus or to a specific situation, such dizzy at the sight of blood.

Habitual Treatment

Although due to their characteristics can, in most cases, treatment dispensed is good attempt overcome phobia, through psychological therapy, which usually is very short.

 

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SIMPLE SCHIZOPHRENIA

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Characteristics and Symptoms

The schizophrenia are chronic psychotic illnesses. The sufferer, is often unaware of their disease and lose the universal logic of things.

In simple schizophrenia, evolution is of a procedural nature. The patient loses his habits, his friends, is closing itself. Any projections of future disappears. There is a progressive apathy and autism.

Not usually delusional behavior, although there may be a disguised form.

Those affected by the disease, tend to carry dependent lives, whether family, an institution or lead marginal lives but, like prostitution, begging, etc.

Habitual Treatment

The treatment is psychiatric and pharmacologic and in some cases with electroshocks.

 

Name

SOCIAL PHOBIA

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Characteristics and Symptoms

In this phobia, there is the inability to relate and interact socially within the normal scales. It is a disorder that is often linked to anxiety.

The person who has it has difficulty relating to others and these difficulties are greater as is public speaking, or the other sex, or ask a workplace, etc.

The person tends to suffer mental blocks, blushes and may have sweating on hands.

Habitual Treatment

It is treated with psychological therapy and can be used relaxation techniques or hypnosis to increase efficiency and speed in obtaining results.

 

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SOMNAMBULISM

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Characteristics and Symptoms

It is a sleep disorder in which the affected stands and wanders asleep with his eyes open and avoiding obstacles, sometimes playing movements or actions, but not aware of it. Upon awakening remembers nothing of what happened. It is more common in children and tends to disappear as they got older. The mechanisms that produce somnambulism are still poorly understood.

Habitual Treatment

Psychological therapy, based on relaxation techniques often helps.

 

Name

STEREOTYPES

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Characteristics and Symptoms

This type of aphasia is a language disorder caused by a brain injury.

Is the repetition of a word or syllable.

Habitual Treatment

Treatment is neurologic.

 

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STUPOR

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Characteristics and Symptoms

In this disorder the patient loses the ability to respond to external stimuli. It causes a set of symptoms, the main element is the reduction or absence of relationship functions (speech, motility). It may include clinical signs of silences, odd responses to heat and cold, impaired urination, defecation and food, catalepsy, negativism.

The most common causes are: schizophrenia, affective disorders, hysteria, endogenous depressions.

Habitual Treatment

The treatment is psychiatric and pharmacologic

 

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SUICIDAL BEHAVIORS

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Characteristics and Symptoms

Suicidal behaviors, including self-injurious inside, up the most extreme level of self-aggressiveness and may be due to endogenous depression, schizophrenia, disorders of hysterical type, in this case the behavior is more communicative and manipulative than real, but in many sometimes can reach success, perhaps unwanted. Finally there is a trigger that are physical illnesses, which presuppose great pain, where the person can make the decision to commit suicide to eliminate suffering, can also occur in some obsessive disorders where the affected see clearly the absurdity of their behavior and degeneration suffering and decides to end it. It may also be a consequence of the use of toxic.

Habitual Treatment

The treatment is psychiatric and pharmacologic, often with the support of psychological therapy. In many cases may require hospitalization.

 

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SUPPRESSION OF LANGUAGE (APHASIA)

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Characteristics and Symptoms

In this type of aphasia, caused by brain injury, there is a loss of language, absolute in most cases.

Habitual Treatment

Treatment is neurologic.

 

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TACHYLALIA (TACHYPHEMIA)

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Characteristics and Symptoms

It is a disorder of the rhythm of language, where a pathological acceleration thereof occurs. The causes are often neurological.

Habitual Treatment

Treatment is psychiatric or neurologic.

 

Name

TACHYPSYCHIA

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Characteristics and Symptoms

It is a rhythm disturbance of thought, there is a pathological acceleration of thought, which may even lead to flight of ideas.

Habitual Treatment

Treatment is psychiatric or neurologic.

 

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Name

UROLAGNIA

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Characteristics and Symptoms

This sexual behavior disorder, is characterized by obtaining pleasure to urinate or defecate. Many times it is included in the S & M.

Habitual Treatment

Treatment is psychiatric

 

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VAGINISMUS

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Characteristics and Symptoms

It is a disorder of sexual behavior in women, which causes contraction of the vaginal muscles, so that prevent penetration or make this is painful, without pleasure, so the woman just refusing sexual intercourse.

Habitual Treatment

Once discarded any organic disease, treatment is psychological leaning on relaxation techniques.

 

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VOYEURISM

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Characteristics and Symptoms

It is a disorder in sexual behavior, which is characterized by obtaining pleasure by observing other people's sex scenes, without intervening directly in them.

Habitual Treatment

Treatment is psychiatric and / or psychological.

 

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X

 

Name

NO INFORMATION

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Characteristics and Symptoms

 

Habitual Treatment

 

 

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Y

 

Name

NO INFORMATION

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Characteristics and Symptoms

 

Habitual Treatment

 

 

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Z

 

Name

ZOOPHILIA

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Characteristics and Symptoms

SEE BESTIALITY

Habitual Treatment

 

 
 
 
 

 Consulting of Psychology and Health Montse Valls Giner

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