transvestite

From Latin trans + vestite, form of vestiō (“I clothe, I dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a "cross-dresser". From transvestitism, from German Transvestitismus, coined in 1910 by Magnus Hirschfeld (the practice itself is much older).

(clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.


neologism

en-noun

neologism (countable and uncountable, plural neologisms)

/niːˈɒləd͡ʒɪzəm/

From French néologisme, from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”) + -ism.

(psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.


analyst

“I had a difficult session with my analyst last evening and the slightest thing is apt to set me off.”

1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 185:

(psychiatry) A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

精神分析学者

せいしんぶんせきがくしゃ


sharp

From Middle English scharp, from Old English sċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Cognate with West Frisian skerp, Low German scharp, Dutch scherp, German scharf, Danish skarp. Compare Irish cearb (“keen; cutting”), Latin acerbus (“tart, bitter”), Tocharian B kärpye (“rough”), Latvian skârbs (“sharp, rough”), Russian щерба (ščerba, “notch”), Polish szczerba (“gap, dent, jag, chip, nick, notch”), Albanian harb (“rudeness”). More at shear.

(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.

(psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.


alter

While the second goal would be best met if each alter were coconscious, the defendant should be satisfied if at least one competent alter is present to hear what transpires.

2000, Elyn R. Saks, Stephen H. Behnke, Jekyll on Trial: Multiple Personality Disorder and Criminal Law, page 147:

dissociative identity disorder
dissociative identity disorder

(psychiatry, multiplicity) One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.


mania

mania (countable and uncountable, plural manias)

Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

2004 March, G. E. Berrios, “Of Mania: introduction (Classic text no. 57)”, in History of Psychiatry, number 15, →DOI, →PMID, pages 105–124:

(psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.


hypergraphia

Two features of the interictal behavior syndrome are relevant: hypergraphia or the tendency to write compulsively and often repetitively, and verbosity or loquaciousness, the tendency to be overly talkative, rambling, and circumstantial in speech.

1994, Thomas J. Csordas, “12: Words from the Holy People: a case study in cultural phenomenology”, in Thomas J. Csordas, editor, Embodiment and Experience: The Existential Ground of Culture and Self, page 280:

There is some suggestion that hypergraphia is associated with non-dominant hemisphere temporal lobe disturbances (Trimble, 1986c).

1996, Michael R. Trimble, Biological Psychiatry, page 279:

Two cases of mania and hypergraphia in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were reported by Sanders and Mathews (1994). In the first case, a 58-year-old right-handed man suffered a ruptured right middle cerebral artery aneurism, which required a craniotomy. During interictal periods, the patient demonstrated hypergraphia, as well as several episodes of alternating manic and mildly depressive phases.

2009, Joseph M. Tonkonogy, Antonio E. Puente, Localization of Clinical Syndromes in Neuropsychology and Neuroscience, page 559:

(psychiatry) A behavioural condition characterised by an intense desire to write, associated with changes in the temporal lobes due to epilepsy or chemical changes.


axis

Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century.

(psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

akseli

psychiatry: form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders


manic

en-adj

manic (comparative more manic, superlative most manic)

more manic (comparative)
most manic (superlative)

From mania + -ic; Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós). Doublet of maniac.

(psychiatry) Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.


sadism

en-noun

sadism (countable and uncountable, plural sadisms)

From French sadisme and German Sadismus. Named after the Marquis de Sade, famed for his libertine writings depicting the pleasure of inflicting pain to others. The word for "sadism" (sadisme) was coined or acknowledged in the 1834 posthumous reprint of French lexicographer Boiste's Dictionnaire universel de la langue française; it is reused along with "sadist" (sadique) in 1862 by French critic Sainte-Beuve in his commentary of Flaubert's novel Salammbô; it is reused (possibly independently) in 1886 by Austrian psychiatrist Krafft-Ebing in Psychopathia Sexualis which popularized it; it is directly reused in 1905 by Freud in Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality which definitively established the word.

(chiefly psychiatry) The enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation without pity.

سادية

psychology: the enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation


DAMP

DAMP (countable and uncountable, plural DAMPs)

→ Swedish: damp, DAMP

w:deficits in attention, motor control and perception

(psychiatry) Acronym of deficits in attention, motor control and perception.


transposition

en-verb

transposition (third-person singular simple present transpositions, present participle transpositioning, simple past and past participle transpositioned)

transpositions (present singular third-person)
transpositioning (participle present)
transpositioned (participle past)
transpositioned (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-transposition.wav

From Middle French transposition, from Medieval Latin transpositio.

(psychiatry) To take on the role of another person


transference

en-noun

transference (countable and uncountable, plural transferences)

Furthermore, although probably few analysts still believe that transference occurs only in the context of the psychoanalytic situation, many hold that this phenomenon pertains only to object relationships. I submit, however, that the characteristic features of transference can be observed in other situations as well, especially in the area of learned skills.⁶ Thus, speaking a language with a foreign accent is one of the most striking everyday examples of transference. In the traditional concept of transference, one person (the analysand) behaves toward another (the analyst) as if the latter were someone else, previously familiar to him; and the subject is usually unaware of the actual manifestations of his own transferred behavior. In exactly the same way, persons who speak English (or any other language) with a foreign accent treat English as if it were their mother tongue; and they are usually unaware of the actual manifestations of their transferred behavior. […]

1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 15, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 253:

Those who argue for laws against sex between therapists and clients say that consent is not a simple matter for the person who goes to another for help. They point in particular to the dynamic of "transference," during which a client may re-enact a parental relationship with the therapist.

1990 August 31, Laura Briggs, “Should Sex Between Therapists/Clients Be Legal”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 3:

(psychology, psychiatry) The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.


anhedonia

anhedonia (usually uncountable, plural anhedonias)

From French anhédonie (coined by Ribot, 1896), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”).

Prolonged seasickness will in most persons produce a temporary condition of anhedonia. Every good, terrestrial or celestial, is imagined only to be turned from with disgust.

1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 146:

Rather, Meehl suggests that anhedonia is a manifestation of the mixed signals to which the preschizophrenic individual is subjected because of the neurointegrative deficit.

2012, R. R. J. Lewine, “Anhedonia and the Amotivational State of Schizophrenia”, in Andreas Marneros, Nancy C. Andreasen, Ming T. Tsuang, editors, Negative Versus Positive Schizophrenia, Springer, page 82:

Secondly, the distinction between consummatory and anticipatory anhedonia [21] is not taken into account although these two anhedonias could play different role in the risk of suicide.

2014, Gwenolé Loas, 11: Anhedonia and Risk of Suicide: An Overview, Michael S. Ritsner (editor), Anhedonia: A Comprehensive Handbook, Volume II, Springer, page 251

Anhedonia is the reduced ability to experience pleasure from activities that were previously found to be enjoyable. Anhedonia can induce diminished motivation to engage in a potentially pleasurable activity (anticipatory anhedonia) and loss of the enjoyment experienced from the action itself (consummatory anhedonia).

2020, Erin Trifilio, John B. Williamson, Kenneth M. Heilman, “Chapter 9: Changes in Emotions and Mood with Aging”, in Kenneth M. Heilman, Stephen E. Nadeau, editors, Cognitive Changes of the Aging Brain, Cambridge University Press, page 133:

(medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.


eros

eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes)

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).

derived

(psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.


clang

1570, of imitative origin; Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere.

For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]

(psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.


clang

en-verb

clang (third-person singular simple present clangs, present participle clanging, simple past and past participle clanged)

clangs (present singular third-person)
clanging (participle present)
clanged (participle past)
clanged (past)

(psychology, psychiatry) To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.


insight

en-noun

insight (countable and uncountable, plural insights)

From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), equivalent to in- + sight. Perhaps continuing Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”), from Proto-Germanic *insahtiz (“account, narrative, argument”). Compare West Frisian ynsjoch (“insight”), Dutch inzicht (“insight, awareness, view, opinion”), German Low German Insicht (“insight”), German Einsicht (“insight, knowledge, perception, understanding”), Danish indsigt (“insight”), Swedish insikt (“insight”), Icelandic innsýn (“insight”).

cog

(psychiatry) An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.


coprophilia

en-noun

coprophilia (countable and uncountable, plural coprophilias)

(psychiatry) A marked interest in excrement; especially the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces and defecation.

嗜糞癥

marked interest in excrement; the use of feces for sexual excitement


pedophile

From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophílēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “I love”)).

com

Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.

1982, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Abstracts, volume 14, page 253:

The pedophile, a particular type of child molester, is an adult whose conscious sexual interests and overt sexual behavior are directly either partially or exclusively toward children.

1986, Patrick B. McGuigan, Jon S. Pascale, Crime and Punishment in Modern America, page 109:

(psychiatry, sexology) A person aged 16 or older who is mostly or only sexually attracted toward prepubescent children.


fugue

Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts.


alexia

en-noun

alexia (countable and uncountable, plural alexias)

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -ia.

af

(psychiatry) Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.


dysthymia

en-noun

dysthymia (usually uncountable, plural dysthymias)

euphoria

antonym(s) of “tendency to be depressed”

euthymia

antonym(s) of “form of clinical depression”

From dys- + -thymia.
From Ancient Greek δυσθυμία (dusthumía, “despondency, despair; ill-temper”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul, spirit”).

uder

Coordinate term: major depressive disorder

For diagnostic, research, and treatment reasons, a distinction should always be made between the milder dysthymias, atypical and hysteroid depressions, and the more serious major depressive illnesses, with and without melancholic (vegetative) and psychotic features.

1989, James F. Masterson, Ralph Klein, editors, Psychotherapy of the Disorders of the Self: The Masterson Approach, page 369:

A decade ago most psychiatrists would have been puzzled to find a chapter on dysthymia in a book about severe depressive disorders. They would have characterized this chronic form of depression as mild, "minor," or "syndromal."[…]In recent years, research has demonstrated the severity, prevalence, and importance of vogorous antidepressant treatment of dysthymia, justifying its inclusion here among serious mood disorders.

1994, John C. Markowitz, James H. Kocsis, “Chapter 9: Dysthymia”, in Leon Grunhaus, John F. Greden, editors, Severe Depressive Disorders, page 209:

In other patients, the dysthymia may co-occur with but not be causally related to the ADHD (Adler and Cohen 2004).[…]Early studies of adults with ADHD found rates of dysthymia as high as 67%–81% (Wender et al. 1985).

2007, Brian B. Doyle, Understanding and Treating Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, page 231:

Dysthymia in childhood or adulthood also significantly increases the risk of developing a subsequent major depressive episode.

2007, Jon G. Allen, Coping With Depression: From Catch-22 to Hope, page 12:

Involutive depression or bipolar dysthymias must be ruled out.[…]Two characteristics of bipolar dysthymias are distinguishable: first, the bipolar disorders are cyclical in character and develop over several days to several weeks, which is quite different from the sudden and sometimes multiple changes of chronic depression; second, the productive phases of dysthymias are accompanied by a considerable decrease in the duration of sleep, to less than 6 hours per day.

2011, Gary Landsberg, Wayne Hunthausen, Lowell Ackerman, Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat, page 363:

(psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least two years.


hysteria

en-noun

hysteria (usually uncountable, plural hysterias or hysteriae or hysteriæ)

hysterias (plural)
hysteriae (plural)
hysteriæ (plural)

From New Latin hysteria, a back-formation from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.

der

conversion disorder
conversion disorder#English

(informal, psychopathology) Synonym of conversion disorder

(psychiatry, until early 20th century, now historical) Any disorder of women with some psychiatric symptoms without other diagnosis, ascribed to uterine influences on the female body, lack of pregnancy, or lack of sex.


orthopsychiatry

(psychiatry) branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young


EOI

EOI manifests itself by over-emotionality, excessive self-sacrifice, over-identification, and extreme overprotective behavior with the patient.

2012 January–March, Anekal C. Amaresha, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian, “Expressed Emotion in Schizophrenia: An Overview”, in Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, volume 34, number 1, Thousand Oaks, C.A.: Sage Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 14, column 1:

(psychiatry) Initialism of emotional over-involvement.


rhinotillexomania

/ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪniə/

/ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪnjə/

From rhino- (“nose, nasal”) + Latin tillexis (“habit of plucking”, see below) + -o- + -mania (“obsession”).
The tillexis part is seemingly a New Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “I pluck or pull”). There is divergence about the "exo" affix. It is suggested it might come from ἔξω (éxō, “out”) or έξη (éxē, “habit”)

der

(psychiatry) Compulsive nose-picking, insertion of finger into one's nose.


nihilism

en-noun

nihilism (countable and uncountable, plural nihilisms)

Probably borrowed from French nihilisme, German Nihilismus, or Late Latin nihilismus; the French, German, and Latin words are derived from Latin nihil (“indefinite nothing”), from nihilum (“nothing”), from ne- (prefix negating the principal meaning) + hīlum (“a trifle; not in the least”). The English word is cognate with Italian nichilismo, Spanish nihilismo, Russian нигили́зм (nigilízm), philosophical doctrine grounded on negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; emptiness; lack of education and cultural refinement.

Individuals with schizophrenia often cycle between nihilistic and solipsistic moods—when in the grip of nihilism they appear to have lost experiential contact with their very existence, [...]

2009, Tim Bayne, “solipsism”, in edited by Tim Bayne, Axel Cleeremans, and Patrick Wilken, The Oxford Companion to Consciousness, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 608, column 2:

Melancholia is the most typical and classical presentation of depression with several compelling features such as impoverishment of emotional life and delusions of nihilism or guilt.

2009, Arjan W. Braam, “Religion/Spirituality and Mood Disorders”, in edited by Philippe Huguelet and Harold G. Koenig, Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 97, column 2:

(uncountable, psychiatry) A delusion that oneself or the world, or parts thereof, have ceased to exist.


rationalization

rationalization (countable and uncountable, plural rationalizations)

First attested in 1831. From French rationalisation, equivalent to rational + -ization or rationalize + -ation.

(psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.


recidivism

recidivism (countable and uncountable, plural recidivisms)

/ɹəˈsɪdəvəzm̩/

From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism.

uder

(psychology, psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.


DID

en-noun

DID (countable and uncountable, plural DIDs)

dissociative identity disorder
dissociative identity disorder#English

(psychiatry) Initialism of dissociative identity disorder.


IUD

IUD (countable and uncountable, plural IUDs)

The Philippine sense is due to the streetfood being reminiscent of an intrauterine device.

Typically, respondents with ASPD that use inhalants often exhibited a greater level of antisocialism, and this relationship was intensified further if the inhalant user had an IUD.

2012, Paul S. Links, Jamal Y. Ansari, Fatima Fazalullasha, Ravi Shah, “The Relationship of Personality Disorders and Axis I Clinical Disorders”, in Thomas A. Widiger, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders (Oxford Library of Psychology), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 247:

(psychiatry) Initialism of inhalant use disorder.

(psychiatry) Initialism of internet use disorder.


GD

gender dysphoria
gender dysphoria#English

(psychiatry) Initialism of gender dysphoria.


neurasthenia

neurasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural neurasthenias)

/ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθiːniə/

From neur- + asthenia, after Italian nevrastenia.

(psychiatry, dated) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.


agateophobia

(psychology, psychiatry) A fear of insanity.


suppress

en-verb

suppress (third-person singular simple present suppresses, present participle suppressing, simple past and past participle suppressed)

suppresses (present singular third-person)
suppressing (participle present)
suppressed (participle past)
suppressed (past)

From Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimō (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + premō (“press”).

He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.

(psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.

потискам

psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind


depersonalization

en-noun

depersonalization (countable and uncountable, plural depersonalizations)

Calque of French dépersonnalisation, equivalent to de- + personalization.

His severe depersonalization causes an aloof demeanor.

(psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.


oneirism

/ə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪɹɪzəm/

(psychiatry) A state of abnormal consciousness in which dream-like experiences and hallucinations happen while awake.


hyperkinetic

(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.

hyperkineettinen

of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity


abulia

abulia (countable and uncountable, plural abulias)

From New Latin abūlia, from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + βουλή (boulḗ, “will”).

der

He felt without volition, plunged into a state of aboulia.

1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman:

His virginal modesty is a modern abulia.

(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.


alter ego

/ˈɔːl.təɹ iːɡəʊ/

From Latin alter ego (literally “other me”).

alter

one identity of a person with dissociative identity disorder

[…] a belief in the possibility of a man possessing an alter ego in the form of some animal such as a crocodile or a hippopotamus. It is believed that such a person's life is bound up with that of the animal to such an extent that, whatever affects the one produces a corresponding impression upon the other, and that if one dies the other must speedily do so too.

1897, Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa, page 538:

As one commentator has remarked, all the confusing old three-syllable names that used to index Chinese politics can now be forgotten — the names and their bearers have ceased to be of the slightest importance. In their place stands one man — a small, frail, volatile but tremendously energetic man — who oddly enough has become the alter ego of that powerful, sprawling, sleepy giant that is China.

1938, Robert Berkov, “China's Chiang”, in Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 1:

Ruffalo's turn as Bruce Banner and his angry green alter-ego has been widely praised. Avengers Assemble (titled The Avengers outside the UK) is on course to be one of the year's biggest films and has received strong reviews.

2012 May 1, Ben Child, “Mark Ruffalo gets green light to play Hulk in six-movie deal”, in the Guardian:

(psychology, psychiatry) An individual's alternate personality or persona; another self.


psychogenic

/ˌsʌɪkɒ(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

(psychiatry) Originating from or caused by state of mind; having a psychological rather than a physiological cause.

psychogenní

originating from or caused by state of mind


contemplative

en-adj

contemplative (comparative more contemplative, superlative most contemplative)

more contemplative (comparative)
most contemplative (superlative)

From Middle English contemplatyve, contemplatyf, from Old French contemplatif, from the participle stem of Latin contemplāre.

Coordinate term: precontemplative

(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.


neurasthenic

/ˌnʊɹəsˈθɛnɪk/

/ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθɛnɪk/

From neurasthenia + -ic or neur- + asthenia + -ic.

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) A person who has neurasthenia.


passivity

en-noun

passivity (countable and uncountable, plural passivities)

From passive + -ity, from Latin passivitas.

(psychiatry) The belief that one's thoughts or actions are influenced or controlled by an external agent.


boanthropy

Many scholars have diagnosed Nebuchadnezzar's illness as a form of insania zoanthropica, such as boanthropy or lycanthropy, where a human being thinks himself or herself an ox or a wolf.

2001, Mark Mangano, Esther & Daniel, page 211:

(psychiatry) The delusion that one is an ox or cow.


manic depression

(clinical psychology, psychiatry, dated) A psychiatric diagnostic category, now called bipolar disorder, characterised by mood swings between great energy (manic) and clinical depression.


bipolar disorder

bipolar disorder (countable and uncountable, plural bipolar disorders)

An open study comparing response to lamotrigine in patients with rapid-cycling versus non-rapid-cycling bipolar disorder also indicated efficacy, with some evidence that rapid-cycling patients with more severe manic symptoms at the start of treatment respod less well (367).

2002, American Psychiatric Association, American Journal of Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorder (Revision), page 30:

It^([switching]) is a term frequently used with children with bipolar disorder who may experience switching of mood multiple times throughout the day.

2003, Jane Mountain, Bipolar Disorder: Insights for Recovery, page 102:

Bipolar disorder is diagnosed if your child experiences a manic or mixed episode or recurring episodes of both mania and depression that cannot be accounted for by other causes.

2008, Tracy Anglada, Sheryl Hakala, Childhood Bipolar Disorder Answer Book, page 32:

The rapid mood shifts that people with BPD^([borderline personality disorder]) experience often lead to their being misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. It is important to make the distinction between the mood shifts that characterize BPD and those of bipolar disorder.

2010, Valerie Porr, Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder, page 51:

(clinical psychology, psychiatry) A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (mania) and clinical depression.

双極性障害

そうきょくせいしょうがい


borderline personality disorder

borderline personality disorder (plural borderline personality disorders)

borderline personality disorders (plural)

(psychiatry) Behavior that borders both neurosis and psychosis.

(psychiatry, modern interpretation) A disorder characterized by extreme black and white thinking and instability in self-image and emotions.

边缘性人格障碍

bin¹ jyun⁴ sing³ jan⁴ gaak³ zoeng³ ngoi⁶

emotionally unstable personality disorder


delusional parasitosis

(psychiatry) A delusional disorder in which affected individuals experience uncontrolled hallucination in which they are infested with parasites, insects, or bugs.


anhedonic

en-adj

anhedonic (comparative more anhedonic, superlative most anhedonic)

more anhedonic (comparative)
most anhedonic (superlative)

Briefly, the anhedonic syndrome is manifested, first, by the disappearance or impairment of the appetite for food and drink and by failure to experience the corresponding satisfactions. [...] Thirdly, the appetite or desire for rest and the satisfaction of recuperation are also involved in the anhedonic syndrome.

1944, Abraham Myerson, Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, Chicago, Ill.: American Medical Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 497, column 1:

The anhedonic depressed child creates special problems. He or she is bored most of the time, as he or she does not derive normal levels of pleasure from things, and the breadth of pleasurable events is rduced. The anhedonic youngster seems just to go through the motions of treatment.

1990, Kevin D. Stark, “Implementation Issues in Treatment”, in Childhood Depression: School-based Intervention (The Guildford School Practitioner Series), New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 104:

Students are aware that if they don't attend for weeks on end, and/or they don't produce any work, they will not face meaningful sanction. They typically respond to this freedom not by pursuing projects but by falling into hedonic (or anhedonic) lassitude: the soft narcosis, the comfort food oblivion of Playstation,^([sic]) all-night TV and marijuana.

2009, Mark Fisher, “Reflexive Impotence, Immobilization and Liberal Communism”, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Ropley, Hampshire: O Books, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN, page 23:

Longing, officious, anhedonic, pleading. Anna tried to make a list of every mood she'd ever been in but ran out of words before even half of her feelings were named.

2015, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 123:

(psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.


anhedonic

[P]hysical anhedonics may not pay attention to tone stimuli (and therefore do not give SC [skin conductance] responses) because such subjects are identified on the basis of lacking pleasure and interest in physical events. As such, nonresponding in physical anhedonics may indicate validity for the way physical anhedonia is measured, but may not reflect a factor of etiologic significance.

1995, Adrian Raine, Todd Lencz, Deana S. Benishay, “Schizotypal Personality and Skin Conductance Orienting”, in Adrian Raine, Todd Lencz, Sarnoff A. Mednick, editors, Schizotypal Personality, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part III (Assessment), page 231:

The anhedonic can still speak about happiness and meaning et al., but she has become incapable of feeling anything in them, of understanding anything about them, of hoping anything about them, or of believing them to exist as anything more than concepts. Everything has become an outline of the thing. Objects become schemata. The world becomes a map of the world. An anhedonic can navigate, but has no location. I.e. the anhedonic becomes, in the lingo of Boston AA, Unable To Identify.

1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 693:

An anhedonic who impulsively seeks out social contact with others may be actin in response to his mental condition, but he tends to be less beholden to his condition during the process of actual socialization itself. [...] While an anhedonic will typically be shy and less than the center of any gathering, a manic can often be charming, talkative, and charismatic, with the hallmark that the self-aggrandizement is often tinged with delusions and distortions.

2014, David Coleman, “1980s–1990s: The Burgeoning Diversity of Depressive Expressionism”, in The Bipolar Express: Manic Depression and the Movies, Lanham, Md., Plymouth, Devon: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, pages 216–217:

(psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia.


biofeedback

en-noun

biofeedback (countable and uncountable, plural biofeedbacks)

→ Italian: biofeedback

→ Polish: biofeedback

From bio- + feedback. First appears c. 1970 in the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.

Biotics must develop conscious control over their nervous systems, sending specific electrical impulses to the element zero nodules embedded in their nerves. They are taught to use their implants and amps with biofeedback devices and physical mnemonics. Specific gestures or muscle movements fire the proper sequence of nerves to activate a certain skill.

2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Training Codex entry:

(psychology, psychiatry, physiology) A technique of gaining greater awareness of the many physiological functions of one's own body by using electronic or other instruments, and with the goal of being able to manipulate the body's systems at will.

Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
biofeedback

biobalikan

measuring a person's bodily functions and conveying the information to the person in real-time


schizoid

From schizo(phrenia)- + -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

der

schizoid personality disorder
schizoid personality disorder

(psychiatry) someone with schizoid personality disorder


token economy

operant conditioning
operant conditioning

(psychology, psychiatry) A system of behavior modification based on the principles of operant conditioning; patients are rewarded with tokens (reinforcers) for engaging in desirable activities.


clanging

en-noun

clanging (countable and uncountable, plural clangings)

(psychology, psychiatry) A mode of speech (or writing) characterized by compulsive association of words based upon sound rather than meaning.


derailment

derailment (countable and uncountable, plural derailments)

(psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.


paranoid schizophrenia

paranoid schizophrenia (usually uncountable, plural paranoid schizophrenias)

(psychiatry) A form of schizophrenia that is accompanied by delusions, either of persecution, grandeur or jealousy.

параноідная шызафрэнія

form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions


pseudohallucination

(psychiatry) A brief but vivid visual or auditory experience that is recognised by the experiencer as being unreal.


traumatize

en-verb

traumatize (third-person singular simple present traumatizes, present participle traumatizing, simple past and past participle traumatized)

traumatizes (present singular third-person)
traumatizing (participle present)
traumatized (participle past)
traumatized (past)

I was traumatized by a childhood experience.

(transitive, psychiatry) To cause a trauma in.


incoherence

en-noun

incoherence (countable and uncountable, plural incoherences)

/ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪəɹəns/

From in- + coherence, formed on model of Italian incoerenza.

(psychiatry) Thinking or speech that is so disorganized that it is essentially inapprehensible to others.


depersonalize

en-verb

depersonalize (third-person singular simple present depersonalizes, present participle depersonalizing, simple past and past participle depersonalized)

depersonalizes (present singular third-person)
depersonalizing (participle present)
depersonalized (participle past)
depersonalized (past)

He's depersonalizing right now, so he's considering checking himself into the hospital.

(psychiatry, intransitive) To suffer an episode of depersonalization.


traumatized

en-adj

traumatized (comparative more traumatized, superlative most traumatized)

more traumatized (comparative)
most traumatized (superlative)

(psychology, psychiatry) Having been subjected to psychological trauma.


transvestism

en-noun

transvestism (usually uncountable, plural transvestisms)

(clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A paraphilia typically found in heterosexual males characterized by compulsively seeking and deriving sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.


postpartum depression

postpartum depression (countable and uncountable, plural postpartum depressions)

Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy.

1999, Ridha Arem, The Thyroid Solution, →ISBN, page 216:

(psychiatry) Depression experienced by a parent, usually the mother, after childbirth.


coprolalia

coprolalia (countable and uncountable, plural coprolalias)

Borrowed from French coprolalie, coined by French neurologist Georges Gilles de la Tourette in 1885. Equivalent to copro- + -lalia.

coinage

(psychiatry) The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.


partialism

en-noun

partialism (countable and uncountable, plural partialisms)

(psychiatry) The sexual attraction to specific parts of the body.


sociopathy

sociopathy (countable and uncountable, plural sociopathies)

(psychiatry) The property of being a sociopath—a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology.


DT

DT (countable and uncountable, plural DTs)

She knew, because she had held him, that he suffered DT's. Behind the initials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's ploughshare.

1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 95:

delirium tremens
delirium tremens#English

(psychiatry) Initialism of delirium tremens.


EE

EE (countable and uncountable, plural EEs)

People with other mental disorders, even common mental disorders like depression, may still experience severe high EE conditions. The interactions between people with different mental disorders and their caregivers, and the precise mechanisms of high EE could be further explored.

2022 July 21, Siu-Man Ng, Siyu Gao, Amenda Man Wang, Christine Cheuk, Melody Hiu-ying Fung, “Survey of High Expressed Emotions Experienced By Community Mental Health Service Users in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, in Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, volume 3, number 1, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 2:

expressed emotion
expressed emotion#English

(uncountable, psychiatry) Initialism of expressed emotion.


parasomnia

parasomnia (countable and uncountable, plural parasomnias)

From para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + Latin somnus (“sleep”).

(psychiatry, medicine) Any of several sleep disorders.


schizotypic

(psychiatry) schizotypal (displaying symptoms or signs similar to but less severe than schizophrenia)


schizotypal

schizotypal personality disorder
schizotypy

(psychiatry) Pertaining to or displaying mild signs of schizophrenia; pertaining to or having schizotypy

skizotypisk

pertaining to or displaying mild signs of schizophrenia


personality disorder

personality disorder (plural personality disorders)

They hadn't reckoned with the attendant personality disorders, which the coldness, the darkness, the dampness, the crampedness and the loneliness were doing nothing to decrease.

1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 136:

Insanity can be cured. Personality disorders are so inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them. It would be far less difficult to eradicate Diane's giant rose tattoo than it would be to change her perception of herself and others.

1987, Ann Rule, Small Sacrifices (fiction), page 442:

(psychiatry) Any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.


sundowner syndrome

Patients who become easily confused, such as elderly patients with "sundowner syndrome" or dementia, and patients recovering from drug-related hallucinations may manifest symptoms during flight regardless of the time of day.

2003, Susan B. Connor, “Ch. 10: Nursing Care in Flight”, in Aeromedical Evacuation, New York: Springer, →ISBN, page 139:

(medicine, psychology, psychiatry) A state of agitation, confusion, or delirium, especially in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.


nocturnal delirium

nocturnal delirium (plural nocturnal deliria)

Nocturnal delirium of the senile patient is primarily due to the fact that the severe retention defect, and more particularly the greatly accelerated secondary elaboration (Cameron, 1940) found in senile patients, does not permit of the preservation of the spatial image after darkness has interfered with direct visualization.

1941, D. Ewen Cameron MD, “Studies in senile nocturnal delirium”, in Psychiatric Quarterly, volume 15, number 1, page 51:

The nocturnal deliria were piled together with the daytime intoxications and obsessions in order to build a particularly adaptable dream machine, which still awaits a visit from social psychoanalysis in order to penetrate a bit more lucidly into the ancien régime's intricate labryinth of dreams.

1996, Piero Camporesi, Bread of Dreams: Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Europe, page 128:

Preliminary observations by means of motor activity recordings made it possible to classify demented patients with delirium into different groups according to their motor activity, e.g. nocturnal delirium type, wandering type, hypoboulic type, and lying-down type (Honma et a., 1998).

2011, Augusto Caraceni, Delirium: Acute Confusional States in Palliative Medicine, page 56:

(medicine, psychology, psychiatry) A state of agitation or confusion, especially in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.


sundowning

Impaired judgment and sundowning (increased confusion when orienting cues diminish at night) often makes it necessary to restrict and protect the delirious patient.

1986, Norma Sullivan, Barry Fogel, “Could This Be Delirium?”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 86, number 12, page 1363:

Polysomnography and othersleep measures show sleep fragmentation with shortening of N3 sleep togetherwith excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and sundowning as the main findings in AD patients.

2023 April 5, Abhijit Satpati, Thomas Neylan, Lea T. Grinberg, “Histaminergic neurotransmission in aging and Alzheimer's disease: A review of therapeutic opportunities and gaps”, in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, volume 9, number 2, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN:

(medicine, psychology, psychiatry) A state of agitation, confusion, or delirium, especially in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.


ecotherapy

(psychology, psychiatry) Exposure to nature and the outdoors as a form or component of psychotherapy.


selective mutism

social anxiety disorder
social anxiety disorder

communication disorder
communication disorder

neurodevelopmental disorder
neurodevelopmental disorder

intellectual disability
intellectual disability

(clinical psychology, psychiatry) A severe form of social anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak or communicate orally in certain social settings. The inability to speak is involuntary and persistent, and is not caused by a communication disorder, neurodevelopmental disorder, psychotic disorder, or intellectual disability.

mutismo selectivo

inability to speak in certain social settings


mental illness

mental illness (countable and uncountable, plural mental illnesses)

Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us.

2006, R. Keith Sawyer, Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Oxford University Press US, →ISBN, page 87:

(uncountable, psychiatry) The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.

Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It is caused by electrical changes in the brain.

2002, Vikram Patel, Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual, RCPsych Publications, →ISBN, page 70:

(countable, psychiatry) A mental disorder.


derepression

derepression (countable and uncountable, plural derepressions)

(psychiatry) The cessation of repression of a belief, memory, etc.


hysteroid

Like Alex, hysteroids lead crisis-ridden lives reflecting poor social judgment (Meissner 1984).

1997, Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes, Marolyn Clark Wells, Object Relations Psychotherapy, →ISBN, page 169:

(psychiatry) A person with a condition similar to hysteria


deinstitutionalization

deinstitutionalization (usually uncountable, plural deinstitutionalizations)

By the 1970s, calls for deinstitutionalization had grown strong enough to yield systemic changes.

intellectually disabled
intellectually disabled

(health care, psychiatry) The process of converting daily care for intellectually disabled people and mental health care for psychiatric patients from an institution-based model (focused largely on sequestering them in mental hospitals) to a community-based model (in which they live in small group homes or private residences to the greatest feasible extent).


echopraxia

echopraxia (countable and uncountable, plural echopraxias)

From Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action”), formed on the analogy of echolalia and apraxia.

der

For example, a tic is an automatic form of echopraxia, involving to some slight degree the emotions and the volition and having been originally acquired by suggestion and imitation.

1906, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 33, Williams & Wilkins, page 547:

1964, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry, Volumes 32-33, Institute of Living, page 260,
Echolalia and echopraxia have been recognized as symptoms of seriously disturbed behavior in adults for over a century.

1966, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 112, Royal Medico-Psychological Association, page 241,
Several patients, after repeated experience of echopraxia and pantomime, had the delusion that they could communicate with others without using words—merely transmitting ideas by a bodily movement.

(psychology, pathology, psychopathology) The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

echopraxie

involuntary repetition of the observed movements of others


childhood disintegrative disorder

/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd dɪsˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtɪv dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/

(psychiatry) A rare condition characterized by deterioration of language, social function, and motor skills in a child after normal development for the child's first three years.

dezintegratívnoje rasstrójstvo détskovo vózrasta

дезинтеграти́вное расстро́йство де́тского во́зраста

де́тское дезинтеграти́вное расстро́йство

Heller's syndrome

deterioration of skills after normal early development


pervasive developmental disorder

en-noun

pervasive developmental disorder (plural pervasive developmental disorders)

pervasive developmental disorders (plural)

Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome#English

(psychiatry) Any of a group of disorders characterized by delays in the development of multiple basic functions including socialization and communication. They were five in the DSM-IV: Asperger syndrome, autism, childhood disintegrative disorder, Rett syndrome, and PDD-NOS.

óbščeje rasstrójstvo psixíčeskovo razvítija

о́бщее расстро́йство психи́ческого разви́тия

pervazívnoje rasstrójstvo psixíčeskovo razvítija

первази́вное расстро́йство психи́ческого разви́тия


assaultive

This man is not only very very sick, but I believe he is definitely a Potential Assaultive.

1962, Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, New York: Signet, page 134:

Extreme assaultives were operationally defined as those who were convicted of murder, manslaughter, or attempted murder. Moderate assaultives included persons convicted of wounding with intent to cause serious bodily harm, malicious or unlawful wounding, and assault.

1980, Curt R. Bartol, chapter 8, in Criminal Behavior: A Psychosocial Approach,, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, page 223:

(psychiatry, criminology) A person who assaults others.


dysmorphia

dysmorphia (countable and uncountable, plural dysmorphias)

From Ancient Greek δυσμορφίᾱ (dusmorphíā, “misshapenness, ugliness”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad, mal-”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).

bor

(psychology, psychiatry) Any of various psychological disorders of distorted body image in which a person inaccurately believes that their body is misshapen or inadequate, such as anorexia, bulimia, and muscle dysmorphia ("bigorexia").


enantiodromia

en-noun

enantiodromia (countable and uncountable, plural enantiodromias)

If one wishes to gain an understanding of how humanity could shift from the one to the other, one needs to have an understanding of the enantiodromia (a movement that turns into its opposite) of the development of gathering into agriculture.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 131:

(psychiatry, according to Carl Jung) The principle whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium.


complex post-traumatic stress disorder

complex post-traumatic stress disorder (uncountable)

post-traumatic stress disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder

(psychology, psychiatry) A form of post-traumatic stress disorder that results from extended exposure to extreme trauma.


dissociative identity disorder

dissociative identity disorder (countable and uncountable, plural dissociative identity disorders)

dissociative identity disorders (plural)

(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more personality states or distinct identities that repeatedly take control of a person's behavior.

解離性人格疾患

mental disorder characterized by personality states


schizoaffective

(psychiatry) Combining the symptoms of schizophrenia with those of bipolar disorder.

schizoaffectief

combining symptoms of schizophrenia with those of bipolar disorder


attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (uncountable)

(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) A developmental disorder in which a person has a persistent pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity.

trastorn per dèficit d'atenció amb hiperactivitat

aktiivisuuden ja tarkkaavaisuuden häiriö

trouble du déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité

διαταραχή ελλειμματικής προσοχής/υπερκινητικότητας

gangguan pemusatan perhatian dan hiperaktivitas

注意欠陥・多動性障害

ちゅういけっかん・たどうせいしょうがい, chūikekkan・tadōseishōgai

áłchíní chʼééh nidaah da łeh, bichʼįʼ yátiʼ ndi háadishį́į́ nitsékees doo

treble per deficit d'atencion amb iperactivitat

zespół nadpobudliwości psychoruchowej z deficytem uwagi

zespół nadpobudliwości psychoruchowej z brakiem koncentracji uwagi

sindróm deficíta vnimánija i giperaktívnosti

синдро́м дефици́та внима́ния и гиперакти́вности

trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad

dikkat eksikliği hiperaktivite bozukluğu

anhwylder diffyg canolbwyntio a gorfywiogrwydd


DSM

w:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

(psychiatry) Initialism of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders.


AUD

alcohol use disorder
alcohol use disorder#English

(psychiatry) Initialism of alcohol use disorder.


promnesia

Coined by philologist and psychical researcher Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “pre-, before”) + μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) + -ία (-ía) on the model of amnesia, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Compare Greek προμνησία (promnisía).

der

(psychology, psychiatry, neologism) déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory


aclinical

en-adj

aclinical (comparative more aclinical, superlative most aclinical)

more aclinical (comparative)
most aclinical (superlative)

(medicine, psychiatry) Not differentiated; not meeting clinical diagnostic criteria.


folie à deux

/ˈfɒli ə ˈdɜː/

Borrowed from French folie à deux (“madness for/of two [people]”).

bor+

(psychiatry, strictly) A rare syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one person to another.


la belle indifference

Even now, one pays attention to the complex-indicators which we have studied, especially the physical ones (blushings, twitchings, strikingly soft or loud, quick or slow speech, smiling upon the recounting of severe suffering ("La belle indifference"), symptomatic movements, etc).

1919, Oskar Pfister, The psychoanalytic method, trans. Charles Rockwell Payne, publ. Moffat, Yard, and Company, New York, pg. 496

It is interesting to note that insofar as this supports our hypothesis it accords with the time-worn conception of the hysterical patient with little or no anxiety — la belle indifference.

1958, Joseph Wolpe, Psychotherapy by Reciprocal Inhibition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 88:

La belle indifference is a way of pretending nothing is happening: it represents a way of showing one's paralysis to others by manipulating their judgment through an attitude of indifference.

2009, Giampiero Arciero, Guido Bondolfi, Selfhood, Identity and Personality Styles, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 171:

(psychiatry) A condition in which the person is unconcerned with symptoms caused by a conversion disorder. A naive, inappropriate lack of emotion or concern for the perceptions by others of one's disability, usually seen in persons with conversion disorder.


word salad

en-noun

word salad (usually uncountable, plural word salads)

From word + salad, based on the notion that salads offer varied bulk, yet do not substantially provide sustained nutrition.

All of his other verbal offerings were continuous word-salad—a mixture of made-up sounds, syllables, words, and incomplete phrases.

2018, Bob Bertolino, PhD, Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Evidence-Based Approach, Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 120:

(psychiatry) A nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia, Wernicke's aphasia, and some other mental disorders.

salade de mots

a nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia


luetic

(medicine, psychiatry, obsolete) Of or pertaining to lues (syphilis).


luetic

(medicine, psychiatry, obsolete) A person who has lues (syphilis); a syphilitic.


paranoid personality disorder

paranoid personality disorder (plural paranoid personality disorders)

(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.


premorbid

(medicine, psychiatry) Approaching a morbid condition, especially of mental functioning shortly prior to the onset of schizophrenia, etc.

premorbide

approaching a morbid condition prior to the onset of disease


alexithymic

en-adj

alexithymic (comparative more alexithymic, superlative most alexithymic)

more alexithymic (comparative)
most alexithymic (superlative)

/əˌlɛksɪˈθaɪmɪk/

From a- + Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul”) + -ic.

‘Horst is such a pushover. The big alexithymic lug.’

2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 25:

(psychiatry, psychology) Pertaining to or having alexithymia.


derepress

en-verb

derepress (third-person singular simple present derepresses, present participle derepressing, simple past and past participle derepressed)

derepresses (present singular third-person)
derepressing (participle present)
derepressed (participle past)
derepressed (past)

(psychiatry) To cease to repress (a belief, memory, etc.).


fugue state

(psychiatry) A rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality.


Capgras delusion

en-noun

Capgras delusion (plural Capgras delusions)

After Joseph Capgras (1873-1950), French psychiatrist.

(psychiatry) A delusion in which the sufferer believes that a friend, spouse or family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.


shiftlike

en-adj

shiftlike (comparative more shiftlike, superlative most shiftlike)

more shiftlike (comparative)
most shiftlike (superlative)

shiftlike progressive schizophrenia

(psychiatry) Characterised by shifts from one state to another.


mitmachen

(psychiatry) A state in which a person's body can be put into any posture, although the person has been instructed to resist any movement.


abulic

abulic (comparative more abulic, superlative most abulic)

more abulic (comparative)
most abulic (superlative)

(psychiatry) Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.


agrypnia

from Ancient Greek ἀγρυπνία (agrupnía, “sleeplessness, vigilance”)

uder

(psychiatry, pathology) Persistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.


pregenital

(psychiatry) Describing psychosexual development prior to the genital phase


occupational therapy

en-noun

occupational therapy (usually uncountable, plural occupational therapies)

(psychiatry, education, mental health) Sensory play for children often involving an obstacle course to relieve stress while the therapist works to nurture the patient's basic life skills.


conversion disorder

conversion disorder (countable and uncountable, plural conversion disorders)

(psychiatry, neurology) A condition where the patient displays neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, but without any neurological explanation, usually traced back to a psychological trigger.


paraphrenia

paraphrenia (countable and uncountable, plural paraphrenias)

(psychiatry) Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.


schizophasia

schizophasia (countable and uncountable, plural schizophasias)

(psychiatry) Word salad: a nonsensical, often repetitious assemblage of words, typical of mental disorders such as schizophrenia.


pressure of speech

(psychology, psychiatry) a proclivity to speak with rapidity and intensity without apparent motivation, commonly seen as a marker for a manic episode of bipolar disorder


insulin shock therapy

insulin shock therapy (usually uncountable, plural insulin shock therapies)

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) An outdated type of shock therapy effected by means of injecting an overdose of insulin.


narcissistic personality disorder

narcissistic personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural narcissistic personality disorders)

narcissistic personality disorders (plural)

People with narcissistic personality disorder usually have very low self-esteem and base all their self-worth on how much attention they receive.

personality disorder
personality disorder

(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized largely by an overinflated sense of self-importance typically caused by unbalanced parental valuation during childhood.


caseness

caseness (usually uncountable, plural casenesses)

From case (“instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms”) + -ness (suffix forming nouns denoting measures, qualities, or states).

suffix

(chiefly psychiatry) The state of accepted standardized diagnostic criteria for a given condition applying to a given patient, or the degree to which they are so applicable.


tabetic

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) A person who has tabes.

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) A person who has syphilitic tabes dorsalis; a person with advanced syphilis including neurosyphilis.


dementia praecox

en-noun

dementia praecox (usually uncountable, plural dementiae praecoces)

A Latin phrase coined by Arnold Pick in 1891, first used in German and later adopted into English. From the Latin dēmentia (“madness; insanity”) + praecox (“premature; untimely”, whence English precocious), together meaning “untimely madness” or “premature dementia”. Here, dēmentia carries the connotation of senile dementia.

af

whence English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">precocious</i>


oneirophrenia

en-noun

oneirophrenia (countable and uncountable, plural oneirophrenias)

From oneiro- (“dream”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”) + -ia.

(psychiatry) A hallucinatory, dream-like state caused by sleep deprivation, drugs, etc.


dramatology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), and -ology, -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

uder

(psychotherapy, psychiatry) The practice of viewing all symptoms as valid communications, including words, posture, tone of voice, and movements of the face and limbs.


dysmorphophobic

en-adj

dysmorphophobic (comparative more dysmorphophobic, superlative most dysmorphophobic)

more dysmorphophobic (comparative)
most dysmorphophobic (superlative)

(psychiatry) Of or relating to dysmorphophobia.


dysmorphophobia

en-noun

dysmorphophobia (usually uncountable, plural dysmorphophobias)

body dysmorphic disorder
body dysmorphic disorder

(dated, psychiatry) body dysmorphic disorder, dysmorphia


mental disorder

mental disorder (plural mental disorders)

(psychiatry) A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.


early childhood

early childhood (usually uncountable, plural early childhoods)

(chiefly uncountable, psychiatry, sociology) A stage in human development, generally including toddlerhood and some time afterwards.

兒童早期

stage including toddlerhood and some time afterwards


extracampine

Seeing somebody standing behind you is a visual extracampine hallucination experience.

(psychiatry, of hallucination) Beyond the possible sensory field.


dereistic

en-adj

dereistic (comparative more dereistic, superlative most dereistic)

more dereistic (comparative)
most dereistic (superlative)

From Latin de re (“away from the thing”) + -istic.

(psychiatry, dated) Not in accordance with reality.


coenestopathic

(psychiatry) Or or relating to a localized distortion of awareness of one's own body.


Cotard's syndrome

Named after French neurologist Jules Cotard.

named-after

(psychiatry) A rare mental disorder in which the patient believes he or she is dead (figuratively or literally), does not exist, or has lost parts of the body.


onychophagia

(psychopathology) Compulsive biting of one's nails


BPD

borderline personality disorder
borderline personality disorder#English

(psychiatry) Initialism of borderline personality disorder.


double bookkeeping

page 56: It is especially important to know that these patients carry on a kind of “double-entry bookkeeping” in many of their relationships. They know the real state of affairs as well as the falsified one and will answer according to the circumstances with one kind or the other type of orientation—or both together. This last is especially frequent in mis(-)recognizing people: the physician “is now here as Dr. N.,” at other times he becomes the former lover.
pages 58–9: Therefore, he will at times answer correctly and at other times incorrectly, according to the constellation present in his mind at the moment. Nowhere does the “double-entry bookkeeping” stand out more prominently than in orientation. A patient, who for years speaks almost nothing but word-salad and acts accordingly, may nevertheless be perfectly capable of registering everything that goes on around him, even to the very day and hour.
page 147: Thus we have here two different personalities operating side by side, each one fully attentive. However, they probably are never completely separated from each other since one may communicate with both. Personality too has its “multiple bookkeeping.” In conversation, a patient may completely ignore or misunderstand any of our arguments and yet interpret them correctly at some later time.

1950, Eugen Bleuler, translated by Joseph Zinkin, Dementia Praecox or the Group of Schizophrenias, International Universities Press:

While we waited for the doctor to evaluate him, my father did what mental health professionals refer to as double-bookkeeping. He remembered most of what transpired earlier in the day but still believed he was in the hospital to have his pacemaker checked.

2012 June 22, Jeneen Interlandi, “When My Crazy Father Actually Lost His Mind”, NYTimes.com

(psychology, psychiatry) The tendency, among those who experience delusions, to perceive reality and the delusions as both being real, while remaining unbothered by the discrepancy or inconsistencies between the two.


dyssomnia

en-noun

dyssomnia (countable and uncountable, plural dyssomnias)

(psychiatry, pathology) A difficulty in falling asleep, or in remaining sleeping


antischizophrenic

en-adj

antischizophrenic (comparative more antischizophrenic, superlative most antischizophrenic)

more antischizophrenic (comparative)
most antischizophrenic (superlative)


copropraxia

From copro- (“dung”) + Latin -praxia (“-praxis”).

af

(psychiatry) An involuntary impulse to make obscene gestures.


autassassinophilia

(psychiatry) A paraphilia in which an individual is sexually aroused by the risk of being killed.


pregenitality

(psychiatry) The pregenital phase of development.


mitgehen

(psychiatry) An extreme form of mitmachen, where very slight pressure exerted on a body will cause a movement in any direction.


sadistic personality disorder

en-noun

sadistic personality disorder (plural sadistic personality disorders)

(historical, psychiatry) A disorder characterized by cruel, aggressive, demeaning, and manipulative behavior towards others.


puerilism

puerilism (usually uncountable, plural puerilisms)

With regard to hysteria; in dissociation there may be a secondary time disorder; for example a patient with puerilism said: "People all seem grown up and older. And my Mum, I'm sure I know her from a long time ago. I look at her, but I can't make it out."

1932, Aubrey Lewis, "The Experience of Time in Mental Disorder," reprinted in Inquiries in Psychiatry (Routledge, 2013), p. 14 (Google preview)

[T]he Dutchman Johan Huizenga, who coined the term puerilism in the 1930s . . . defined it as permanent puberty.

1962, Walter Laqueur, Young Germany: A History of the German Youth Movement, →ISBN, page xi:

A kind of puerilism marked many American attitudes — an unnaturally extended puerilism which tended to transmute itself into senility alarmingly and swiftly.

2004, John Lukacs, A New Republic: A History of the United States in the Twentieth Century, →ISBN, page 286:

(psychology, psychiatry) Childlike behavior by an adult, especially as indicating a mental disorder.


rubber room

"If you kept on worrying about being killed you could end up in a rubber room."

2002 December 6, Robert L. Jamieson Jr, “Dec. 7, 1941: From boy to man in one hellish day”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2014-08-07:

Barry is... well, what? Borderline autistic and obsessive-compulsive, with serious anger management issues and a dangerous behavioural disorder that in the real world would get him a one-way ticket to the rubber room.

2003 February 7, Peter Bradshaw, “Punch-Drunk Love”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 2014-08-07:

How is it that the Virginia Tech shooter Seung Cho and Adam Lanza weren't in a rubber room instead of in a classroom shooting people?

2013 Jan. 25, Comment by egginmybeer, "The gun lobby’s long reach," Boston Globe (retrieved 7 Aug 2014)

(idiomatic, psychiatry) A cell lined with cushions used for confinement of a mentally disturbed person.

padded cell

cell for confinement of mentally disturbed


olfactory reference syndrome

olfactory reference syndrome (uncountable)

(psychiatry) A mental disorder in which the patient believes he or she is emitting abnormal and offensive body odors.


social anxiety disorder

social anxiety disorder (countable and uncountable, plural social anxiety disorders)

(clinical psychology, psychiatry) The most common anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.


attachment therapy

attachment therapy (countable and uncountable, plural attachment therapies)

(psychology, psychiatry) Any of a category of controversial alternative child mental health interventions intended to treat attachment disorders.


preambivalent

(psychiatry) Of or relating to an early oral stage, prior to recognition of external objects and the development of ambivalent feelings toward them.


preambivalently

(psychiatry) During the preambivalent phase.


schizoaffective disorder

schizoaffective disorder (countable and uncountable, plural schizoaffective disorders)

Dr. Melanie met with Annabelle and delivered her diagnosis: Benny was in the prodromal phase of schizoaffective disorder, and she was recommending that they stop the Ritalin and start him on an antidepressant for the mood disorder and an antipsychotic to treat the auditory hallucinations.

2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 102:

(psychiatry) A mental disorder in which symptoms of schizophrenia and an affective disorder, such as depression or bipolar disorder, occur concurrently.


pedophilic disorder

The behavioral expression of pedophilic disorder often involves nonconsenting victims, since prepubescent children cannot legally give consent to sexual activity. However, the diagnostic criteria for pedophilic disorder have retained their DSM-IV-TR wording and thus differ from the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for the other paraphilic disorders involving nonconsenting victims.

2014 June, Michael B. First, “DSM-5 and paraphilic disorders”, in The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, volume 42, number 2, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, →ISSN, →PMID:

American Psychiatric Association
w:American Psychiatric Association

(psychiatry) An American Psychiatric Association clinical diagnostic classification of pedophilia, APA defines it as intense sexual fantasies about and attraction to prepubescent children by a person of 16 years or older for a period of 6 months or more.

pedophilia

an outmoded clinical diagnostic classification; American Psychiatric Association

pedophilia

a clinical diagnostic classification; World Health Organization

paraphilic disorder

a clinical diagnostic classification; American Psychiatric Association


dependent personality disorder

dependent personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural dependent personality disorders)

dependent personality disorders (plural)

(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by a dependence on others to take care of oneself and one's life.


avoidant personality disorder

avoidant personality disorder (plural avoidant personality disorders)

(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by an irrational fear of rejection and anxiety in social situations.


schizoid personality disorder

schizoid personality disorder (countable and uncountable, plural schizoid personality disorders)

/ˈskɪtsɔɪd ˌpɝsəˈnælɪɾi dɪsˈɔːɹdɚ/

/ˈskɪdzɔɪd ˌpɝsəˈnælɪɾi dɪsˈɔːɹdɚ/

(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by social withdrawal, flat affect, very few, if any, close friends or personal relationships, excessive preoccupation with fantasy and insensitivity to prevailing social norms and conventions.


schizotypal personality disorder

schizotypal personality disorder (plural schizotypal personality disorders)

schizotypal personality disorders (plural)

(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by an extreme discomfort in social situations and perceptual distortions.

trastorn esquizotípic de la personalitat

trouble de la personnalité schizotypique

transtorno de personalidade esquizotípica

trastorno esquizotípico de la personalidad


delusionality

JTC was not associated with level of psychotic symptoms or specifically delusionality across the different groups.

2015 July 6, “Data Gathering Bias: Trait Vulnerability to Psychotic Symptoms?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(psychiatry) The quality or state of being delusional.


schizophrenialike

en-adj

schizophrenialike (comparative more schizophrenialike, superlative most schizophrenialike)

more schizophrenialike (comparative)
most schizophrenialike (superlative)

His father described how other relatives had been mentally ill, including an aunt of the gunman who has a schizophrenialike condition.

2015 July 28, Jack Healy, “Aurora Killer’s Parents Plead to Spare His Life”, in New York Times:

(psychiatry) Resembling or characteristic of schizophrenia.

шизофреноподо́бный

resembling or characteristic of schizophrenia


pure O

obsessive-compulsive disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder

(psychology, psychiatry) A form of obsessive-compulsive disorder mainly characterized by obsessive thoughts, with few observable compulsions.


autosuggest

en-verb

autosuggest (third-person singular simple present autosuggests, present participle autosuggesting, simple past and past participle autosuggested)

autosuggests (present singular third-person)
autosuggesting (participle present)
autosuggested (participle past)
autosuggested (past)


operational exhaustion

(military, psychiatry) The acute psychological trauma experienced in combat environments which can lead to combat fatigue.


thought blocking

en-noun

thought blocking (usually uncountable, plural thought blockings)

/θɔːt ˈblɒkɪŋ/

/θɔːt ˈblɑkɪŋ/

(psychiatry) The phenomenon, in schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, where a person's speech is suddenly interrupted by silences.


dermatillomania

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + μανία (manía, “madness”).

(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by the urge to pick at one's own skin.


hodophobic

en-adj

hodophobic (comparative more hodophobic, superlative most hodophobic)

more hodophobic (comparative)
most hodophobic (superlative)

From hodo- (prefix meaning ‘path, road; travel’) + -phobic (suffix forming adjectives indicating an aversion or dislike, or a fear of a specific thing). Hodo- is derived from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “path, road, way; journey”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); while -phobic is from -phobia (from Late Latin -phobia, from Koine Greek -φοβία (-phobía), ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “alarm, fear, terror”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (“to flee, run”)) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns).
Sense 1 (“of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches”) was possibly coined by Enrique Ramón-Moliner and Walle Nauta in a 1966 article: see the quotation.

der

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology, was hodophobic, afraid of traveling.

1990 April, Denise Hastings, “Maybe I Do Have a Phobia, but So Does Everyone, Right?”, in Josie F[ernandez] Jackson, editor, In Formation, volume II, number 4, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.: Public Affairs Office, 403rd Tactical Airlift Wing, →OCLC, page 2, column 3:

Estimates of the number of hodophobic Americans—ranging from those who drive, ride or fly with white knuckles to those who don't travel at all—run as high as 10 percent of the population.

1995, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman, volume 101, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Everybody, including the hodophobic, inebriated Maureen Stapleton, arrived in New York very, very happy.

1995, Maureen Stapleton, Jane Scovell, chapter 10, in A Hell of a Life: An Autobiography, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 249:

Cars are small. Too small. Your dog gets claustrophobic. Your gear gets cleisiophobic (fear of being locked in small, enclosed spaces). Your significant other gets hodophobic (fear of road travel). It's enough to make you lyssophobic (fear of going mad). Which is just another way of saying, at Isuzu, we're carophobic. That's why we make the surprisingly spacious Isuzu Rodeo.

1999 May, “Yeah, We’re Carophobics [advertisement]”, in Thom Hogan, editor, Backpacker: The Magazine of Wilderness Travel, volume 27, issue 177, number 4, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13:

[O]f course, the murderous innkeeper is a stereotype in hodophobic (fear of road travel) horror and suspense novels and films.

2008, Mike Mayo, “Bender Family”, in American Murder: Criminals, Crime, and the Media, Canton, Miss.: Visible Ink Press, →ISBN, page 32, column 1:

(psychiatry) Suffering from hodophobia; pathologically afraid of travel.


intermorbid

the intermorbid functioning of a bipolar patient

(medicine, psychiatry) Between morbid episodes.


cenesthopathy

/ˌsiːnəsˈθɒpəθi/

First attested 1907, borrowed from French cénestopathie, coined by Ernest Dupré and Paul Camus, from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “perception from the senses”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering, misery, condition”).

(psychiatry) Disordered cenesthesia; a psychopathological symptom characterised by generalised abnormal sensations in the body.


autokabalesis

Intentionally truncated form of *autokataballesis from auto- + Ancient Greek καταβάλλω (katabállō) + -esis, in the sense of "act of throwing oneself down".

af

grc:καταβάλλω

quote-journal

1979, Andrew Sims and Kenneth O'Brien, “Autokabalesis: An Account of Mentally Ill People Who Jump from Buildings”, in Medicine, Science and the Law, volume 19, number 3, page 1:

(psychiatry) Jumping from a significant height to the ground as an act of suicide or due to psychiatric disorder.


stasibasiphobia

Apparently from Ancient Greek στᾰ́σῐς (stásis, “standing”) + basiphobia.

der

(psychiatry) The fear of standing and walking.


Dermatozoenwahn

Delusional parasitosis
delusional parasitosis

(psychiatry) Delusional parasitosis (delusional disorder in which individuals incorrectly believe they are infested with parasites, insects, or bugs).


Pfropfschizophrenie

(psychiatry) Alternative letter-case form of pfropfschizophrenie (“schizophrenia in individuals with premorbid cognitive impairment”).


pfropfschizophrenie

Borrowed from German Pfropfschizophrenie.

(psychiatry) Schizophrenia in individuals with premorbid cognitive impairment.


alien hand syndrome

en-noun

alien hand syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural alien hand syndromes)

(neurology, psychiatry) A condition in which a person experiences their limbs acting seemingly on their own, without control over the actions.


AHS

alien hand syndrome
alien hand syndrome#English

(neurology, psychiatry) Initialism of alien hand syndrome.


schizothymia

From schizo- + -thymia.
From Ancient Greek σχῐ́ζω (skhízō, “to split”) + θῡμός (thūmós, “temper, disposition”). Compare cyclothymia.

der

schizoid personality disorder
schizoid personality disorder

(psychiatry) A temperament characterised by elements of schizophrenia or schizoid personality disorder, while still within the bounds of normality.


histrionicity

(psychiatry) The condition of being histrionic.


cleptoparasitosis

delusory cleptoparasitosis

(psychiatry) Arthropod infestation in the home, or the belief thereof.


folie à trois

From French folie à trois (“madness of three (people)”).

(psychiatry) A form of shared psychotic disorder in which three individuals have the same or similar delusional beliefs, usually by transference.


egosyntonicity

(psychology, psychiatry) The quality of being egosyntonic.


egodystonicity

The patient's shame about his condition would be consistent with the psychoanalytic viewpoint that the homosexual really wants, instinctively, to be exclusively heterosexual. The admitted ("committed" or "overt") homosexual is far more exotic, controversial and threatening to the traditional psychoanalyst than one who exhibits the more familiar ego-dystonicity.

1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8:

(psychology, psychiatry) The quality of being egodystonic.


dissociogenic

From dis- + socio- + -genic, based on dissociation.

(psychiatry, psychology) Provoking dissociations.


obsessive-compulsivity

(psychiatry) The state of being obsessive-compulsive.


folie du doute

Borrowed from French folie du doute (literally “madness of doubt”).

bor

(psychiatry) Pathological doubting about all affairs of life and indecisiveness in choice situations.


folie à familie

en-noun

folie à familie (plural folies à familie)

(psychiatry) Delusional beliefs shared by multiple, if not all, members of a family.


schizotypality

(psychiatry) The state or quality of being schizotypal.


repersonalization

repersonalization (countable and uncountable, plural repersonalizations)

(psychology, psychiatry) The regaining of the sense of self regarding one's mind or body; the cessation of depersonalization.


coprophenomenon

(psychiatry) Any psychopathological phenomenon (in particular an automatic behaviour or preoccupation) that involves obscenity or faeces, such as coprolalia, copropraxia, coprophilia and so forth.


echophenomenon

(psychiatry) Any of a group of automatic imitative actions performed without explicit awareness of the individual, including echolalia, echopraxia, echographia and so forth.


prosopometamorphopsia

First used in 1953 by British neurologist MacDonald Critchley, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) + English metamorphopsia (“distorted vision”).

cog

Coordinate term: prosopagnosia

(psychiatry) A disorder of facial perception, in which the patient perceives people's faces as distorted, often with morbid affective features.


obsessoid

(psychiatry, of personality) Showing resemblance to obsessive-compulsive disorder.


hallucinogenicity

(psychiatry) The quality of being hallucinogenic, i.e. being able to induce hallucinations.


echomimia

From Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “echo”) + mimic.

(psychiatry) Involuntary imitation of the movements of people in the surroundings.


cenesthopathic

From cenestho- (“cenesthesia”) + -pathic (“suffering, disease”).

af

"Most notably, Huber described a subtype called ‘cenesthetic schizophrenia’, and the term ‘cenesthopathic schizophrenia’ is included within the category ‘other schizophrenia’ (F20.8) in ICD-10 classification."

2009, G. RajenderK. Kanwalet al., “Study of cenesthesias and body image aberration in schizophrenia”, in Indian Journal of Psychiatry, page 195:

(psychiatry) Of, relating to, or characterised by cenesthopathy.

cénestopathique

of, relating to, or characterised by cenesthopathy


antiautistic

en-adj

antiautistic (comparative more antiautistic, superlative most antiautistic)

more antiautistic (comparative)
most antiautistic (superlative)

[…] whereas for withdrawn, chronic schizophrenics who cut themselves off from the outside world he will tend to select a preparation having an anti-autistic effect.

1983, Rene Spiegel, Pyschopharmacology: An Introduction, page 5:

At higher doses, it is antiautistic, disinhibiting and resocializing, all effects useful in treating chronic psychoses.

1989, Harry Schwartz, Breakthrough: The Discovery of Modern Medicines at Janssen, page 78:

Those preparations prescribed in particularly small doses act not only anti-psychotic but also antiautistic.

1992, B. Luban-Plozza, W. Pöldinger, F. Kröger, Psychosomatic Disorders in General Practice, page 212:

(pharmacology, psychiatry, of a drug) Tending to reduce lethargy or withdrawn emotional states.

In one case, for instance, we felt that we could detect three antiautistic features in the mother.

1961 November, Mary A. Sarvis, Blanche Garcia, “Etiological Variables in Autism”, in Psychiatry, volume 24, number 4, page 309:

(dated, psychiatry) Countering autism or autistic behaviour.


Krishaber's disease

Krishaber's disease Wikidata (canonical)

Named after Hungarian-French physician Maurice Krishaber (1836-1883), who described the condition.

Dr. Berti has described two cases of what seems to be now called “Krishaber’s disease”, and is really chronic vertigo, gradually increasing in intensity, and not connected with anæmia, epilepsy, or affection of the internal ear or stomach.

1877, J.A. Gasquet, “Italian Psychological Literature”, in Journal of Mental Science, volume 22, number 100, page 632:

(medicine, psychiatry) An anxiety disorder comprising symptoms of tachycardia, vertigo, and insomnia with no apparent physical cause; neurocirculatory asthenia.


en-noun

obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (plural obsessive-compulsive personality disorders)

(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by an extreme pattern of concern with orderliness, perfectionism, excessive attention to details, mental and interpersonal control.

trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo de la personalidad


passive-aggressive personality disorder

passive-aggressive personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural passive-aggressive personality disorders)

(psychiatry) A proposed personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of negativistic attitudes and passive resistance to demands for adequate performance in social and occupational situations.


depressive personality disorder

depressive personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural depressive personality disorders)

depressive personality disorders (plural)

(psychiatry) A proposed personality disorder characterized by depressive features.


self-defeating personality disorder

self-defeating personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural self-defeating personality disorders)

self-defeating personality disorders (plural)

(psychiatry) A proposed personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.


haltlose personality disorder

haltlose personality disorder (uncountable)

From haltlose (floundering, aimless, irresponsible lifestyle) + personality disorder.

People with chronic alcohol dependency have been said, not uncommonly, to have haltlose personality disorder. Those with haltlose personality disorder have features of frontal lobe syndrome, sociopathic and histrionic personality traits.

2000 June, Claus Langmaack, “Haltlose type personality disorder (ICD-10 F60. 8)”, in Psychiatric Bulletin, volume 24, number 6:

Nevertheless, the most disturbing aspect of this patient's life was his complete selfish, hedonistic, irresponsible, drifting, and aimless lifestyle, along with a complete lack of hold on life or on his self. His life history led us to study the fascinating concept of Bleuler's haltlose personality disorder, which came naturally as a comorbid diagnosis, based on some of the features now explained (Table 1).

2017 October, João Gama Marques, “Pharmacogenetic testing for the guidance of psychiatric treatment of a schizoaffective patient with haltlose personality disorder.”, in CNS Spectrums:

Non-limiting examples of adult personality and behavior disorders that affect the central nervous system include: a specific personality disorder (e.g., paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, a dissocial personality disorder—such as antisocial personality disorder—an emotionally unstable personality disorder—such as borderline personality disorder—histrionic personality disorder, an anankastic personality disorder—such as obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, anxious (avoidant) personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, eccentric personality disorder, haltlose personality disorder, immature personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, passive-aggressive personality disorder, or psychoneurotic personality disorder); mixed personality disorder; a habit or impulse disorder (e.g., pathological gambling, pathological fire-setting (pyromania), pathological stealing (kleptomania), or trichotillomania); and Munchausen syndrome.

2018, Glenda Wrenn, Mental health assessment method and kiosk-based system for implementation (Patent application US20180103885A1):

(psychiatry) A ICD-10 personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of selfish, irresponsible and hedonistic behavior.


SzPD

schizoid personality disorder
schizoid personality disorder#English

(psychiatry) Initialism of schizoid personality disorder.


StPD

(psychiatry) Initialism of schizotypal personality disorder.


PPD

PPD (countable and uncountable, plural PPDs)

paranoid personality disorder
paranoid personality disorder#English

(psychiatry) Initialism of paranoid personality disorder.

postpartum depression
postpartum depression#English

(psychiatry) Initialism of postpartum depression.


Feighner criterion

Feighner criterion (plural Feighner criteria)

Named after John Feighner, the first listed author of the 1972 psychiatric paper that described them.

(psychiatry, chiefly in the plural) Any of a set of influential psychiatric diagnostic criteria developed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.


pseudoneurotic schizophrenia

(psychiatry) A postulated mental disorder categorized by the presence of two or more symptoms of mental illness such as anxiety, hysteria, and phobic or obsessive-compulsive neuroses.


somatic symptom disorder

somatic symptom disorder (countable and uncountable, plural somatic symptom disorders)

(psychology, psychiatry) Any mental disorder that manifests as physical symptoms that suggest illness or injury, but cannot be explained fully by a general medical condition or by the direct effect of a substance, and are not attributable to another mental disorder.

Somatoforme Störung

Physical symptoms that cannot be explained by a general medical condition


spineless sadism

sadistic personality disorder
sadistic personality disorder

avoidant personality disorder
avoidant personality disorder

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of sadistic personality disorder, including features of avoidant personality disorder.


tyrannical sadism

passive-aggressive personality disorder
passive-aggressive personality disorder

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of sadistic personality disorder, including features of passive-aggressive personality disorder.


explosive sadism

borderline personality disorder
borderline personality disorder

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of sadistic personality disorder, including features of borderline personality disorder.


enforcing sadism

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of sadistic personality disorder, including features of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.


insipid schizotypal

schizotypal personality disorder
schizotypal personality disorder

depressive personality disorder
depressive personality disorder

dependent personality disorder
dependent personality disorder

(psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the two subtypes of schizotypal personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of schizoid personality disorder, depressive personality disorder and dependent personality disorder


timorous schizotypal

(psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the two subtypes of schizotypal personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of avoidant personality disorder and passive-aggressive personality disorder


exploitable-avoidant

(psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the four subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to express anger towards others or to resist coercion from others. May be at risk for abuse by others.


cold-avoidant

en-adj

cold-avoidant (comparative more cold-avoidant, superlative most cold-avoidant)

more cold-avoidant (comparative)
most cold-avoidant (superlative)

(psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the two subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to experience and express positive emotion towards others.


phobic avoidant

(psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the four subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of dependent personality disorder


conflicted avoidant

(psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the four subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of passive-aggressive personality disorder


high-functioning autism

(psychiatry) Any form of autism associated with greater communication skills and an IQ at or above 70.


hyperreflexivity

Meronym: hyperreflectivity

schizophrenia spectrum
schizophrenia spectrum

(psychiatry) An aspect of ipseity disturbance observed in schizophrenia spectrum disorders characterized by an obsessive tendency towards self-consciousness.


overvalued idea

en-noun

overvalued idea (plural overvalued ideas)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈvæljuːd aɪˈdɪə/

In Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Hypochondriasis, the person may have overvalued ideas that are difficult to distinguish from delusions; but people with these disorders generally recognize, at least to some degree, that their symptoms and thinking are irrational, even if they are dominated by them.

1987, American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R), American Psychiatric Publishing, →ISBN, page 193:

(psychiatry) A false or exaggerated and sustained belief that is maintained with much less than delusional intensity (i.e., the individual is able to acknowledge the possibility that the ideas may not be true). The belief is accompanied by a strong emotional response, that take priority over all other mental activity.


mania-like

en-adj

mania-like (comparative more mania-like, superlative most mania-like)

more mania-like (comparative)
most mania-like (superlative)

PTSD may cause mania-like hypervigilance and insomnia as well as nightmares.

2013, David Mylan Kaufman, Mark J. Milstein, Kaufman's Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists:

(psychiatry) Resembling or characteristic of mania.


pseudopsychopathic

(psychiatry) Relating to pseudopsychopathy


precontemplative

See also: egosyntonic

(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one does not yet begin to recognize or acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.


hysterical blindness

en-noun

hysterical blindness (usually uncountable, plural hysterical blindnesses)

(dated, psychiatry, psychology) A symptom of conversion disorder where the patient is unable to see.


includence

From German Inkludenz, a 1960s neologism coined by Hubertus Tellenbach, derived from Latin inclūdō (“confine, imprison”).

Tellenbach himself explains the melancholic phenomena of includence in terms of the characteristics of the pre-melancholic personality that society explicitly sanctions and promotes.

2008, Thomas Rütten, “Rufus’ Legacy in the Psychopathological Literature of the (Early) Modern Period”, in Peter E. Pormann, editor, On Melancholy: Rufus of Ephesus, →ISBN, page 248, n. 16:

In this context two constellations emerge that characterize the pre-melancholic phase, namely includence and remanence, followed by the radical transformation of the self–world relation into despair.

2017, Giovanni Stanghellini, Milena Mancini, The Therapeutic Interview in Mental Health: A Values-Based and Person Approach, →ISBN, page 139:

Moving from Tellenbach[’s] description of the Typus Melancholicus, we can observe an ongoing evolution toward endogenous depression starting with a pre-melancholic phase. In this stage, three main elements can be described: includence, remanence, and despair.

2020, Giuseppe Sarli et al., “COVID-19 related lockdown: a trigger from the pre-melancholic phase to catatonia and depression, a case report of a 59 year-old man”, in BMC Psychiatry, volume 20, →DOI:

(psychiatry) The withdrawal of a person within a routine that they cannot escape, a forerunner of pathological melancholia.


low-functioning autism

(psychiatry) A form of autism associated with significant communication deficits and low cognitive ability (an IQ below 70).


elective mutism

selective mutism
selective mutism#English

(clinical psychology, psychiatry) Dated form of selective mutism (“A severe anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak in some social settings”). In the past, some clinicians erroneously believed that individuals with elective mutism chose to remain silent in some social situations as an act of defiance. Contrary to what was once believed, the inability to speak (mutism) is involuntary, thus the potentially misleading term elective mutism has largely been supplanted by selective mutism.


hyperkinetic disorder

(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) A developmental disorder in which a person has a persistent and pervasive pattern of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

reactio puerorum sive adolescentium hyperkinetica

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder


pre-depression

Murphy et al. (1988) found that, when the effect of physical illness was controlled, depressed elderly patients (particularly men) had a significantly higher four-year mortality, suggesting that the greater mortality in the depressed group was not due to differences of pre-depression physical health alone.

1994, Peter Burvill, “Part 4. Affective disorders [§] 8. The outcome of depressive illness in old age”, in Edmond Chiu, David Ames, editors, Functional Psychiatric Disorders of the Elderly, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, “Mortality”, page 114:

A child who has dysthymia, or chronic mild depression, captured in the persistent depressive disorder diagnosis in DSM-5, a milder but more chronic set of symptoms over a period of at least 12 months, may not have the cognitive-developmental awareness that their depressive symptoms are different from the emotions of other children, or even their own pre-depression life.

2016, Janay B. Sander, Thomas H. Ollendick, “Part III: Common Problems of Childhood and Adolescence [§] 20. Internalizing Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence”, in James E. Maddux, Barbara A. Winstead, editors, Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding, 4th edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 396, column 2:

When recovering or recovered from depression, as the sources I consider highlight, some people seem to have a heightened appreciation of beauty, both when compared to when they were depressed, and also when compared to their pre-depression state.

2019, Tasia Scrutton, “Part III. The value of suffering [§] 11. ‘My horses and hogs and even everybody seemed changed’: Appreciating beauty in depression recovery”, in David Bain, Michael Brady, Jennifer Corns, editors, Philosophy of Suffering: Metaphysics, Value, and Normativity, Routledge, →ISBN, page 213: