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In this post we would learn about MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM, The musculoskeletal system is also called as locomotor system, which is helpful to provide form, support, stability, and movement to the body. This system includes bones, muscles, and joints. These are very important so that they have functions in the body.  1. BONES:  Bones give support to the framework around which the body is constructed, protect, and support internal organs. They also assist the body in movement because they are attached with muscles. The hematopoietic tissue, which is also called red bone marrow that manufactures blood cells. But the other parts of bone are very useful to minerals necessary for growth, such as calcium and phosphorous. The skeletal portion of the system serves as the main storage system.   2. MUSCLES: Muscles are attached to bones or to internal organs and blood vessels, and are responsible for motion or movement. These muscle cells contain contractile filaments, whic...

1. AD - Alzheimer's disease(dementia) 2. ADHD - Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder 3. C.A. - Chronological age 4. CNS - Central Nervous system 5. DSM - Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 6. DT - Delirium tremens 7. ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy 8. I.Q. - Intelligent quotient. 9. LSD - Lysergic acid diethviamide (hallucinogen) 10. MAO - Monoamine oxidase 11. MA - Mental age 12. MMPI - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 13. PCP - Phencyclidine (hallucinogen) 14. SAD - Seasonal affective disorder 15. TAT - Thematic Apperception Test 16. THC - delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (active ingredient in marijuana) 17. WAIS - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. 18. WISC - Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Tags:  outpatient psychiatry, WAIS, WISC, psychiatry disorders, psychiatry treatment, clinical terminology, psychiatric terms, training terminology, psychology terminology,  ...

Now in this post we will learn about some prefixes and phobias. 1. a-, an- means no or not - apathy means absence of emotion. 2. cata- means down - catatonic stupor which means a type of schizophrenia in which the patient has a decrease in activity and reactivity to the environment. 3. hypo- means deficient or less than - hypomania means less activity. 4. hypo- means deficient or less than - hypochondriasis means abnormal cartilage of always feeling. 5. para- means abnormal - paranoia means delusion of persecution of mind. PHOBIAS:- 1. Air - Aerophobia 2. Animals - Zoophobia 3. Bees - Apiphobia or melissophobia 4. Blood or Bleeding - Hematophobia, Hemophobia 5. Books - Bibliophobia 6. Cats - Ailurophobia 7. Corpses - Necrophobia 8. Crossing a Bridge - Gephyrophobia 9. Darkness - Nyctophobia, scotophobia 10. Death - Thanatophobia 11. Dogs - Cynophobia 12. Drugs - Pharmacophobia 13. Eating - Phagophobia 14. Enclosed places - Claustrophobia 15...

Psychiatry medical terminologies: 1. -genic means produced by - psychogenic which means produced by mind. 2. -leptic means to seize hold of - neuroleptic drugs which means drugs hold the nerves. 3. -mania means obsessive preoccupation - kleptomania means obsessed for stealing. 4. -mania means obsessive preoccupation - pyromania means obsession for fire or heat. 5. -phobia means fear - agoraphobia means fear being left alone and feel anxious when away from familiar surroundings. 6. -phobia means fear - xenophobia fear of strangers. 7. -phoria means feeling or bearing - euphoria means good feelings. 8. -phoria means feeling or bearing - dysphoria means bad feeling. 9. -thymia means mind - cyclothymia means recurring alternate periods of hypomania and depression. 10. -thymia means mind - dysthymia means bad or difficult chronic disorder of mind. In the next post we will try to learn about some of the prefixes and phobias.          ...

Let us learn some of the Combining forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes and their Terminology. 1. anxi/o means uneasy or anxious, or distressed - anxiolytic means pertaining to leave anxiety. This type of drug relieves anxiety. 2. aut/o means self or own - autism means regressives into one self. 3. hallucin/o means hallucination or to wander in - hallucinogen is a substance producing hallucination which means sensory perception in the absence of any external stimuli, and an illusion is an error in perception in which sensory stimuli are present but incorrectly interpreted. 4. hypn/o means sleep - hypnosis means to sleep by touching them with his magic wand or by fanning them with his dark wings. Next lesson continues the psychiatric termi 5. iatr/o means treatment - psychiatrist is a person who treats mind. 6. ment/o means mind - mental which pertains to mind. 7. neur/o means nerve - neurosis which is a term used to describe mental disorders in which symptoms are distressin...

Now coming to the vocabulary of therapies used in psychiatry. 1. Amphetamines:- To treat depression the central nervous system stimulants may be used. 2. Behavior therapy:- To relieve anxiety and improve symptoms of illness that is changing or conditioning behavior patterns by training and repetition. 3. Electroconvulsive therapy:- In the treatment of depression the electric current is used to produce convulsions. 4. Family therapy:- To resolve and understand conflicts the treatment of an entire family can be done. 5. Free association:- The patient verbalizes without censorship the passing contents of his or her mind is a psychoanalytic technique. 6. Group therapy:- The similar problems gain insight into their personalities through discussion and interaction together of group of patients. 7. Hypnosis:- To increase the pace of psychotherapy trance is used or the state of altered consciousness is held. 8. Lithium:- The manic stage of manic-depressive illness of a substance is u...

Psychiatric symptoms and disorders terminologies. Paraphilia:- The involvement of unusual objects activities, or situations with recurrent intense sexual urge, behavior, or fantasy. Personality disorders:- The inflexibility and impairment of social functioning were marked by lifelong personality patterns. Phobia:- The disabling or irrational fear of an object or situation. Post-traumatic stress disorder:- For a traumatic event the symptoms of anxiety-related appears to personal experience. Psychosis:- To recognize reality, communicate, and relate to others the impairment of mental capacity is used. Reality testing:- The severe impaired in psychoses or the ability to perceive fact from fantasy. Repression:- The unacceptable thoughts, feelings and impulses are pushed into the unconscious by the defense mechanism. Sexual disorders:- Disorders of paraphilias and sexual dysfunctions. Schizophrenia:- The withdrawal of disorganized thinking and conflict from reality into ...