| psychotherapy, rational-emotive | The replacement of illogical and unrealistic ideas with more realistic and adaptive ones through direct intervention and confrontation by the therapist. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| psychotic | Relating to or affected by psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychotic disorders | Disorders in which there is gross impairment in reality testing. The individual incorrectly evaluates his or her perception and thoughts and makes incorrect inferences about reality even in the face of contrary evidence. Delusions or hallucinations are present. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychotic manifestation | A manifestation characterised by thoughts, feelings, and behaviour evidencing a varying degree of personality disintegration and distortion or falsification of reality in various spheres; persons exhibiting such a manifestation fail in effective relationships to other people or to their work. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychotogen | A drug that produces psychotic manifestations. Origin: psychotic + G. -gen, producing (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychotogenic | Capable of inducing psychosis; particularly referring to drugs of the LSD series and similar substances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychotomimetic | 1. A drug or substance that produces psychological and behavioural changes resembling those of psychosis; e.g., LSD. 2. Denoting such a drug or substance. Synonym: psychosomimetic. Origin: psychosis + G. Mimetikos, imitative (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychotomimetic drug | <pharmacology> A class of medications (for example LSD, marijuana, peyote, heroin, cocaine) that result in a distorted perception of reality. Often accompanied by hallucinations. (27 Sep 1997) |
| psychotropic | <psychiatry> Exerting an effect upon the mind, capable of modifying mental activity, usually applied to drugs that effect the mental state. (18 Nov 1997) |
| psychotropic agent | A chemical compound that influences the human psyche. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychotropic drug | Any drug that affects the mind. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychotropic drugs | A loosely defined grouping of drugs that have effects on psychological function. Here the psychotropic agents include the antidepressive agents, hallucinogens, and tranquillising agents (including the antipsychotics and anti-anxiety agents). (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychozoic | <geology> Designating, or applied to the Era of man; as, the psychozoic era. Origin: Psycho- + Gr. Life. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psychro- | Cold. See: cryo-, crymo-. Origin: G. Psychros (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychroalgia | A painful sensation of cold. Origin: psychro-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychokinesis |
mental influence upon an object, a process, or a system, without the use of any known mechanism or energy. PK includes: bio-PK : influencing living systems, whether humans, animals, plants or micro-organisms. macro-PK : directly observable, large-scale influence upon objects. micro-PK : influencing the statistical behavior of random systems, such as dice or electronic noise.
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| psychokinesis |
A psychic phenomena in which objects are moved with the power of the mind.
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| psychophysics |
The branch of perception that is concerned with establishing quantitative relations between physical stimulation and perceptual events.
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| psychosomatic medicine |
A field within psychiatry related to health psychology that developed in the early 1900s to study and treat particular diseases believed to be caused by emotional conflicts, such as ulcers, hypertension, and asthma. The term is now used more broadly to mean an approach to health-related problems and diseases that examines psychological as well as somatic origins.
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| psychrometry |
The science and techniques associated with psychrometric measurements. See psychrometer.
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