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The Psych Ward
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Ever wish you could slap that crazy partner of yours into a straightjacket or five-point restraints? Or better yet, ditch him at the local mental health facility? Well, the thought has crossed Scully's mind, too. Here are some terms that might help in her quest for mental health.
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| amnesia
| Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting
from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness John
Doe 9X07 |
| antidepressant
| any of a group of antidepressant drugs (as imipramine,
amitriptyline, desipramine, and nortriptyline) that potentiate
the action of catecholamines and do not inhibit the action of
monoamine oxidase Sleepless
2X04 |
| anti-psychotic
| any of the powerful tranquilizers (as the phenothiazines)
used especially to treat psychosis and believed to act by blocking
dopamine nervous receptors Revelations
3X11 Daemonicus
9X03 |
| anxiety
| 1: a: astate of uneasiness and apprehension, as about
future uncertainties; b: a cause of anxiety: For some people,
air travel is a real anxiety; 2:Psychiatry a
state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from
the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event
or situation, often impairing physical and psychological functioning;
3: Eager, often agitated desire: my anxiety to make a good
impression. Daemonicus
9X03 |
| autism,
autistic | absorption in self-centered subjective mental
activity (as daydreams, fantasies, delusions, and hallucinations)
usually accompanied by marked withdrawal from reality 2 : a
mental disorder originating in infancy that is characterized
by self-absorption, inability to interact socially, repetitive
behavior, and language dysfunction (as echolalia) Elegy
4X22 Chinga 5X10 |
| barbiturate | 1: a salt or ester of barbituric acid; 2: any of various derivatives of barbituric acid used especially as sedatives, hypnotics, and antispasmodics Biogenesis 6X22 Audrey Pauley 9X13 |
| bipolar | characterized by the alternation of manic and depressive states (bipolar affective disorder) Firewalker 2X09 |
| catatonic | 1: of, relating to, being, resembling, or affected by schizophrenia characterized especially by a marked psychomotor disturbance that may involve stupor or mutism, negativism, rigidity, purposeless excitement, and inappropriate or bizarre posturing; 2: characterized by a marked lack of movement, activity, or expression Home 4X03 |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces Blood 2X03 |
| consciousness | a: the quality or state of being aware especially of something within oneself; b: the state or fact of being conscious of an external object, state, or fact Demons 4X23 Via Negativa 8X07 4-D 9X05 Audrey Pauley 9X13 |
| delirium | a mental disturbance characterized by confusion, disordered speech, and hallucinations Piper Maru 3X15 Triangle 6X03 |
| delusional, delusion | 1a: the act of deluding; the state of being deluded; b: an abnormal mental state characterized by the occurrence of psychotic delusions; 2a: something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; b: a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self Fallen Angel 1X09 WOTC 3X12 Wetwired 3X23 4-D 9X05 |
dementia | a condition of deteriorated mentality often with emotional apathy Firewalker 2X09 Our Town 2X24 Theef 7X14
| depression | 1: the condition of feeling sad or despondent; 2: Psychology a psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death. Also called clinical depression Daemonicus 09X03 |
| diazepam | a tranquilizer C16H13ClN2O used especially to relieve anxiety and tension and as a muscle relaxant Sein und Zeit 7X10 Roadrunners 8X05 |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) The Field Where I Died 4X05 |
| dysphoria | An emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease. Daemonicus 9X03 |
| folie a deux | the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas in two persons closely associated with one another Folie A Deux 5X19 |
| hallucinate, hallucinatory, hallucinations| 1: to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions; 2: to perceive or experience as an hallucination intransitive senses : to have hallucinations Lazarus 1X14 Sleepless 2X04 Quagmire 3X22 Never Again 4X13 Folie A Deux 5X19 Daemonicus 9X03 Scary Monsters 9X12 |
| hallucinogen | a substance that induces hallucinations Field Trip 6X21 Via Negativa 8X07 |
| Haloperidol | a depressant C21H23ClFNO2 of the central nervous system used especially as an antipsychotic drug Revelations 3X11 The Sixth Extinction 7X03 |
| hypnosis | a state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject Pilot 1X79 The Field Where I Died 4X05 The Red and The Black 5X14 |
| lithium carbonate | a crystalline salt Li2CO3 used in the glass and ceramic industries and in medicine in the treatment of manic-depressive psychosis Firewalker 2X09 |
| LSD | an organic compound C20H25N3O that induces psychotic symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia Blood 2X03 Field Trip 6X21 Via Negativa 8X07 |
| lysergic acid diethylamide | an organic compound C20H25N3O that induces psychotic symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia Blood 2X03 |
| mania | excitement manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood Wetwired 3X23 |
| multiple personality disorder | an hysterical neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct but complex and socially and behaviorally integrated parts each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others The Field Where I Died 4X05 Chimera 7X16 |
| Munchausen | a condition characterized by the feigning of the symptoms of a disease or injury in order to undergo diagnostic tests, hospitalization, or medical or surgical treatment The Calusari 2X21 |
| Munchausen by proxy | Munchausen syndrome by causing illness or injury in another to obtain attention; usually by a parent or caregiver against a child The Calusari 2X21 |
| narcosis | a state of stupor, unconsciousness, or arrested activity produced by the influence of narcotics or other chemicals Field Trip 6X21 |
| narcotic | 1: a drug (as opium) that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions; 2: a drug (as marijuana or LSD) subject to restriction similar to that of addictive narcotics whether physiologically addictive and narcotic or not Conduit 1X03 Via Negativa 8X07 |
| necrophilia | obsession with and usually erotic interest in or stimulation by corpses Lazarus 1X14 |
| obsession | a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling; broadly : compelling motivation Patience 8X04 |
obsessive-compulsive | relating to or characterized by recurring obsessions and compulsions especially as symptoms of a neurotic state Elegy 4X22
| paranoia | 1: a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations; 2: a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others Blood 2X03 Unusual Suspects 5X01 Closure 7X11 Via Negativa 8X07 Three Words 8X18 Nothing Important Happened Today II 9X02 Release 9X16 |
| personality | 1 a : the quality or state of being a person b : personal existence 2 a : the condition or fact of relating to a particular person; specifically : the condition of referring directly to or being aimed disparagingly or hostilely at an individual b : an offensively personal remark 3 : the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an individual or a nation or group; especially : the totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics Chimera 7X16 |
| post-traumatic stress | a psychological reaction occurring after a highly stressing event that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event Sleepless 2X04 |
| psychiatry | a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders The Field Where I Died 4X05 Sanguinarium 4X06 |
| psychology, psychological, psychiatric | 1: the science of mind and behavior; 2 a: the mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group; b: the study of mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activity; 3: a treatise on psychology - psy·chol·o·gist /-jist/ noun Pilot 1X79 Aubrey 2X12 Quagmire 3X22 Bad Blood 5X12 4-D 9X05 Scary Monsters 9X12 Audrey Pauley 9X13 Improbable 9X14 Release 9X16 |
| psychosis, psychotic | fundamental mental derangement (as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality Pilot 1X79 Anasazi 2X25 WOTC 3X12 Unusual Suspects 5X01 Patience 8X04 |
| schizophrenia | a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought (as in hallucinations and delusions), and conduct -- called also dementia praecox Pilot 1X79 Home 4X03 Release 9X16 |
| shock | 1: a sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance; 2: a state of profound depression of the vital processes associated with reduced blood volume and pressure and caused usually by severe especially crushing injuries, hemorrhage, or burns; 3: sudden stimulation of the nerves and convulsive contraction of the muscles caused by the discharge of electricity through the animal body WOTC 3X12 Redux II 5X03 The Red and The Black 5X14 S.R. 819 6X10 X-Cops 7X12 Sunshine Days 9X18 |
| unconscious | 1: the part of the psychic apparatus that does not ordinarily enter the individual's awareness and that is manifested especially by slips of the tongue or dissociated acts or in dreams; 2: not knowing or perceiving : not aware Rush 7X06 |
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