| Antidepressant An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication used to alleviate mood disorders, such as major depression and dysthymia. Drugs including the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), tetracyclic antidepressants (TeCAs), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are most commonly associated with the term. Antidepressant
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| Bipolar disorder Talk:Bipolar_disorder
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| Psychiatrist A psychiatrist (also archaically called an alienist) is a physician who specializes in psychiatry and is certified in treating mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy. And, as part of their evaluation of the patient, psychiatrists are one of only a few mental health professionals who may prescribe psychiatric medication, conduct physical examinations, order and interpret laboratory tests and electroencephalograms, and may order brain imaging studies such as computed tomography or computed axial tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography scanning. Psychiatrist
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| Sleep Sleep is a natural state of bodily rest observed in humans and other animals. It is distinguished from quiet wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, and it is more easily reversible than hibernation or coma. It is common to all mammals and birds, and is also seen in many reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Sleep
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| Soul Talk:Soul
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| Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor/Archive01 Talk:Selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor/Archive01
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| Electroconvulsive therapy Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock, is a well established, albeit controversial, psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect. Today, ECT is most often used as a treatment for severe major depression which has not responded to other treatment, and is also used in the treatment of mania (often in bipolar disorder), catatonia, schizophrenia and other disorders. Electroconvulsive_therapy
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| Self-injury Self-injury (SI), self-harm (SH) or deliberate self-harm (DSH) is deliberate infliction of tissue damage or alteration to oneself without suicidal intent. Although the terms self-injury or self-harm have been used to refer to infliction of harm to the body's surface, the term self-harm may be used to include the harm inflicted on the body by those with eating disorders. Self-injury
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| Postpartum depression Postpartum depression (PPD), also called postnatal depression, is a form of clinical depression which can affect women, and less frequently men, after childbirth. Studies report prevalence rates among women from 5% to 25%, but methodological differences among the studies make the actual prevalence rate unclear. Postpartum_depression
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| Demonic possession Demonic possession is often the term used to describe the control over a human form by a demon. Descriptions of demonic possessions often includechanneling or other forms of possession, the subject has no control over the possessing entity and so it will persist until forced to leave the victim, usually through a form of exorcism. Demonic_possession
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| Astral projection Astral projection (or astral travel) (or AP for short...) refers to episodes of out-of-body experiences considered to involve an astral counterpart that separates from the physical body and travels to one or more astral planes or the physical world. Astral projection is experienced as being "out of the body". Unlike dreaming or near death experiences, astral projection may be practiced deliberately. Astral_projection
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| Astral body astral body is a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers, intermediate between the intelligent soul and the physical body, composed of a subtle material. The concept ultimately derives from the philosophy of Plato:astral plane, which consists of the planetary heavens of astrology. Astral_body
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| Tetracyclic antidepressant Talk:Tetracyclic_antidepressant
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| Electroconvulsive therapy Talk:Electroconvulsive_therapy
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| Depression (mood) In the fields of psychology and psychiatry, the terms depression or depressed refer to sadness and other related emotions and behaviors. It can be thought of as either a disease or a syndrome.The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) states that a depressed mood is often reported as feeling sad, helpless, and hopeless. Depression_(mood)
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| Christopher Gillberg Lars Christopher Gillberg (born 19 April 1950) is a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Gothenburg University in Gothenburg, Sweden, and an honorary professor at the Institute of Child Health (ICH), University College London. He has also been a visiting professor at the universities of Bergen, New York, Odense, St George's (University of London), San Francisco, and Strathclyde. Christopher_Gillberg
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| Journal of Scientific Exploration The Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE), founded in 1987, is a quarterly publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration. According to its mission statement, the journal provides a forum for research on topics "outside the established disciplines of mainstream science." Journal_of_Scientific_Exploration
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| Raj Persaud Rajendra (Raj) Persaud (born 13 May 1963 of Trinidadian parents of Indian origin in Reading, Berkshire) is a British consultant psychiatrist, broadcaster, and author of popular books about psychiatry. He is well known for raising public awareness of psychiatric and mental health issues, and for promoting psychotropic drug treatments in the general media.On 16 June 2008 Persaud admitted to plagiarism when he faced the General Medical Council's "fitness to practise panel". Raj_Persaud
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| Social psychiatry Social psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the interpersonal and cultural context of mental disorder and mental wellbeing. It involves a sometimes disparate set of theories and approaches, with work stretching from epidemiological survey research on the one hand, to an indistinct boundary with individual or group psychotherapy on the other. Social_psychiatry
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