Anna O.: The Birth of the Talking Cure
Explore the comprehensive clinical history of Anna O. (Bertha Pappenheim), Josef Breuer's patient who pioneered...
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Psychological Dictionary
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Antimanic Drug: Stabilizing Mood and Mania
An antimanic drug is a psychotropic medication formulated to control, attenuate, and prevent manic or...
October 26, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anticipatory Pleasure: The Science of Looking Forward
Anticipatory pleasure is the capacity to experience positive affect when looking forward to future rewarding...
October 24, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anticipatory Nausea: Learned Distress in Oncology
Anticipatory nausea is a conditioned, psychophysiological response where environmental cues trigger visceral distress prior to...
October 24, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anticipatory Grief: Mourning Loss Before It Arrives
Anticipatory grief is the complex emotional, cognitive, and physical response to an impending loss, experienced...
October 24, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anticipatory Anxiety: Dread of What Lies Ahead
Anticipatory anxiety is the cognitive, affective, and somatic distress experienced prior to a feared event....
October 24, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anticathexis: The Ego’s Defensive Energy
Anticathexis is the psychoanalytic psychic energy used by the ego to block, repress, and counter...
October 23, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
ANR: Conditioned Nausea and Retching
Anticipatory Nausea and Retching (ANR) is a classically conditioned behavioral and physiological response where patients...
October 23, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anorgasmia: Understanding Orgasmic Dysfunction
Anorgasmia is an established sexual dysfunction characterized by the persistent or recurrent delay in, or...
October 23, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anorexia Nervosa: Clinical Profiles and Etiology
Anorexia nervosa is a complex, life-threatening psychiatric disorder characterized by chronic caloric restriction, severely low...
October 23, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anorexia: The Psychology of Starvation
An authoritative academic guide on anorexia nervosa, exploring its clinical etiology, diagnostic criteria, neurobiology, and...
October 23, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Anniversary Reaction: Echoes of Traumatic Loss
An anniversary reaction is an episodic resurgence of emotional and physical distress on the recurring...
October 23, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti