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Formal thought disorder
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Formal thought disorder An inexact term referring to a disturbance in the form of thinking rather than to abnormality of content. See blocking; loosening of associations; poverty of speech.
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Blocking
A sudden obstruction or interruption in spontaneous flow of thinking or speaking, perceived as an absence or deprivation of thought.
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Formaldehyde
A pungent gas, with the chemical formula HCHO, used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and especially today as a fixative for histology (the study of tissues under the microscope). Formalin is a 37% aqueous (water) solution of formaldehyde.
Formalin
A 37% aqueous solution of formaldehyde.
Formication
The tactile hallucination or illusion that insects are crawling on the body or under the skin.
Formicophilia
A specialized variety of zoophilia in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and contingent on the sensations produced by small creatures like snails, frogs, ants, or other insects creeping, crawling, or nibbling the genitalia and perianal area, and the nipples.
Formula
An alternative to breast milk, baby formula is usually milk-based but is also made from soy products.
Formula feeding
Feeding an infant or toddler prepared formula rather than breast-feeding, or in addition to breast-feeding. Formula feeding is indicated when the mother has an illness that could be passed on to the baby through breast milk or through the close physical proximity required for breast-feeding. Otherwise, experts in infant nutrition agree that breast-feeding is best.
Formula, infant
A substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively breastfeeding (that is, breastfeeding with no formula) for all full term, healthy infants for the first 6 months of life. However, many infants are formula-fed today, at least in part. For infants to achieve normal growth and maintain normal health, infant formulas must include proper amounts of water, carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals.
Formulary
1. A collection of formulas, recipes, or prescriptions. 2. In medicine, a listing of prescription drugs approved for use.
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Flashback
A recurrence of a memory, feeling, or perceptual experience from the past.
Flat affect
An affect type that indicates the absence of signs of affective expression.
Flight of ideas
A nearly continuous flow of accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic that are usually based on understandable associations, distracting stimuli, or plays on words. When severe, speech may be disorganized and incoherent.
Flooding
Implosion. A behavior therapy procedure for phobias and other problems involving maladaptive anxiety, in which anxiety producers are presented in intense forms, either in imagination or in real life. The presentations, which act as desensitizers, are continued until the stimuli no longer produce disabling anxiety.
Folie à deux
A shared psychotic disorder between 2 people, usually people who are mutually dependent upon each other.
Formal thought disorder
Formication
The tactile hallucination or illusion that insects are crawling on the body or under the skin.
Fragmentation
Separation into different parts, or preventing their integration, or detaching one or more parts from the rest. A fear of fragmentation of the personality, also known as disintegration anxiety, is often observed in patients whenever they are exposed to repetitions of earlier experiences that interfered with development of the self. This fear may be expressed as feelings of falling apart, as a loss of identity, or as a fear of impending loss of one's vitality and of psychological depletion.
Free association
In psychoanalytic therapy, spontaneous, uncensored verbalization by the patient of whatever comes to mind.
Fusion
The union and integration of the instincts and drives so that they complement each other and help the organism to deal effectively with both internal needs and external demands.
First responder
The first level of EMS certification. They are normally the first to arrive on scene, and activate the appropriate level of EMS response.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Blocking
A sudden obstruction or interruption in spontaneous flow of thinking or speaking, perceived as an absence or deprivation of thought.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Formaldehyde
A pungent gas, with the chemical formula HCHO, used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and especially today as a fixative for histology (the study of tissues under the microscope). Formalin is a 37% aqueous (water) solution of formaldehyde.
Formalin
A 37% aqueous solution of formaldehyde.
Formication
The tactile hallucination or illusion that insects are crawling on the body or under the skin.
Formicophilia
A specialized variety of zoophilia in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and contingent on the sensations produced by small creatures like snails, frogs, ants, or other insects creeping, crawling, or nibbling the genitalia and perianal area, and the nipples.
Formula
An alternative to breast milk, baby formula is usually milk-based but is also made from soy products.
Formula feeding
Feeding an infant or toddler prepared formula rather than breast-feeding, or in addition to breast-feeding. Formula feeding is indicated when the mother has an illness that could be passed on to the baby through breast milk or through the close physical proximity required for breast-feeding. Otherwise, experts in infant nutrition agree that breast-feeding is best.
Formula, infant
A substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively breastfeeding (that is, breastfeeding with no formula) for all full term, healthy infants for the first 6 months of life. However, many infants are formula-fed today, at least in part. For infants to achieve normal growth and maintain normal health, infant formulas must include proper amounts of water, carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals.
Formulary
1. A collection of formulas, recipes, or prescriptions. 2. In medicine, a listing of prescription drugs approved for use.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Flashback
A recurrence of a memory, feeling, or perceptual experience from the past.
Flat affect
An affect type that indicates the absence of signs of affective expression.
Flight of ideas
A nearly continuous flow of accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic that are usually based on understandable associations, distracting stimuli, or plays on words. When severe, speech may be disorganized and incoherent.
Flooding
Implosion. A behavior therapy procedure for phobias and other problems involving maladaptive anxiety, in which anxiety producers are presented in intense forms, either in imagination or in real life. The presentations, which act as desensitizers, are continued until the stimuli no longer produce disabling anxiety.
Folie à deux
A shared psychotic disorder between 2 people, usually people who are mutually dependent upon each other.
Formal thought disorder
Formication
The tactile hallucination or illusion that insects are crawling on the body or under the skin.
Fragmentation
Separation into different parts, or preventing their integration, or detaching one or more parts from the rest. A fear of fragmentation of the personality, also known as disintegration anxiety, is often observed in patients whenever they are exposed to repetitions of earlier experiences that interfered with development of the self. This fear may be expressed as feelings of falling apart, as a loss of identity, or as a fear of impending loss of one's vitality and of psychological depletion.
Free association
In psychoanalytic therapy, spontaneous, uncensored verbalization by the patient of whatever comes to mind.
Fusion
The union and integration of the instincts and drives so that they complement each other and help the organism to deal effectively with both internal needs and external demands.
First responder
The first level of EMS certification. They are normally the first to arrive on scene, and activate the appropriate level of EMS response.
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