• Specialty
  • Cardiology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • General Medicine
  • GI/GU
  • Hematology
  • Immunology
  • Lab Medicine & Pathology
  • Neuro-Psych
  • OB-Gyn
  • Oncology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopaedic
  • Otolaryngology - ENT
  • Radiology
  • Surgery

• Neuro-Psych
  • Lots of Neuro-Psych Terms
  • Alzheimer�s Disease Terms
  • Brain Injury Terms
  • Consciousness Levels
  • Cranial Nerves (I-XII)
  • Depression Related Terms
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Mental Health Related Terms
  • Neuro/Psych Medications
  • Phobias
  • Psychiatric Interviews & Examinations
  • Sleep Related Abbreviations
  • Sleep Related Terms
  • Suicide Related Terms
  • Tumors - Neuro
  • Sample Reports - Neurosurgery
  • Sample Reports - Sleep Medicine
  • Sample Reports - Psychiatry / Psychology
  • Sample Reports - Neurology

• Depression Related Terms

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• Lability

Relative instability of emotion or affect.



• Law of effect

Learning principal that says that behavior that is rewarded will be strengthened and behaviour with negative consequences will become weaker or diminish.



• Learning

The modification of behavior as the result of experience.



• Learning Disabled

Term used to describe people who have problems with academic skills.



• Libido

Sexual drive, sexual desire, drive for sexual gratification. A normal libido requires healthy levels of both testosterone and dopamine. Dopamine inhibits prolactin which can reduce sexual drive and desire.



• Life Crisis

Situation or events that exceed a person�s ability to cope.



• Lifetime Prevalence

The proportion of people in a given population who have ever had a disorder.



• Lightheaded

A feeling that you might faint.