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• ECG

Electrocardiogram (EKG)



• EEG

Electroencephalogram



• EKG

Electrocardiogram (ECG)



• Electrocardiogram (ECG OR EKG)

A device for measuring the electrical rhythms of the heart.



• Emetophobia

Fear of vomiting.



• Emotion

Feeling.



• Emotional Disturbance

Psychiatric/psychological disorder/problem.



• Empathy

The ability to understand someone else�s experience.



• Endocrine Glands

Ductless glands that secrete hormones directly into lymph or blood vessels.



• Endogenous Factors

Factors within the organism that determine behavior.



• Endorphins

Opiate-like substances produced in the pituitary gland and brain that are involved in the perception of pain.



• Epidemiology

The study of the distribution of diseases in the population.



• Epilepsy

A group of seizure disorders.



• Epinephrine

See adrenaline.



• Epinephrine (ADRENALINE)

A hormone and neurotransmitter secreted by the adrenal gland especially during high emotion that results in a variety of changes in the body including an increase in blood sugar and a rise in blood pressure. High levels of epinephrine have been associated with anxiety and panic attacks, and this condition can be diagnosed.



• Episodic

Term used to describe a problem that tends to get better and worse over time.



• Equilibrium

See Chlordiazepoxide.



• ERP

Exposure and response prevention therapy.



• Escape Learning

Term used to describe how animals and humans will learn to escape a situation to avoid a negative experience.



• Essential Hypertension

A term used to describe high blood pressure with no known cause.



• Estrogens

Hormones secreted by ovaries that determine and maintain female sexual characteristics.



• Etiology

Term used to describe cause.



• Exacerbate

To make worse.



• Exhaustion and Disintegration

Third and final stage of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) in which the organism can no longer resist stress.



• Existential Anxiety

Anxiety about finding one�s place and/or meaning in the world.



• Exogenous

Having to due with external causes outside of the organism.



• Exposure

In cognitive behavioral or behavioral therapy a situation that a person puts themselves in on purpose in order to experience their anxiety and a reduction in their anxiety either over time or through repeated exposure.



• Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy

A form of Exposure Therapy used to treat OCD.



• Exposure Therapy (ET)

A form psychotherapy in which anxiety is treated by gradual exposure to the feared object, situation, or thought.



• Extinction

Gradual reduction of a response that occurs if the response is no longer reinforced.



• Extraversion

A personality style characterized by an orientation towards the world of people and things.