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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.
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