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Addiction   Physical and/or psychological dependence on a substance, especially alcohol or drugs, with use of increasing amounts (tolerance) and withdrawal reactions  
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Antidepressant   Medication used to treat patients with various types of depression; sometimes called mood elevators  
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Antipsychotic   Major tranquilizers used to relieve symptoms of psychoses or severe neuroses; sometimes called neuroleptics  
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Anxiolytics   Antianxiety medications (tranquilizers) used for the short-term treatment of anxiety disorders, neurosis, some psychosomatic disorders, and insomnia  
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Ataxia   Defective muscular coordination, especially with voluntary muscular movements (for example walking)  
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Atypical antipsychotics   A newer class of antipsychotics with less potential for adverse effects, such as extrapyramidal symptoms and tardive dyskinesia  
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Bipolar disorder   Manic-depressive mental disorder in which the mood fluctuates from mania to depression  
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Chemical dependency   Condition in which alcohol or drugs have taken control of an individual’s life and affect normal functioning  
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Extrapyramidal   Disorder of the brain characterized by tremors, parkinson-like symptoms, dystonic twisting of body parts, or tardive dyskinesia, sometimes associated with prolonged use of antipsychotic drugs and some other CNS drugs  
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Heterocyclics   Second-generation cyclic antidepressants with very different adverse effect profiles  
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Monamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)   Antidepressant agents used to increase serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine levels Neurotransmitters  
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Psychotropic   Any substance that acts on the mind  
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Selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)   Antidepressants that block the reabsorption of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, thus helping to restore the brain’s chemical balance  
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)   Antidepressants that block the reabsorption of the neurotransmitter serotonin, thus helping to restore the brain’s chemical balance  
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Tardive dyskinesia (TD)   Slow, rhythmical, stereotyped, involuntary movements such as tics  
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Tricyclics   Antidepressants that elevate the mood, have a mild sedative effect, and increase appetite  
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