Glossary P

Glossary P

Phenothiazines refer to a class of antipsychotic drugs that includes Chlorpromazine. Phenothiazines are drugs that reduce the functional level of dopamine in the brain and tend to reduce the symptoms of Schizophrenia.

Phenotype refers to the visible properties of an organism that are produced by the interaction of the genotype and the environment.

Phenylcyclidine refers to a substance that produces euphoria, slowed reaction times, and involuntary movements at low doses; disorganized thinking, feelings of unreality, and hostilit

Phenylketonuria refers to the inherited inability to metabolize phenylalanine, leading to mental retardation unless the afflicted person stays on a strict low-phenylalanine diet throughout childhood.

Pheromone refers to an airborne chemical released by one animal that affects the Behavior of other members of the same species.

Chemical signal released or secreted by humans and

Phi phenomenon refers to the Illusion that a light is moving from one location to another. The Phi phenomenon is caused by flashing two (2) lights on and off at a certain rate.

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Philippe Pinel (1745 - 1826) he is one among the first, in modern times, to view people with mental illness as sick people rather than criminals, beasts, or possessed individuals. In the Asylums of which he was in charge, Pinel ordered that patients be unchained and treated with kindness in a peaceful atmosphere. Pinel was also responsible for many innovations in the treatment and understanding of mental illness.

- Philo (ca. 25 B.C. to A.D. 50) : Philo refers to a Neoplatonist who combined Jewish theology with Plato's philosophy. Philo differentiated between the lower Self (the body) and a spiritual self, which is made in God's imag