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  • Zolpidem

    Healthline — Zolpidem is classified as a hypnotic drug. These drugs help people sleep. In the United States, zolpidem is available as tablets under the brand name of Ambien. Zolpidem is a drug that is used to treat insomnia. Zolpidem is especially helpful for ...More…

  • Ziprasidone

    Healthline — Ziprasidone is a drug used to treat schizophrenia. It is available with a prescription under the brand name Geodan. Ziprasidone is in a class of drugs called antipsychotics. It is used to control symptoms of schizophrenia. The United States Food ...More…

  • Zaleplon

    Healthline — Zaleplon is classified as a hypnotic drug. These drugs help people sleep. Zaleplon is available in the United States as the brand name drug Sonata. Zaleplon is a drug that is used to treat short-term insomnia, and it can be habit-forming. The ...More…

  • Yoga

    Healthline — Yoga is an ancient system of breathing practices, physical exercises and postures, and meditation intended to integrate the practitioner's body, mind, and spirit. It originated in India several thousand years ago, and its principles were first ...More…

  • Wide Range Achievement Test

    Healthline — Wide Range Achievement Test, 3rd ed. or WRAT-3 is a screening test that can be administered to determine if a more comprehensive achievement test is needed. Achievement tests refer to skills that individuals learn through direct instruction or ...More…

  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

    Healthline — Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a severe memory disorder usually associated with chronic excessive alcohol consumption, although the direct cause is a deficiency in the B vitamin thiamin. The disorder was first identified in the late nineteenth ...More…

  • Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

    Healthline — The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, often abbreviated as WISC, is an individually administered measure of intelligence intended for children aged six years to 16 years and 11 months. The WISC is designed to measure human intelligence as ...More…

  • Wechsler adult intelligence scale

    Healthline — The Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS) is an individually administered measure of intelligence, intended for adults aged 16-89. The WAIS is intended to measure human intelligence reflected in both verbal and performance abilities. Dr. David ...More…

  • Voyeurism

    Healthline — Voyeurism is a psychosexual disorder in which a person derives sexual pleasure and gratification from looking at the naked bodies and genital organs or observing the sexual acts of others. The voyeur is usually hidden from view of others. ...More…

  • Vocational rehabilitation

    Healthline — Vocational rehabilitation (VR) is a set of services offered to individuals with mental or physical disabilities. These services are designed to enable participants to attain skills, resources, attitudes, and expectations needed to compete in the ...More…

  • Venlafaxine

    Healthline — Venlafaxine is an antidepressant available in the United States under the trade name of Effexor or Effexor XR. Venlafaxine is used to treat depression and generalized anxiety disorder. It has also been used to treat obsessive-compulsive ...More…

  • Vascular dementia

    Healthline — Dementia is a decline in a person's mental capacities and intellectual abilities that is great enough to affect the person's normal daily functioning. Vascular dementia is dementia that is caused by disease of the blood vessels of the brain ...More…

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