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Disturbing Behavior

Director:David NutterWriter:Scott RosenbergDirector of Photography:John S. BartleyEditor:Randy Jon MorganMusic:Mark SnowProduction Designer:Nelson CoatesProducers:Armyan Bernstein and…

Domestic Disturbance

Director:Harold BeckerWriter:Lewis ColickParamount; PG-13; 100 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo The boy who cried wolf scenario—when the one person who learns…

Disturbances of Cognition

Cognitive function refers to the general ability to organize, process, and recall information. Progressive deterioration of cognitive function is referred to as dementia. Dementia may be…

shock wave

(Encyclopedia) shock wave, wave formed of a zone of extremely high pressure within a fluid, especially the atmosphere, that propagates through the fluid at a speed in excess of the speed of sound. A…

vertigo

(Encyclopedia) vertigovertigovûrˈtĭgō [key], sensations of moving in space or of objects moving about a person and the resultant difficulty in maintaining equilibrium. True vertigo, as distinguished…

motion sickness

(Encyclopedia) motion sickness, waves of nausea and vomiting experienced by some people, resulting from the sudden changes in movement of a vehicle. The ailment is also known as seasickness, car…

kleptomania

(Encyclopedia) kleptomaniakleptomaniaklĕpˌtəmāˈnēə [key] [Gr.,=craze for stealing], irresistible compulsion to steal, motivated by neurotic impulse rather than material need. No specific cause is…

aphasia

(Encyclopedia) aphasiaaphasiaəfāˈzhə [key], language disturbance caused by a lesion of the brain, making an individual partially or totally impaired in his ability to speak, write, or comprehend the…

constipation

(Encyclopedia) constipation, infrequent or difficult passage of feces. Constipation may be caused by the lack of adequate roughage or fluid in the diet, prolonged physical inactivity, certain drugs,…