A projective technique which focuses primarily on the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. It consists of a series of 31 pictures that depict various social situations and interpersonal relations. A subset is selected by the examiner and presented to the subject who is asked to tell a story about each picture. The stories are interpreted in terms of the subject's relations to authority figures, to contemporaries of both sexes, and in terms of the compromises between external demands and the needs of the id, the ego, and the superego. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996)
Here are entered works on appetite disturbances as symptoms of organic, psychological or psychosocial disorders. Works on gross disturbances in eating behavior as a subclass of mental disorders are entered under Eating disorders
Here are entered works on diminished appetite in general. Works on a psychiatric disorder manifested by severe weight loss and extreme aversion to food are entered under Anorexia nervosa
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Appetite [MESH] : Food, eating and obesity : the psychobiological basis of appetite and weight control / David J. Mela, Peter J. Rogers
A 28-amino acid, acylated, orexigenic peptide that is a ligand for GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTORS. Ghrelin is widely expressed but primarily in the stomach in the adults. Ghrelin acts centrally to stimulate growth hormone secretion and food intake, and peripherally to regulate energy homeostasis. Its large precursor protein, known as appetite-regulating hormone or motilin-related peptide, contains ghrelin and obestatin
