sedative-hypnotics - are drugs which depress or slow down the body's functions withdrawal - A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. impairment - The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor. malignant neoplasms harmful/injurious abnormal mass of tissue dysthymia - a tendency to be depressed, without hope hypomania - A mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity coronary heart disease - Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium ischemic stroke - is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due tolack of glucose & oxygen supply Conversely vice versa