CORPUS STRIATUM (Striped Body)
A portion of the cerebral hemispheres, enveloped by the cortex, and consisting of projection fibers passing upward and downward between…
DAY HOSPITAL (Day Care Program)
A mental hospital program organized on a daytime basis. The patients come to the hospital in the morning, receive practically…
CYCLOTHYMIC PERSONALITY (Cycloid Personality)
A personality pattern disturbance characterized by frequently alternating moods of elation and dejection.The cyclothymic (or cycloid) individual tends to be…
COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY
A recently developed specialty defined byHume (1966) as “the maximum utilization of community resources in the identification, treatment, or rehabilitation…
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS
In 1963 Congress passed the Community Mental Health Centers Act, authorizing an appropriation of 150 million dollars to finance up…
DEHYDRATION REACTION
A disturbance in behavior resulting from an insufficiency of water, classified as a metabolic disorder.In addition to intense thirst sensations,…
COMMON COLD
Practically all recent research on the common cold has been devoted to finding the viruses which are believed to be…
COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY
A personality trait disturbance characterized by an exaggerated sense of responsibility and an excessive need for perfection.The compulsive personality tends…
CIRCUMSTANTIALITY
Circuitous, “labyrinthine” speech; the inclusion of numerous trivial and often irrelevant details in relating an incident, explaining a point, or…
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
A field of psychology devoted to psychological methods of diagnosing and treating mental and emotional disorders, as well as research…
CLUTTERING (Tachyphemia)
Excessively rapid, arhythmic speech with a tendency to stutter, jumble words, omit syllables, and reverse parts of words. According to…
COLOR SOLID
A three-dimensional figure representing all degrees and combinations of hue, saturation, and brightness in the perception of color; also called…
COLOR CIRCLE
A circular arrangement of chromatic colors in the order in which they appear in the spectrum. The purpose of the…
CHILD ABUSE (The Battered-Child Syndrome)
Maltreatment of children, especially by those entrusted with their care.Child abuse has a long and sordid history, dating back to…
CINGULATE GYRUS (Literally “ring- shaped ridge”)
The cortical part of the limbic system of the brain, lying just above the corpus callosum (plate 1).Although the functions…
CLANG ASSOCIATION
An association of words or ideas by similarity of sound.Young children often use clang associations when they talk or sing…
CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY
The nondirective approach developed by Carl Rogers, in which psychotherapy is viewed as an opportunity for the patient to grow…
COLOR REACTIONS
The most important fact here is that the organism as a whole, and not just the visual system, is involved…