SCHIZOID-MANIC STATE
Psychotic condition which has features of both manic and schizophrenic excitement. Also known as: schizomania.
SCHIZOPHRENIA IN REMISSION
Diagnosis wherein it has been determined that at least one schizophrenic episode has occurred, but the individual is now symptom…
SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENT OUTCOMES RESEARCH TEAM (PORT)
Group of research workers set up in 1992 by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, along with the…
SCHIZOPHRENIC PERSONALITY
Another name for schizoid personality disorder or schizotypal personality disorder.
SCHIZOPHRENIC REACTION
Diagnosis for schizophrenic symptoms as described by Swiss-born psychiatrist Adolf Meyer (1866-1950). See also: reaction type.
SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER
Mental disorder with the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia but of less than six months' duration, according to DSM-IV-TR. Impairment…
SCHIZOPHRENIFORM PSYCHOSIS
Form of non-schizophrenic psychosis wherein indications and symptoms of standard nuclear schizophrenia exist, but there is, however, sound premorbid adjustment,…
SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
In DSM-IV-TR, extreme character dysfunction identified by assorted oddities of cognition, perceptual experience, speech patterns, and behavior patterns which are…
SCHIZOTYPY
Form of character organization identified by milder types of beneficial symptoms of schizophrenia as well as harmful symptoms like anhedonia.…
SCHOLASTIC ASSESSMENT TEST (SAT)
Examination employed in choosing prospects for university admittance, previously known as Scholastic Aptitude Test. It assesses fundamental reading skills, mathematical…
SCHOLASTICISM
Less a philosophy or even a theology than an approach of education, scholasticism put a clear emphasis on dialectical thinking…
SCHOOL COUNSELING
Support, provided by or outside the school to pupils, family, and other caregivers, which focuses primarily on pupils' educational, individual,…
SCHOOL GRADE
Representative mark provided for assessment of achievement within the classroom, usually a letter or number. Collection of pupils who are…
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
Discipline that employs concepts of clinical psychology and academic psychology to the analysis and therapy for childrens' and adolescents' behavioral…
SCHOOL READINESS
Any of various courses created to prepare young children of below-kindergarten age for participating in traditional elementary school. These kinds…
SCHRODER STAIRCASE
Ambivalent illustration featuring a staircase which appears to be seen from different perspectives as the observer changes focus. Also known…
SCHWANN CELL
Any of the cells of the peripheral nervous system which wraps around a nerve fiber and covers the axons to…
SCHWANNOMA
Tumor, usually solitary and encapsulated, of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve, typically benign but with a tendency to…
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Significant alternation in the theoretical structure of a subject of scientific research, as recognized by U.S. philosopher of science Thomas…