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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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CARUS TYPOLOGY

n. a classification of human body constitution into five types, namely: 1) the cerebral type, 2) the athletic type, 3)

CARVE-OUT

n. a program which exclude certain services, like coverage for health care services that relate to mental health and substance

CASANOVA COMPLEX

n. a strong desire that drives a man to make as many sexual conquests or take as many lovers as

CASE ALTERNATION

n. in reading research, refers to a method of presenting stimulus words through characters that switch between upper-case and lower-case.

CASE GRAMMAR

n. in linguistics, refers to sentence construction and analysis which gives primary consideration to semantics rather than to syntax. In

CASE HISTORY

n. a complete record of information containing all data about a patient's medical or psychological condition. It may cover health,

CASE LAW

n. a body of law created from a series of case verdicts and court decisions passed in the higher, appellate

CASE LOAD

n. the amount of work which a doctor, psychologist, therapist, or counselor needs to complete within a given period of

CASE MANAGEMENT

n. in healthcare, refers to a system of managing, coordinating, and implementing the delivery of healthcare services. The goal is

CASE MANAGER

n. in healthcare, refers to a healthcare professional who works with patients and coodinates with providers. He or she also

CASE METHOD

n. a teaching approach in which groups of supervisors or managers are presented with a business problem, either hypothetical or

CASE REPORT

n. a detailed report which documents a patient's medical or psychological condition. It is a collection of data which includes

CASE STUDY

n. an in-depth assessment and investigation conducted on a target individual, family unit, or social group. It requires a researcher

CASE-BASED REASONING

n. a case approach which utilizes information from previously-resolved situations and applies them in the context of similar situations. Thus,

CASE-FINDING

n. a process of identifying and locating an individual who needs immediate medical or psychological treatment for a specific mental

CASEWORK

n. the sum of all the supervisory tasks performed by a social worker - in this case, a caseworker. The

CASPAR HAUSER EXPERIMENT

n. any experimental procedure in which an animal is held captive, deprived of its natural surroundings, and exposed to very

CASSINA

n. A wild, evergreen shrub of the holly variety (Ilex vomitoria). Rich in caffeine and theobromine, it is of medicinal

CASTE

n. a traditional and stratified system of society typical to Hindu culture. It consists of five main hereditary classes, arranged

CASTRATION

n. the surgical removal of the testes in a procedure called an orchidectomy. With the male gonads (testes) removed, a