Anxiety Disorders

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ENVIRONMENT

All of the external factors around us that influence us.

ETHNOPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Where issues related to ethnic and cultural variations in using and response to psychoative agents is considered.

EXPERIMENTER EFFECT

One of 2 errors. (a) errors from the experimenter, (b) the bias from effects of the participants. See experimenter bias-

LIFE SATISFACTION

the degree which adults (typically) find the lives they lead rich, meaningful, full or of a generally high quality. Improving

MANAGED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (MBHO)

a body of professionals which specialize in the organisation, management, administration and provision of health care benefits of health organizations.

MECHANISM

is an umbrella term for a variety of different meanings. In terms of processes and systems, a mechanism is a

MENTAL REHEARSAL

can be used to describe a variety of different methods, primarily it is the use of practice to internalize information.

MIRRORING

is the process of emulating, or copying exactly the behaviours, speech, and characteristics of another individual. Therapists can sometimes employ

MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING

in the context of psychotherapies, multicultural counselling is a type of therapy which takes into account both racial and ethnic

NEGATIVE ATTITUDE

in the context of psychotherapy, a negative attitude is the feeling of negativity from the therapist towards the client.

NONSHARED ENVIRONMENT

with regard to behavior genetic analyses, those facets of a surrounding climate which peoples living together don't share and which

OBSESSION

a continual thought, concept, picture, or urge which is experienced as invasive and not proper, and results in significant fear,

OUTCOME INTERDEPENDENCE

a social scenario wherein at least two people have shared influence over each other's results.

PARTICIPANT

noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter

PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL

the degree to which an individual believes an action is under their active management.

PERSONALITY INVENTORY

a character evaluation tool which generally contains a sequence of statements covering multiple different characteristics and behavioral trends to which

DEFECTOLOGY

Russian psychology. The area dealing with learning disabilities and abnormal psychology.

DIAGNOSTIC CENTER

A facility able to evaluate a person's condition.

DISABILITY

A lasting impairment that interfers with daily life functioning. See handicap.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDER

A psychiatric disorder showing disruptive behaviour sever enough that is creates an impairment in social or occupational functioning.