Bipolar Disorder

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DIRECTIONALITY PROBLEM

A problem with 2 variables where the cause and effect is not known.

DISPLAY RULES

Human behaviour. Social standards used for expressing emotion.

DUAL DIAGNOSIS

Identifying 2 distict disoreders present at the same time. See comorbidity.

EGO FUNCTIONS

Psychoanalytical theory. The variouis functions of the ego including self awareness, problem solving, controlling motor functions, memeory etc.

EMOTIONAL FLOODING

Lay term. Overwhelming feelings of emotion.

EMPIRICAL SELF

The self that is known to the self. Where me is contrasted to I.

ETHNICITY

The categorisation socially based on a person's ethnic group. See ethnic identity.

EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

The group or participants exposed to the variable.

LEGITIMATE POWER

The ability to influence fellow members of a group which is usually dependent on your status within the group and…

MACHOVER DRAW-A-PERSON TEST (DAP TEST)

a test which aims to help clinicians identify the individuals personality. The participant is asked to first draw a person…

MATCHED-GROUP DESIGN

is an experimental design for research studies which requires both the experimental and control groups are similar or matched on…

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR

a qualified professional who is licensed to provide counselling either independently or as part of a treatment team.

MITIGATING FACTOR

is a factor or fact, in the context or a crime or convicted defendant which supports an argument for a…

MORBID DEPENDENCY

is the persistent reliance on another to provide to which degree, if removed the individual would struggle to cope independently.

NEGATIVE ADAPTATION

is the gradual loss of feeling or effectiveness due to prolonged stimulation.

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

an abstract continuous probability distribution which is na act of two parameters: the expected value, p, and the variance, o.…

OCCASION SETTER

with regard to Pavlovian conditioning, a stimulant which is differentially coupled with a stimulant-stimulant contingency.

OUTCOME MEASURES

evaluations of the efficacy of an intervention on the premise of gauges taken prior to, during, and following the intervention.

PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION

a kind of observational technique wherein a trained viewer enters the group under analysis as a member, while avoiding a…

PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY

postulated by Albert Bandura as a primary determinant of emotional and motivational conditions and behavioral change, a person's subjective comprehension…