Depression

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GROUP TEST

the term that is applied to the test administered to several individuals simultaneously. Compare individual test.

INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL (1S1)

Stimulus and the time between presentations, and are timed usually from one end of the presentation stimulus and to the

INVARIANT FEATURE

An object that does not change or its characteristic when the object is viewed under different circumstances. Features that are

KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

A positive attitude toward a friend may assist in attributing that person's negative behaviour to situational factors rather that personal

FATIGUE

is a medical term which is used to describe a period of extreme tiredness, as a result of emotional strain,

FOLLOW-UP STUDY

the study undertaken to see if the short term effects of a therapy will continue after a certain period of

FRUSTRATION

1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy

GAF SCALE

Abbreviation of global assessment of functioning that is a numerical scale from 1 -100 used by mental health practitioners.

GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE (GAF SCALE)

the name of scale that is used to plan treatment and outcomes on Axis V of DSM-IV-TR's system. Reflects levels

GROW, INC

Name of a mutual help organisation that was developed to provide help for people with depression, anxiety and other mental

INTERVENTION

1. Deal with the issues and an action on part of the therapist for the client and their problems. When

INVENTORY

In form of a question, it describes a behaviour and the studying or it, interests and attitudes, it is a

KSAOS

Knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics and the abbreviation

FATIGUE EFFECT

is one of the many effects attributed to fatigue, where the individual gradually becomes less and less efficient, even when

FOOD FADDISM

the dietary practice based on exaggerated and often incorrect beliefs about the effects of food or nutrition on health, particularly

FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION HYPOTHESIS

States that frustration produces aggression and aggression results from prior frustrations. Later noted by Neal Miller that frustration leads to

GAMBLER'S FALLACY

failure to recognise a chance event and gives the belief that an outcome can be predicted that is based on

GLOBAL PERCEPTION

This term is applied to the overall perception of an object or a situation focusing on the whole rather than

GUIDANCE

a term used to describe the direction, advice and counselling provided in cooperation with the client that will often use

INTERVENTION RESEARCH

Activities designed to measure how much better a situation is after modification that is systematic and to measure or has