FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY
a form of family therapy that focuses on both family interaction patterns and on the benefits family members may derive…
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…
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
an approach where people or information using more than one discipline will collaborate and obtain more detailed information about a…
INTRINSIC BEHAVIOR
1. rewarding behaviour that is inherent. 2. A specific organ and a type of behaviour that is expressed through it…
KIRTON ADAPTION-INNOVATION INVENTORY (KAI)
It is designed to measure creativity, cognitive style and the degree to which individuals are adaptive, innovative or a range…
FACTOR METHOD
is a basic and simple term which is used to describe the method during which factors which are extracted from…
FREQUENCY PRINCIPLE
the principle that states that the greater the stimulation intensity, the greater the frequency of nerve impulses elicited. An organisms…
FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE (FIM)
a measure used in the rehabilitation of routine motor, cognitive and self-care skills to provide a person a measure of…
GLOBAL PERCEPTION
This term is applied to the overall perception of an object or a situation focusing on the whole rather than…
INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY (ICF)
Facility providing appropriate levels of nursing and medical care to individuals who do not require the care and treatment provided…
INTROPUNITIVE
Hostility internally, blame and truning anger against the self. Se self accusation. Compare ex I rapuni itvf. Intropunitiveness n
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…
FALSE ALARM
is one of the signal detection tasks, where an incorrect observation by a participant in an experiment may be present…
FREUD, SIGMUND
He pioneered psychoanalysis after studying neurology and turning to mental disorders like hysteria. He developed a method of free association…
FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION
a term given to the restriction or lack of ability in performing an action or activity.
GLUCURONIDATION
Name of the metabolic process where drugs and other substances are combined with glucuronic acid to form more water soluble…
INTERNAL BOUNDARY
Psychoanalytic theory. The name of the boundary between ego and id. Also called inner boundary. Compare external boundary.
INTROSPECTION
Attempting to access one's own internal psychological processes directly, perceptions, judgements or states. Introspective ailj