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MILITARY PEACEKEEPING

is a service provided by a force of soldiers or just qualified personnel whose main purpose is to maintain a

MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY (MCMI)

is a questionnaire which requires either a true or false answer to 175 different items which is used to assess

MINERALOCORTICOID

is a corticosteroid hormone which works on the ion concentrations in body tissues regulating the excretion of salt.

MINIMIZATION

is the process of cognitive distortion which usually manifests itself as underestimating the importance and relevance of events to oneself

MIRROR IMAGING

is the use of a mirror to duplicate the image placed in front of the mirror, otherwise known as a

MISEDUCATION

is the communication of knowledge which whilst a professional or parent maybe believe is good and the right action, the

MITOSIS

is a type of cell division which, unlike meiosis, results in two separate daughter nuclei which are genetically identical to

MIXOSCOPIA

describes an orgasm which is achieved by observing sexual intercourse between the person one loves and another.

MODALITY PROFILE

is a list of problems and their proposed treatments which are spread across seven different modalities (parameters) which are considered

MODESTY

is described as the absence of ones self-importance.

MOLESTATION

is the act of making unwanted and unsolicited sexual gestures or approaches to another individual. When the victim is a

MONOCHORIAL TWINS

are always mono-zygotic. They are twins, in utero, which have shared the same embryonic membrane which is the outermost one

MONOPHAGISM

is a pathological condition whereby the individual will only eat one type of food per day.

MONTESSORI METHOD

is an educational technique which focusses on the encouraging children to use their intuition when learning. This is encouraged by

MORAL ABSOLUTISM 1

in the context of situation ethics implies that the morality of an action can be determined according to a fixed

MORALS

a guide to peoples behaviour based on ethical values or principles.

MORPHEME

is a unit of meaning, in the analysis of linguistics which cannot be analysed or broken up into any smaller

MORULA

is one of the early stages of embryological development from the first cleavage of the zygote until the blastula forms.

MOTILITY PSYCHOSIS

an historic name for bipolar disorder which is no longer used.

MOTOR

defines movement, the production of something otherwise referring to muscular movements.