MASCULINE PROTEST
A term applied by Alfred Adler to an urge to escape from the feminine role in life.The masculine protest occurs…
MASCULINITY-FEMININITY TESTS
A number of tests have been designed to measure the degree of masculinity and femininity. The first to be developed,…
MASS HYSTERIA
These terms are applied primarilyto the “psychic epidemics” which have at times swept through an entire population. The most vivid…
MELANCHOLIC PERSONALITY
A personality pattern disturbance characterized by a constant mild depression and an inability to enjoy life.Melancholic individuals are subdued and…
MENINGOVASCULAR SYPHILIS
Aform of cerebral syphilis in which the blood vessels and brain coverings (meninges) are attacked by the spirochete germ. The…
MENTAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC LEVEL
A recent and promising development in the mental health field is the long-overdue recognition that patients on different socioeconomic levels…
MENTAL PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS
Social clubs or other organizations formed to help former mental patients readjust to community life.These organizations are based on the…
MENTAL RETARDATION (CAUSES)
Mental retardation is not a single disorder, syndrome, or clinical entity. Rather, it is a symptom associated with a large…
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE REACTION (DEPRESSIVE PHASE)
Depressive reactions frequently occur in persons who have a history of manic episodes, butare even more often the sole expression…
MENTAL RETARDATION (PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT)
Considerable progress has been made in the care and treatment of the mentally retarded in recent years. In the past…
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE REACTION (ETIOLOGY)
contributory role in manic-depressive reactions. They do not, however, agree on the relative weight to be assigned to heredity, constitution,…
MERCURY POISONING
A toxic disorder produced by inhalation of mercury; classified by the American Psychiatric Association under brain syndromes resulting from drug…
MAKE - A - PICTURE - STORY TEST (MAPS)
A projective test in which the subject tells stories about cardboard figures which he selects and places against a background.The…
MANGANESE POISONING
A toxic disorder produced by inhalation of volatile manganese; classified by the American Psychiatric Association (1952) under brain syndromes resulting…
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE REACTION (CIRCULAR AND MIXED TYPES)
Manic-depressive psychosis was long known as a cyclic or circular illness, but actually only 15 to 25 per cent of…
METABOLIC EQUIVALENT
a unit of measurement of energy, or heat, generated by the body. 1 MET = 50 kcal/h/nr bodily exterior. MET…
MACH SCALE
the measure of the degree which individuals will tolerate the active use of manipulation and deceit in pursuit of their…
MACROERGONOMICS
an analytical approach in ergonomics which takes into consideration a wide range of factors from the physical evidence to environmental…
MADDOX ROD TEST
is a test to examine the balance of the eye muscles in humans. The difference in image perceived when looking…
MAIEUTIC TECHNIQUE
Involves a trained individual asking pertinent questions to the participant to obtain an understanding of their knowledge of the subject…