PROBLEM CHECKLIST
A list of personal, social, learning or vocational problems. The subject is asked to identify those that apply to him…
PROCHLORPERAZINE
Brand name Compazine, prochlorpezine is a low-potency drug for the treatment of nausea and vomiting and has been used as…
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Continuing education and training required by those in a chosen profession. Such training and education are usually offered by the…
PROGRESSIVE SEMANTIC DEMENTIA
A dementia defined by the loss of understanding for abstract or higher level verbal constructs, especially those having to do…
PROJECTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
A treatment procedure developed by U.S. psychologist Molly Harrower. The procedure by which a psychotherapies uses selected responses on various…
PROPAGANDA
A social control method designed to either reinforce or alter an existing opinion of the general public. The highly biased…
PROPOXYPHENE
Propoxyphene is a synthetic opoioid. In relation to codeine, approximately half as effective in pain control. Usually formulated with an…
PROSPECTIVE SAMPLING
This sampling method chooses subjects after they have been exposed to a risk factor. The subjects are then followed to…
PROTEIN METABOLISM
The manufacture and breakdown of proteins. Proteins are broken down into amino acids as part of the basic turnover of…
PROUST PHENOMENON
Named for French writer Marcel Proust, the Proust phenomenon is the sudden occurrence of a powerful memory. The memory is…
PSEUDOGIFTEDNESS
An apparent skill in a child not associated with innate talent or ability, but from the child's mimicking others. The…
PSEUDOPHONE
A pseudo phone is a device that studies the location of sound. It's main feature is to divert sound waves…
PSYCHASTHENIA
At one time a term for any of the anxiety disorders. It's use has been greatly reduced.
PSYCHIC HEALING
Psychic Healing is the treatment of mental and/or physical maladies by spiritual means such as crystals.
PSYCHOANALYTIC PLAY TECHNIQUE
Melanie Klein developed psychoanalytic play technique in the 1920's. It is a child analytical method in which children's play activity…
PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS
psycho educational problems are problems encountered by youth in the education process serious enough to cause significant emotional or psychological…