POSTSCHIZOPHRENIC DEPRESSION
a depressive episode which might come after an acute schizophrenic episode. Postschizophrenic depression is observed variously as a typical occurence…
POSTURAL ARM DRIFT
the drift of the arms from their initial position whenever someone is needed to hold them outstretched and in a…
PRACTICE GUIDELINES
standards and plans modeled to help cognitive wellbeing clinicians and doctors and practitioners in the identification and remediation of particular…
PREAVERSIVE STIMULUS
with regard to conditioning, a stimulant which comes before the display of an negative stimulant.
PRECONSCIOUS (PCS) 1
noun. with regard to the traditional psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, the degree of the psyche which consists of ideas,…
PREDICTION
noun. 1. an attempt to predict what will occur in a specific scenario, usually on the premise of past occurrences…
PREFERENCE METHOD
a research method wherein a living being selects one of many potential stimulants.
PREOEDIPAL
1. with regard to psychoanalytic theory, regarding to the initial phases of psychosexual growth, prior to the cultivation of the…
PREPSYCHOTIC PANIC
a phase in the cultivation of schizophrenia wherein self-image is confused: people feel guilty, unable of being loved, embarrassed, or…
PLETHYSMOGRAPH
noun. a tool for gauging and documenting volume or volume modifications in organs or body tissues, like the blood supply…
POLIOENCEPHALITIS
noun. swelling of the brain's gray matter, because of an infectious illness.
POSITIVE DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS
a stimulant correlated with a contingency of positive reinforcement.