PSYCHIATRIC UNIT
A distinct unit within a general hospital charged with providing care to patients suffering acute psychiatrically disturbance. Psychiatric units include…
PSYCHIC TRAUMA
An experience so traumatic that it results in damage to the psyche, or mind as a whole. Sometimes seen in…
PSYCHODIAGNOSIS
A diagnostic technique for the determination of underlying factors in behavior and disordered behavior. Also, the diagnosis of disorder through…
PSYCHOGENIC HALLUCINATION
Different from physiological hallucinations, which can be brought on by drugs, alcohol or brain injury, a psychogenic hallucination is caused…
PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY
Pioneered by 1970's psychologists Shneidman and Earberow and medical examiner Murphy of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, psychological autopsy…
PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT
After consideration and planning, the best possible moment for an action to produce a desired effect on another individual. 2.…
PSYCHOLOGY
Originally a philosophy, now recognized as study of the mind represented by various disciplines and research including experimental, biological and…
PSYCHOMOTOR SKILL
Any ability whose function requires a combination of cognitive and motor processes, such as typing.
PSYCHOPHYSICAL FUNCTION
Also known as psychometric function, psychophysical function is the mathematical relationship comparing the strength of a stimulus and the strength…
PSYCHOTECHNOLOGY
The psychological facts and principles utilized when applying psychology in a practical way. 2. The actual application of said knowledge
PTYALISM 1
An excess production of saliva. The condition may be associated with epilepsy, some medications, emotional reaction or anxiety. 2. Also…
PUDENDAL NERVE
A sensory/motor nerve responsible carrying fibers to the perineal region from the second, third and fouth sacral nerves. It has…
PUNISHMENT
A factor in operant conditioning. Basically, the process that makes a certain response to a stimulus less probable. As an…
PURKINJC-SANSON IMAGES
In the human eye, Purkinje-Sanson images are three reflectd images of an object consisting of a reflection from the outer…
PUSH MODEL
The opposite of a pull model. It is the theory emphasizing the impulse of a negative stimulus on a person's…
PYRIDOSTIGMINE
U.S. trade name: Mestinon, this drug is used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.
PRESENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER'S TYPE (PDAT)
An outdated label for Alzheimer's type dementia before the patient's 65th birthday.
PRESSURE SPOT
Particularly sensitive points or locales on the body that respond to pressure stimuli.
PRETEST-POSTTEST DESIGN
The determination of who should be given treatment or control conditions and how those treatments or control situations affected the…