Are psychological services provided by my primary care physician?
It’s understandable that patients would love to get all of their medical care under one roof. It’s not only one-stop shopping, but many people...
SANGUINE TYPE
Proposed by Roman physician Galen (129-215), one of the four types of constitution and temperament. Galen espoused the belief that a ruddy complexion...
OSTEOPATHY
noun. a healthcare system based upon the belief that several illnesses or dysfunctions are a result of anatomical impairments in the musculoskeletal system. It...
US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA)
an agency of the United States government mandated in 1930 to deliver the laws supplying benefits and other services to veterans, and their beneficiaries...
BALINT'S SYNDROME
is the name for a disorder, resulting from lesions in the parieto-occipital portion of the brain, which causes optic ataxia, visual attention disorders, and...
MULTIPLE DRAFTS HYPOTHESIS
proposed by Daniel Clement Dennett (1942 - ) and British physician Marcel Kinsbourne (1931 - ) which describes perception as being in draft form...
AUBERT PHENOMENON
the illusion that occurs when a vertical line appears to tilt in the opposing direction from the direction the head is tilted when viewing...
GOLTZ-GORLIN SYNDROME
the name of a syndrome described by Robert William Goltz (1923- ) and Robert James Gorlin (1923- ). US physicians.
SCHOOL COUNSELING
Support, provided by or outside the school to pupils, family, and other caregivers, which focuses primarily on pupils' educational, individual, interpersonal, and occupation modification,...
MENIERE'S DISEASE
results in a general disorder of balance and hearing due to a build-up of excess fluid in the inner ear. First proposed by French...