Personality Disorders

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS

with regard to therapy and counseling, the intimate experiences which have been inhibited or jobs which have been veered away…

VISUAL IMAGERY

cognitive imagery which consists of the sense of having "images" in the mind. These pictures might be memories of formative…

TERTIARY PREVENTION

intervention and remediation for people or groups with previously identified psychological or physical conditions, disorders, or sicknesses. Tertiary interventions are…

TIME SAMPLING

the procedure of attaining observations over a period of time. The procedure might comprise set time periods or varied time…

TRANSPARENCY

noun. 1. genuineness in relating to other individuals, with little attempt at making a positive impression. 2. the state of…

UNIVERSALITY

1. the propensity to presume that one's personal traits and personality features, inclusive of outlooks and morals, are shared in…

VOLITION

noun. 1. the faculty by which a person decides on and dedicates their self to a specific path of action,…

PRIMARY EMPATHY

A strategy in therapies that are client-centered in which the therapist makes a conscious effort to experience a situation in…

PROJECTION

A psychoanalytical theory, projection is the process whereby one subject believes they see attributes (both good and bad) in another.…

PSYCHOCHEMISTRY

The science that examines the relationship between chemicals, behavior and psychological processes. It is the study of chemical influence on…

PSYCHOPATH

Archaic term for someone with antisocial personality disorder.

PURPOSIVE BEHAVIORISM

A theory in cognitive learning that states that behavioral acts have an underlying purpose. And that all goals of the…

REACTIVE

Responsive to a geiven stimuli or situation..2. Describing emotions associated with an espisode. The emotions are secondary to the actual…

REFLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS

Referring to its own actions, an aspect of consciousness. Also known as: self-consciousness; self-reflection.

REPLICATION

One of the main tenets of the scientific method; repeating an experiment to ensure that the results can be attained…

RESTRAINT

Capacity to impede harmful or objectionable behaviors. Applying discipline measures to arrest violence in patients seeking to harm themselves or…

RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST

Psychological projective examination in which a subject's interpretations of a series of bilaterally symmetrical inkblots are studied as in indicator…

SCREENING

Preliminary assessment of a client to ascertain his or her fitness for health related or psychiatric therapy in general, a…

PRIMARY PREVENTION

A regimen of programs and research with the main goal of promoting physical, behavioral and mental health in the nonclinical…

PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUE

Also known as the projective method, projective technique is any personality assessment process that uses a fixed series of random…