Personality Disorders

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What Is Emotional Unavailability?

We begin experiencing emotions early in childhood and soon learn to recognize when someone else feels happiness, anger, disappointment or

What Are The Side Effects Of Oxygen Therapy?

Oxygen is often provided to reduce the workload of the heart and lungs in emergency situations. Conditions that weaken the

Symptoms of Being Emotionally Unavailable

An emotionally unavailable person is a man or a woman who is unable to form a deep, loving attachment with

What Causes Emotional Numbness?

Emotional numbness is the inability to feel anything. People who are emotionally numb don't experience happiness, sadness, anger or even

Signs Of An Emotionally Abusive Husband

Unlike physical abuse, emotional abuse doesn't leave visible evidence. Psychological abuse may not leave visible scars, but often causes deep

The Psychological Effects of a Single Parent Family

Very few people become single parents intentionally, but when tragedy strikes in the form of divorce, illness, or accident, what

Social & Emotional Benefits of Regular Exercise

Exercise is one of the best ways to remain fit and healthy for people of all ages. The physical benefits

Can Iron Deficiency Cause Psychological Problems?

The link between iron stores and your physical energy stores has been understood since the 1950's. Iron, the mineral that

Bipolar 1 Disorder With Psychotic Features

Bipolar 1 disorder is a mood disorder characterized by episodes of mania and episodes of depression. People experiencing a manic

Five Common Types of Psychological Tests

Many people have a great fear of mental health testing. This is often because there is no real scale for

FALSE BELIEF

has a wide range of potential definitions mostly dependent on the application to real-life, for example, in an psychological application,

FLIGHT INTO HEALTH

Psychotherapy. an abrupt recuperation by a client either before or during intake interviews and before therapy begins. A person does

FREQUENCY PRINCIPLE

the principle that states that the greater the stimulation intensity, the greater the frequency of nerve impulses elicited. An organisms

FUNCTIONAL STATUS

the measure of a person's ability to perform activities of daily living independently. Functional status may be used as an

GLUTAMATE

The salt or ester of amino acid glutamic acid serving as the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. Glutamate plays

INTEREST TEST

an inventory where the person is asked to express their likes and dislikes for a range of different activities and

INTERVENTION RESEARCH

Activities designed to measure how much better a situation is after modification that is systematic and to measure or has

INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT

A mental facility where an individual is kept against his or her wishes. Individuals are committed in this way, it

LATENT CONTENT

1. Hidden meaning in communication 2. Unconscious wishes expressed through dream or fantasy in symbolic representation as part of psychoanalytic theory.

FALSE POSITIVE

is considered the binary opposite to a false negative where in diagnostics for example, an individual may not actually have