Personality Disorders

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BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

n. in DSM-IV-TR, refers to a chronic pattern of personality instability. More of a disorder than not, it manifests through

CAUSAL MECHANISM

n. the physical, if not the most immediate, means of bringing about the desired effect. For instance, other than using

CONDUCT DISORDER

listed in the DSM-IV-TR, an ongoing trend of behavior that comprises breaching the fundamental liberties of other people and disregarding

CONSTITUTIONAL FACTOR

a fundamental psychological propensity to add to character, nature, and the philosophy of certain physical and cognitive diseases. Said elements

COPING POTENTIAL

a person's judgment of the possibility of effectively controlling climate-related needs or individual promises and devotions.

COUNTERIDENTIFICATION

noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, a type of countertransference wherein the psychoanalyst sympathizes and aligns with the client.

CULTURAL

adjective. Culture-bias theory that gauges of intellect might be prejudice or carry a preference for some members over other specific

ACTING OUT

1. the unrestrained and improper attitudinal declaration of denied feelings that aids in reducing stress corresponding with these feelings or

ADJUSTMENT

noun. 1. a variation in personality, performance, or each by someone regarding the realized requirement or longing for modification. Change

AGGREGATION

noun. 1. a group of living bodies in an area with no noticeable societal construction or organization, retaining the smallest

ANTIPSYCHOTICS

n. pharmacological agents used in the treatment of schizophrenia, mania, delirium, and other forms of thought disorder and uncontrolled behavioral

APTITUDE TEST

an overall assessment instrument or test designed to measure (a) concrete abilities such as dexterity, visual acuity, and clerical performance-

ATTENTION SHIFTING

moving the focus of attention from one thing to another - for example, from the cat to the dog. Shifts

AUTHORITY COMPLEX

a pattern of emotionally charged concepts of authority in an individual that are partially or completely repressed. To satisfy an

AWARENESS

n. refers to a consciousness of internal or external events or experiences, that is thought by some to separate human

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION

n. the use of behavior change techniques to increase the frequency of adaptive behavior and decrease that of maladaptive behavior.

BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS

n. a descriptive analysis of the internal behavior patterns which motivate or cause the overt, external behavior. There is a

BIOCHEMICAL DEFECT

n. a metabolic defect which contibutes to the onset of a neurological or psychiatric condition. This defect may either be

BOUNDARY ISSUES

n. in therapy and health care, refers to ethical issues which surround the relationship between a therapist and a patient.

CAUSALITY

n. in philosophy, refers to the concept that all events occur through causes, and that these same events are a