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SUSTAINED ATTENTION

the focus needed for a long period of time.

SYMBIOTIC PSYCHOSIS

situation which usually happens with children from 2 to 5 years old, where child is completely emotionally attached to mother,

SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION

process of expressing mental processes and ideas in symbolic way, by use of words or sound. In this process, you

SYMPATHY

It is a feeling of the compassion or a concern that may result into the awareness of sorrow or suffering

SYNANON

It is a residential program for the drug treatment and it uses both the peer pressure as well as the

SYNDROME

It is a group of the symptoms together with the signs that result to only one cause. They can indicate

SYNTAXIC THINKING

It is the highest level where there is the person

SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION

getting data in well ordered manner that will give reliable information about something.

SEXOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

The study of a person's sexual behaviour in sociological, physiological, psychological, genetic and environmental terms.

SEXUAL ATTITUDE REASSESSMENT WORKSHOP (SAR WORKSHOP)

Sexual attitude reassessment is a group experience in sex education about same sex issues, sex as we age and sexual

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

This category is for dysfunctions that don't fit any other category.

SEXUAL MASOCHISM

a paraphilia where interest and arousal in sex is by humiliation, beatings, tying up and other masochistic behaviour. In sexual

SEXUAL TRAUMA

It is a disturbing experiences relating to sex, such as rape and other sex offences. It is just like a

SHAM DISORDER

the name of a fictitious disorder.

SHARPENING

a phenomenon where some memory details become more defined and sharper than the original experience seemed.

SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ)

Short portable mental status questionnaire is a short questionnaire that is used to screen older adults for dementia signs and

SIBLING

Children who are born to the same parents.

SIGNAL

1. Presenting information that will evoke a response. 2. A stimulus. 3. An intelligible sign from one person to another

SILVER-CORD SYNDROME

a child parent relationship where the father is passive or absent and the mother is a domineering person. Read about

SIMPLE REACTION TIME (SRT)

the tame taken for a person to react to a stimulus. Compare choice reaction time; complex reaction time. Have a