SUBOCCIPITAL PUNCTURE
A procedure which is used instead of lumbar puncture in order to get access on the subarachnoid space for therapeutic…
SUBSTANCE-INDUCED PERSISTING DEMENTIA
substantial loss of mental abilities because of prolonged drug use. The most noticeable is memory loss, but there is also…
SUBTHRESHOLD POTENTIAL
Level of stimuli that is not strong enough to provoke reaction and which reactions therefore doesn't show much further from…
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS)
unexplained and unpredictable death of otherwise healthy baby that happens during sleep. Also called: crib death.
SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
1. Teaching assessment investigation, evaluation of pupil's accomplishment at the end of a course; 2. In evaluation investigation this is…
SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS
pair of long two-directing bunches of neurons that connect the front and the back of the cerebrum. It consists four…
SUPERSTITIOUS CONTROL
Misinterpretation that individual can affect results of certain situation by implementing certain actions that are supposed to change the frame…
SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
type of psychotherapy which doesn't investigate what is the root of the particular psychological issue/problem, but rather provides ideas how…
SURFACE THERAPY
type of psychological therapy that has a goal to minimize patients problems by implementation of supportive measures and to try…
SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
a group of statistical procedures to build models to determine when an event may occur,
SYMBOLIC DISPLACEMENT
mechanism of moving answer, usually emotional one, from its primary source to the one that is presented by it. To…
SYMPTOM FORMATION
Psychoanalytic theory. Developing a somatic or behavioural manifestation from an unconscious impulse that provokes anxiety.
SYNCHRONICITY
According to Carl Jung it is the occurrence of events simultaneously that have a meaningful connection when there is no…
SYNESTHESIA
Is a condition where stimulation of one sense will arouse sensations in another.
SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT
A framework that is used to identify the profile and nature of the services that are required to give to…