Substance Abuse Disorders

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REPEATED MEASURES DESIGN

Framework for research wherein specific individuals are evaluated on specific dependent variables over time, during repeated episodes.

RESTLESSNESS

Ceaseless movement or activity without purpose which may be of limited intensity or duration.

ROLE MODEL

Person or group who knowingly or unknowingly inspires others to imitate their persona; role model may be a real person,…

SCAPEGOAT THEORY

Social psychological term that relates to prejudice. According to this theory, people may be prejudice toward a group in order…

PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT

Also referred to as unconditioned reinforcement, primary reinforcement is the process by which presentation of a stimulus following a response…

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

Professional ethics are rules of conduct for a specific profession and are generally drawn up by members of the professional…

PSYCHIATRIST

A highly trained physician who holds a specialty in diagnosing, treating and study of mental disorders. Training (in the United…

PSYCHOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION

Impaired or abnormal function and behavior.

PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSOR

A major life influencing event that leads to intense stress so profound that it can contribute to the development or…

RAPPORT

Rapport is not only a warm, relaxed relationship between individuals, it is a goal of a therapist with regards to…

REASSURANCE

A supportive approach in counseling. It encourages clients to believe in themselves and in the real possibility of improvement. It…

REFRAMING

Developing a new conceptual or emotional outlook relating to situations experienced, and putting it into another frame which follows the…

REPLICATION

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

RESTORATION THERAPY

Therapeutic method whose aim is to reestablish both structure and function in any system which has been damaged or become…

ROLE PLAY

Strategy employed in interpersonal interaction education and psychoanalysis wherein individuals carry out a variety of interpersonal roles in emotional scenarios.…

SCAPEGOATING

Practice wherein an undeserving party is singled out for unmerited negative treatment, generally by someone or something more powerful than…

PRIMARY RELATIONSHIP

One's closest relationship. The one relationship the individual deems important enough to invest large amounts of time, energy and physical…

PROGNOSIS

In both mental health science and general medicine, a prognosis is a prediction of the future course, duration, severity and…

PSYCHIC TENSION

Emotional strain brought on by inner conflict or anxiety.

PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS

The opposite of organic factors, functional factors contribute to the development of personality, maintain health and well-being and the structure…