Substance Abuse Disorders

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POPULATION DENSITY

the amount of individuals or other living beings per unit of space.

PREDICTION

noun. 1. an attempt to predict what will occur in a specific scenario, usually on the premise of past occurrences

POPULATION RESEARCH

the analysis of the numbers, and modifications in the numbers, of individuals and other living beings, concentrating on the reasons

PREDICTIVE VALIDITY

an index of how well a test corresponds to a variant which is gauged in the future, at a time

POPULATION STEREOTYPE

with regard to ergonomics, generalizations about the perceptual, mental, or physical traits of a set of users, which are pertinent

PREDICTOR

noun. a variant or other data utilized to approximate or foretell future performance, wellbeing, or other status.

POSITIVE ADDICTION

a concept based upon the presumption that some life activities wherein an individual feels a requirement or impulse to engage,

PREDICTOR VARIABLE

with regard to regression analysis, a variant which might be utilized to foretell the value of another variant- that being,

POSITIVE FEEDBACK

1. an organization whereby some of the output of a system, whether biological or mechanical is fed back to escalate

PREDISPOSITION

noun. 1. a vulnerability to forming a disorder or illness, the actual growth of which is started by the interaction

DECOMPENSATION

The breakdown of our defense mechanisms that result in a worsening of psychiatric symptoms.

DESTRUCTIVE OBEDIENCE

Complying with instructions that causes harm to others or leads to a negative outcome.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

1. Process of deciding which of 2 diseases are showing overlapping systems. 2. Distinction between 2 or more similar conditions

DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS

Operant conditioning. A stimulus that increases the probablity of a response.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR

Any behaviour that threatens or intimidates other people.

DSM-IV-TR

The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

ECPHORY

When a past event is remembered with a trigger.

EMOTIONAL DETERIORATION

Emotional state of carelessness towards ourselves and othwr people.

EMPATHY

Understanding a person from their frame of reference so we know where they are coming them.

EPSILON ALCOHOLISM

The 5th stage of alcoholism. Where periodic binge drinking is broken up by dry periods that can last fro months.