Substance Abuse Disorders

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CONTROL

noun. 1. control, authority, or impact on incidences, behaviors, circumstances, or individuals. 2. the management of all external circumstances and…

COTHERAPY

therapy performed by two professionals treating one or two patients, or sometimes a group of people of family unit, in…

CRONBACH'S ALPHA

a record of interior regularity, that being, the variant to which a group of objects touch a sole, one-dimension structure.…

ACID FLASHBACK

an encounter documented through quite a few users of L.S.D. in which a few parts of the encounter seen to…

ADDICTION

a place of being physically or psychologically dependent upon substances such as drugs and alcohol. Commonly referred to as substance…

AGGREGATION

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

ANGER

n. an emotion characterized by hostility and the expression of frustration. The function of this emotion may be cathartic, protective,…

APPARATUS

n. 1. an instrument, piece of equipment, used in an experiment for various purposes, such as delivering stimuli or measuring…

ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING

1. a method of teaching individuals to change verbal and nonverbal behavioral patterns with the aim of enhancing interpersonal communication.…

ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR CONSISTENCY

the extent to which a person's behavior is consistent with his or her attitude associated with that object. Positive attitudes…

AVERSION THERAPY

refers to a form of behavior therapy in which the client is conditioned to cease an undesirable behavior by associating…

BECK SCALE FOR SUICIDE IDEATION (BSS)

n. a scale of 21 items, focused on examining a patient's suicidal intent. More of an assessment tool, it attempts…

BEHAVIORAL BASELINE

n. a state of behavior which is steady in form and frequency. As a constant, it serves as a standard…

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR

n. any particular behavior or behavior pattern which strongly yet adversely affects health. It increases the chances of developing a…

BIOSOCIAL THEORY

in social and behavioral science, refers to an approach which looks into the possibility that a mental illness or personality…

CANNABIS

n. any of three plant species of the Genus Cannabis. (Species: sativa, indica, and ruderalis). In dried form, their flowers…

CAUSATION

n. an empirical relationship which exists between two events which can be summed up as one event (the cause) bringing…

CONFIDENTIALITY

noun. A standard of professional values necessitating suppliers of mental or medical healthcare to constrain the revealing of a person's…

CONSEQUENCE

noun. A result of behavior in a chosen scenario.

CONTROLLED OBSERVATION

an inspection made within the confines of standard and systematic circumstances instead of casual or incidental circumstances.