TENDER YEARS DOCTRINE
the presumption in child custody cases that mothers ought to be granted custody of their kids during the formative years…
TEN-TWENTY SYSTEM
a standardized system of imaginary lines on the head which permits the positioning of electrodes during electroencephalography.
TERMINATION
might be recommended by the patient or therapy professional or might be by shared agreement. Can be immediate or extended.
TEST CONSTRUCTION
the cultivation of a test, generally with a concise or obvious goal to meet the typical standards of validity, dependability,…
TETRODOTOXIN (TTX)
noun. a poison from the ovaries of puffer fish which inhibits the voltage-gated sodium channels within neuron plasma membranes, thereby…
THERAPEUTIC WINDOW
the wide array of plasma amounts of a drug within which optimal therapeutic impacts take place. Suboptimal impacts might happen…
THERMOANESTHESIA
noun. 1. loss or lack of the capacity to differentiate between cold and heat by touch. 2. insensitivity to heat.
THINKING ASIDE
a form of a syndetic thinking wherein a person's thoughts adjust suddenly from one subject to another which is insignificantly…
THRESHOLD TRAITS ANALYSIS (TTA)
with regard to personnel selection, a technique of locating and naming the traits needed for acceptable performance within a chose…
THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (TRH)
a hormone generated by the hypothalamus which controls the dispersion of thyroid-stimulating hormone.
TIME DISTORTION
a form of perceptual distortion, at times, experienced in modified states of awareness, wherein time seems to pass either with…
TIME-LIMITED DAY TREATMENT
an outpatient all-day therapeutic community approach utilized with patients suffering from character disorders which capitalizes on the positive traits of…
TMJ SYNDROME
a disorder of muscles moving the lower jaw at the temporomandibular joint just anterior to the ear. The condition, that…