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Interdisciplinary Treatment

WEBThe members and make-up of the interdisciplinary team are tailored to the patient and his or her physical, emotional, and functional needs. Team members may include, but are not …

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Treatment, Institutions, Health, and Centers

WEBInstitutions for the mentally ill, formerly called asylums, and now called psychiatric institutions. Beginning in the Middle Ages, mental hospitals were basically prisons.

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Robert J. Sternberg

WEBAs a student at Yale University, Sternberg spent his summers working for the Psychological Corporation in New York, and the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New …

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Crisis Intervention

WEBThe rationale for crisis intervention programs is therefore the belief that providing support and guidance to people in crisis will avert prolonged mental health problems. Crisis or …

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Figure-Ground Perception

WEBFigure-Ground Perception. The ability to differentiate visually between an object and its background. A person's ability to separate an object from its surrounding visual field is …

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Social Influence

WEBThe influence of others on an individual's behavior. Human behavior is influenced by other people in countless ways and on a variety of levels. The mere presence of others—as …

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Arnold Allan Lazarus

WEB1932-South African clinical psychologist who developed a comprehensive psychotherapy called multimodal therapy. As a graduate student in psychology, Arnold Lazarus first …

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Behavior Therapy

WEBFurther Reading. Ammerman, Robert T. and Michel Hersen, eds. Handbook of Behavior Therapy with Children and Adults: A Developmental and Longitudinal Perspective. New …

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American Psychiatric Association

WEBThe American Psychiatric Association's objectives are still designed to advance care for people with mental illnesses: to improve treatment, rehabilitation, and care of the …

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Alfred Charles Kinsey

WEB1894-1956 American entomologist and sex researcher who pioneered the study of human sexuality. Alfred Charles Kinsey was a well-known entomologist, specializing in the …

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Social Competence

WEBMastering the social, emotional, and cognitive skills and behaviors needed to succeed as a member of society. Social competence refers to the social, emotional, and cognitive …

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Mental Retardation

WEBThere are four categories of mental retardation: mild, moderate, severe, and profound. The roughly 80% of retarded persons who are classified as mildly retarded have an IQ …

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Marriage Counseling

WEBMarriage counseling that follows a systems approach stresses the interaction between partners as the origin of marital difficulties, rather than their actions or …

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