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Relationship between individuals when one individual threatens or becomes aggressive and the other individual remains passive or attempts to escape.

Dominance of one cerebral hemisphere over the other in cerebral functions.

Simultaneous communication of conflicting messages in which the response to either message evokes rejection or disapproval. (APA, Thesaurus of Psycho…

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep which are dissociated from the usual stream of consciousness of the waking state.

Behaviors associated with the ingesting of water and other liquids; includes rhythmic patterns of drinking (time intervals - onset and duration), fre…

A state of internal activity of an organism that is a necessary condition before a given stimulus will elicit a class of responses; e.g., a certain l…

Operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs including those prescribed by physicians.

Activities performed to obtain licit or illicit substances.

Tests in which two tasks are performed simultaneously. Dual-Task Exercises can be used to show the performance differences of subjects in MULTITASKIN…

The ethical and/or legal obligation of a health provider or researcher to communicate with a former patient or research subject about advances in res…

A health professional's obligation to breach patient CONFIDENTIALITY to warn third parties of the danger of their being assaulted or of contracting a…

Primarily a patient-reported sensation, complaint or symptom rather than a disease entity.

An auditory orientation mechanism involving the emission of high frequency sounds which are reflected back to the emitter (animal).

Repeated reports by a research participant of symptoms, affect, behavior, and cognition close in time to experience and in the participant's natural …

The combined discipline of psychology and economics that investigates what happens in markets in which some of the agents display human limitations a…

The teaching or training of those individuals with subnormal intellectual functioning.

Ratio of output to effort and or resources, or the ratio of effort and or resources produced to energy expended.

The conscious portion of the personality structure which serves to mediate between the demands of the primitive instinctual drives, (the id), of inte…

Self-centered preoccupation or concern regarding one's own needs, abilities, wishes, desires, or preferences.

A visual image which is recalled in accurate detail. It is a sort of projection of an image on a mental screen.

Electrically induced CONVULSIONS primarily used in the treatment of severe AFFECTIVE DISORDERS and SCHIZOPHRENIA.

Induction of a stress reaction in experimental subjects by means of an electrical shock; applies to either convulsive or non-convulsive states.

A maze test in which an animal is placed on the center of elevated platform and is allowed to choose one of four arms configured like a plus sign. An…

Behavior associated with the elimination of feces and urine from the body.

A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.

A form of DELIRIUM which occurs after GENERAL ANESTHESIA.

Organized services to provide immediate psychiatric care to patients with acute psychological disturbances.

The condition of where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.

Intervention that relies on free expression of emotions with coaching to enhance awareness of emotional experiences.

Psychological process that occurs when an individual adapts to a significant emotional event or stimulus.