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Instinctual behavior pattern in which food is obtained by killing and consuming other species.

A preconceived judgment made without factual basis.

Reporting for work despite feeling ill.

A discipline concerned with the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health.

The state or process hypothesized to account for poorer learning rate for elements later in a series as compared to the learning rate for elements co…

Usually refers to the use of mathematical models in the prediction of learning to perform tasks based on the theory of probability applied to respons…

Troublesome or disruptive behavioral displays.

A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.

Instructional use of examples or cases to teach using problem-solving skills and critical thinking.

The time it takes to understand and do a mental task. Unlike REACTION TIME processing speed does not necessarily include a motor component in respons…

The deferment of actions or tasks to a later time, or to infinity.

The expected function of a member of a particular profession.

The interactions between the professional person and the family.

Interactions between health personnel and patients.

Works about instruction in which learners progress at their own rate using workbooks, textbooks, or electromechanical devices that provide informatio…

A defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, whereby that which is emotionally unacceptable in the self is rejected and attributed (projected) to ot…

Techniques to reveal personality attributes by responses to relatively unstructured or ambiguous stimuli.

Severe and disabling grief reactions that do not remit in the 12 months after the death of a significant other. The core of the diagnosis includes pe…

Sensory functions that transduce stimuli received by proprioceptive receptors in joints, tendons, muscles, and the INNER EAR into neural impulses to …

The biologic treatment of mental disorders (e.g., ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY), in contrast with psychotherapy. (Stone, American Psychiatric Glossary, …

Standardized procedures utilizing rating scales or interview schedules carried out by health personnel for evaluating the degree of mental illness.

The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.

MeSH category F (Psychiatry and Psychology) from desc2026.xml (kind=xml) with cached UMLS enrichment.

A specialty which deals with the interrelationship of physical, psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. Psycho-oncology exa…

The science pertaining to the interrelationship of psychologic phenomena and the individual's response to the physical properties of sound.

The separation or resolution of the psyche into its constituent elements. The term has two separate meanings: 1. a procedure devised by Sigmund Freud…

Utilization of Freudian theories to explain various psychologic aspects of art, literature, biographical material, etc.

Conceptual system developed by Freud and his followers in which unconscious motivations are considered to shape normal and abnormal personality devel…

A form of psychiatric treatment, based on Freudian principles, which seeks to eliminate or diminish the undesirable effects of unconscious conflicts …

Primarily a technique of group psychotherapy which involves a structured, directed, and dramatized acting out of the patient's personal and emotional…