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Obsessive, excessive unhealthy levels of activity performed on a regular basis that overrides social activities and basic responsibilities and leads …

Persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in repetitive sexual behavior. Symptoms may include r…

A cognitive process involving the formation of ideas generalized from the knowledge of qualities, aspects, and relations of objects.

Learning that takes place when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Reflex closure of the eyelid occurring as a result of classical conditioning.

Learning situations in which the sequence responses of the subject are instrumental in producing reinforcement. When the correct response occurs, whi…

Simple form of learning involving the formation, strengthening, or weakening of an association between a stimulus and a response.

The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.

The internal individual struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, or external and internal demands. In group interactions, comp…

The cognitive and affective processes which constitute an internalized moral governor over an individual's moral conduct.

Sense of awareness of self and of the environment.

General agreement or collective opinion; the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned.

Behavior associated with the procurement of goods, services, or experiences.

An act which constitutes the termination of a given instinctive behavior pattern or sequence.

Behavior patterns of those practicing CONTRACEPTION.

Convulsions induced in order to treat MENTAL DISORDERS. It is used primarily in the treatment of severe affective disorders and SCHIZOPHRENIA.

The interaction of two or more persons or organizations directed toward a common goal which is mutually beneficial. An act or instance of working or …

Various techniques for actively managing a stressful event or situation.

Eating of excrement by animal species.

Sexual union of a male and a female in non-human species.

The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.

Conscious or unconscious emotional reaction of the therapist to the patient which may interfere with treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Inde…

Psychotherapy used for either unmarried couples or married couples, of mixed or same sex.

State of mind or spirit that enables one to act in the face of perceived danger, difficulty, or pain.

Activities designed to attract the attention or favors of another.

An intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing (for food, drugs, alcohol, etc.)

The ability to generate new ideas or images.

Conduct leading to commission of unlawful acts.

The branch of psychology which investigates the psychology of crime with particular reference to the personality factors of the criminal.

Brief therapeutic approach which is ameliorative rather than curative of acute psychiatric emergencies. Used in contexts such as emergency rooms of p…