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Psychiatric Aides
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D011566 |
[Persons who assist in the routine care of psychiatric persons, usually under the supervision of the nursing department.
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Psychiatric Department, Hospital
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D011567 |
[Hospital department responsible for the organization and administration of psychiatric services.
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Psychiatric Nursing
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D011568 |
[A specialty concerned with the application of psychiatric principles in caring for the mentally ill. It also includes the nursing care provided the mentally ill patient.
, A nursing specialty concerned with both the psychological and social aspects of a patient's life, and how social conditions relate to mental and emotional health.
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Psychiatric Rehabilitation
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D000067250 |
[Specialty field that promotes recovery, community functioning, and increased well-being of individuals diagnosed with mental disorders that impair their ability to live meaningful lives.
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Psychiatric Somatic Therapies
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D013000 |
[The biologic treatment of mental disorders (e.g., ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY), in contrast with psychotherapy. (Stone, American Psychiatric Glossary, 1988, p159)
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Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
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D011569 |
[Standardized procedures utilizing rating scales or interview schedules carried out by health personnel for evaluating the degree of mental illness.
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Psychiatry
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D011570 |
[The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
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Psychiatry in Literature
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D066291 |
[Written or other literary works whose subject matter is related to mental disorders or psychiatry from the lay or practitioner perspective.
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Psycho-Oncology
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D000073320 |
[A specialty which deals with the interrelationship of physical, psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. Psycho-oncology examines the behavioral and psychosocial factors that may influence the course of the disease, cancer risk, prevention, and detection.
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Psychoacoustics
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D011571 |
[The science pertaining to the interrelationship of psychologic phenomena and the individual's response to the physical properties of sound.
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Psychoanalysis
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D011572 |
[The separation or resolution of the psyche into its constituent elements. The term has two separate meanings: 1. a procedure devised by Sigmund Freud, for investigating mental processes by means of free association, dream interpretation and interpretation of resistance and transference manifestations; and 2. a theory of psychology developed by Freud from his clinical experience with hysterical patients. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996).
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Psychoanalytic Interpretation
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D011573 |
[Utilization of Freudian theories to explain various psychologic aspects of art, literature, biographical material, etc.
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Psychoanalytic Theory
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D011574 |
[Conceptual system developed by Freud and his followers in which unconscious motivations are considered to shape normal and abnormal personality development and behavior.
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Psychoanalytic Therapy
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D011575 |
[A form of psychiatric treatment, based on Freudian principles, which seeks to eliminate or diminish the undesirable effects of unconscious conflicts by making the patient aware of their existence, origin, and inappropriate expression in current emotions and behavior.
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Psychodidae
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D011576 |
[Small, hairy, moth-like flies which are of considerable public health importance as vectors of certain pathogenic organisms. Important disease-related genera are PHLEBOTOMUS, Lutzomyia, and Sergentomyia.
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Psychodrama
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D011577 |
[Primarily a technique of group psychotherapy which involves a structured, directed, and dramatized acting out of the patient's personal and emotional problems.
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Psycholinguistics
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D011578 |
[A discipline concerned with relations between messages and the characteristics of individuals who select and interpret them; it deals directly with the processes of encoding (phonetics) and decoding (psychoacoustics) as they relate states of messages to states of communicators.
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Psychological Distance
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D012929 |
[The relative prestige, authority, and privilege of an individual or group.
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Psychological Distress
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D000079225 |
[Negative emotional state characterized by physical and/or emotional discomfort, pain, or anguish.
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Psychological Phenomena
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D011579 |
[Mechanisms and underlying psychological principles of mental processes and their applications.
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