Clinical Terms Part II

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The identification of coexistent diseases within an individual; This is most commonly associates with a problem with drugs or alcohol and another psychiatric disorder.

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Dual Diagnosis

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Pertaining to the biological aspects of an individual; This is most commonly used to distinguish between physiological and psychosocial problems.

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Organic

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The defense mechanism that protects the personality from anxiety or guilt by disavowing or ignoring unacceptable thoughts, emotions or wishes.

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Denial

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The unethical practice of assuming a second role with the client in addition to professional helper, such as friend, business associate, family member, or sex partner.

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Duel Relationship

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A state of reliance on other people or things for existence or support, nurturance, protections, security or shelter.

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Dependency

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A legal document ordering an individual to appear in court at a certain time; Failure to comply may result in some penalty.

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Subpoena

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A tendency to develop a trait or attribute under the right circumstance.

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Predisposition

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A reciprocal process between the individual and the environment, often involving changing the environment or being changed by it.

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Adaptation

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A strong repetitive urge to act in a certain way; frequently a means of relieving anxiety.

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Compulsion

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Effective behavior an individual uses in responding to or avoiding sources of stress.

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Coping Skills

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Compulsive stealing; The theft is often motivated by emotional release, excitement, r gratification and not by the need for the object or it’s material value.

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Kleptomania

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Abrupt shifts and excessive variation in an individual’s expression of affect.

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Labile Affect

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A pattern of behavior frequently seen in victims of spouse abuse and child abuse, in which the individual responds passively to risks of harm.

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Learned Helplessness.

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A compelling wish or drive that is out of an individuals immediate awareness but that influences him or her to act in a way that would seem contrary to his or her rational objectives.

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Unconscious Motivation

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The individual’s capacity for logical thinking, intelligence, perceptiveness, and self-control over impulses to achieve immediate gratification.

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Ego Strengths

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The premise and understanding between therapist and client that the information revealed by the client will not be divulged to others without expressed permission; Courts often honor this unless there is a risk of public danger or threat to the public good.

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Privilege

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Traits of personality, thought, behavior, and values that are incorporated by the individual who considers them acceptable and consistent with his or her overall “true” self.

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Ego Syntonic

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A set of conscious or unconscious emotional reactions to a client experienced by a therapist; these feelings usually originate in the therapist’s own developmental conflicts or past.

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Countertransference

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A medication-induced movement disorder that includes uncontrollable physical movements, especially in the face, lips, and tongue, and sometimes repetitive movements of the head, hands, and feet.

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Tardive Dyskinesia

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In behavior modification, the strengthen of a response through the removal of adverse stimuli.

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Negative Reinforcement

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The act of perceiving, understanding, experiencing, and responding to the emotional state and ideas of another person.

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Empathy

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In behavior modification, the elimination or weakening of a conditioned response by discounting the reinforcement after the response occurs.

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Extinction

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A concept that refers to emotional reactions that are assigned to current relationship but originated in earlier experiences (often the feelings a client has toward a therapist).

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Transference

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In behavior modification, a procedure that strengthens the tendency of a response to recur.

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Reinforcement

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The granting of permission by the client to the therapist or agency to use specific interventions, including diagnosis, treatment, follow up, and research; This must be based on full disclosure of the facts needed to make the decision, including risks, benefits, and alternatives.

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Informed Consent

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A penalty imposed for misbehavior in behavior modification; the presentation of an unpleasant of undesired event following the behavior.

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Punishment

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A defense mechanism in which unacceptable aspects of one’s own personality are rejected or attributed to another person or entity.

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Projection

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Strengthening a desired behavior or response by presenting a desired stimulus contingent on performance of the response.

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Positive Reinforcement

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A phenomenon in groups in which members settle on a particular person to target or blame, though that person is often innocent; prevents trur group cohesion and distracts from the actual group.

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Scapegoating

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An administrative and educational process used to help someone further develop and refine his or her skills, enhance staff morale, and provide quality assurance for clients.

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Supervision

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The process of helping individuals, families, groups, and communities increase their strengths and develop influence toward improving their circumstances.

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Empowerment

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Traits of personality, behavior, thought, or orientation considered to be unacceptable, repugnant, or inconsistent with the individual’s perceptions-conscious or unconscious- of himself or herself.

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Ego Dystonic

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The process in which one individual who feels pressured distressed, or powerless in relating to another individual brings into the relationship a third person to act as an ally or a distracter.

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Triangulation

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A relationship pattern in which role boundaries between individuals are so vague or diffuse that there is little opportunity for independent functioning.

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Enmeshment