Abnormal Psychology

Ethical and Legal Issues 739 in a less restrictive environment (such as in a residential setting and with outpatient treatment). ...

740 CHAPTER 16 Some legal scholars and mental health advocates argue that the right to refuse treatment is at odds with outpatie ...

Ethical and Legal Issues 741 districts (Council of State Governments, 2005). Mental health courts seek to treat, rather than inc ...

742 CHAPTER 16 SUMMING UP Summary of Ethical Issues Each type of mental health professional works under his or her own disciplin ...

Ethical and Legal Issues 743 night, he was yelling and kicking over trash cans on Main Street, and broke several store windows. ...

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GLOSSARY ° A ° Abnormal psychology The subfi eld of psychology that studies the causes and progression of psychological disorder ...

G2 Glossary Behavioral genetics The fi eld that investigates the degree to which the variability of characteristics in a populat ...

Glossary G3 and social factors make a person vulnerable to a variety of problematic behaviors, including substance abuse and dep ...

G4 Glossary Detoxifi cation Medically supervised withdrawal for those with substance dependence; also referred to as detox. Diag ...

Glossary G5 consequences of such manipulation on one or more other variables. Exposure The behavioral technique that involves re ...

G6 Glossary the regular classroom teacher or special education teacher should make. Independent variable A variable that a resea ...

Glossary G7 Negative reinforcement The type of reinforcement that occurs when an aversive or uncomfortable stimulus is removedaf ...

G8 Glossary presence of abnormal or distorted mental processes, mental contents, or behaviors. Positron emission tomography (PET ...

Glossary G9 through at least 5 months of age, after which the growth of the child’s head slows and she loses the ability to cont ...

frequency or intensity of exposure to the stimulus that elicits the response. Stimulus generalization The process whereby respon ...

Abbott, C., Bustillo, J. (2006). What have we learned from proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy about schizophrenia? A critica ...

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REFERENCES R3 Amass, L., Ling, W., Freese, T. E., Reiber, C., Annon, J. J., Cohen, A. J., et al. (2004). Bringing buprenorphine- ...

R4 REFERENCES data.Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 26, 574–585. Antony, M. M., & Barlow, D. H. (Eds.). (20 ...