| ICC | immunocompetent cells; immunocytochemistry; Indian childhood cirrhosis; intensive coronary care; int... |
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| IHS | idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome; inactivated horse serum; Indian Health Service; integrated he... |
| IMS | incurred in military service; Indian Medical Service; industrial methylated spirit; information mana... |
| LOGIC | laryngeal and ocular granulations in children of Indian subcontinent [syndrome] |
| ABEPP | American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology |
| Indian rhinoplasty | Rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the forehead. Synonym: Carpue's method, Indian method, Indian operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Indian sickness | A generally fatal disease affecting chiefly children in the tropics, characterised by gangrenous ulceration of the rectum and anus, accompanied by frequent watery stools and tenesmus. Synonym: bicho, caribi, Indian sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Indian tick typhus | A febrile disease of the mediterranean area, the crimea, africa, and india, caused by infection with rickettsia conorii. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states indian health service | A division of the united states public health service that is responsible for the public health and the provision of medical services to native american indian populations in the united states, primarily those residing on reservation lands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adlerian psychology | A theory of human behaviour emphasizing humans' social nature, strivings for mastery, and drive to overcome, by compensation, feelings of inferiority. Synonym: adlerian psychoanalysis, adlerian psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adolescent psychology | Field of psychology concerned with the normal and abnormal behaviour of adolescents. It includes mental processes as well as observable responses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| analytical psychology | The theory of psychopathology and the practice of psychotherapy, according to the principles of Jung, which utilises a system of psychology and psychotherapy emphasizing man's symbolic nature, and differs from freudian psychoanalysis especially in placing less significance upon instinctual (sexual) urges. Synonym: analytical psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| animal psychology | A branch of psychology concerned with the study of the behaviour and physiological responses of animal organisms as a means of understanding human behaviour; some synonyms include comparative psychology, experimental psychology, and physiological psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atomistic psychology | Any psychologic system based on the doctrine that mental processes are built up through the combination of simple elements; e.g., psychoanalysis, behaviourism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| behavioural psychology | A psychologic theory developed by james b. Watson concerned with studying and measuring behaviours that are observable. (12 Dec 1998) |
| behaviouristic psychology | A branch of psychology that uses behavioural approaches such as desensitization and flooding in contrast to counseling and other psychodynamic approaches to the treatment of psychological disorders. See: behaviour therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genetic psychology | A science dealing with the evolution of behaviour and the relation to each other of the different types of mental activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gestalt psychology | The theory in psychology that the objects of mind come as complete forms or configurations which cannot be split into parts; e.g., a square is perceived as such rather than as four discrete lines. Origin: see gestalt (05 Mar 2000) |
| religion and psychology | The interrelationship of psychology and religion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles to the practice of medicine; the application of clinical psychology or clinical health psychology, usually in a hospital setting. (05 Mar 2000) |