| NFLPN | National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses |
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| PN | papillary necrosis; parenteral nutrition; penicillin; perceived noise; percussion note; periarteriti... |
| PNS | paraneoplastic syndrome; parasympathetic nervous system; partial nonprogressive stroke; peripheral n... |
| Psy | psychiatry; psychology |
| psych | psychology, psychological |
| criminal psychology | The branch of psychology which investigates the psychology of crime with particular reference to the personality factors of the criminal. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| handling (psychology) | Physical manipulation of animals and humans to induce a behavioural or other psychological reaction. In experimental psychology, the animal is handled to induce a stress situation or to study the effects of "gentling" or "mothering". (12 Dec 1998) |
| health psychology | The aggregate of the specific educational, scientific, and professional contributions of the discipline of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, the identification of aetiologic and diagnostic correlates of health, illness, and related dysfunction, and the analysis and improvement of the health care system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schizophrenic psychology | Study of mental processes and behaviour of schizophrenics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology | Origin: Psycho-: cf. F. Psychologie. See Psychical. <study> The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul. "Psychology, the science conversant about the phenomena of the mind, or conscious subject, or self." (Sir W. Hamilton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| psychology, applied | The science which utilises psychologic principles to derive more effective means in dealing with practical problems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, clinical | The branch of psychology concerned with psychological methods of recognizing and treating behaviour disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, comparative | The branch of psychology concerned with similarities or differences in the behaviour of different animal species or of different races or peoples. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, educational | The branch of psychology concerned with psychological aspects of teaching and the formal learning process in school. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, experimental | The branch of psychology which seeks to learn more about the fundamental causes of behaviour by studying various psychologic phenomena in controlled experimental situations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, industrial | The branch of applied psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles and methods to industrial problems including selection and training of workers, working conditions, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, medical | A branch of psychology in which there is collaboration between psychologists and physicians in the management of medical problems. It differs from clinical psychology, which is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of behaviour disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, military | The branch of applied psychology concerned with psychological aspects of selection, assignment, training, morale, etc., of armed forces personnel. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, social | The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of group membership upon the behaviour, attitudes, and beliefs of an individual. (12 Dec 1998) |
| holistic psychology | Any psychologic system which postulates that the human mind or any mental process must be studied as a unit; e.g., gestaltism, existential psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |