| AAP | air at atmospheric pressure; American Academy of Pediatrics; American Academy of Pedodontics; Americ... |
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| AGPA | American Group Practice Association; American Group Psychotherapy Association |
| AOPC | adult outpatient psychotherapy clinic |
| APA | action potential amplitude; aldosterone-producing adenoma; Ambulatory Pediatric Association; America... |
| BPsTh | Bachelor of Psychotherapy |
| nondirective psychotherapy | Psychotherapy in which the therapist follows the lead of the patient during the interview rather than introducing her or his own theories and directing the course of the interview. See: client-centreed therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| suggestive psychotherapy | Psychotherapy utilizing the influence and authority of the therapist. See: directive psychotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supportive psychotherapy | Psychotherapy aiming at bolstering the patient's psychological defenses and providing him or her reassurance, as in crisis intervention, rather than probing provocatively into his or her conflicts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| directive psychotherapy | Psychotherapy utilizing the authority of the therapist to direct the course of the patient's therapy, as contrasted with nondirective psychotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dyadic psychotherapy | A psychotherapeutic session involving only two persons, the therapist and the patient. Compare: group psychotherapy. Synonym: individual therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dynamic psychotherapy | Psychotherapy utilizing freudian principles. See: psychoanalysis. Synonym: dynamic psychotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intensive psychotherapy | Psychotherapy involving thorough exploration of the patient's life history, conflicts, and related psychodynamics; often contrasted with supportive psychotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transactional psychotherapy | Psychotherapy with central emphasis on the actual day-to-day interactions (transactions) between the patient and other people in his life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| existential psychotherapy | A type of therapy, based on existential philosophy, emphasizing confrontation, primarily spontaneous interaction, and feeling experiences rather than rational thinking, with less attention given to patient resistances; the therapist is involved on the same level and to the same degree as the patient. Synonym: existential psychiatry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allogeneic inhibition | Inhibition or injury to allogeneic cells that occurs when lymphocytes are mixed and cultured with other cells of different genotypes in vitro. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrophage inhibition factor | <cytokine> A group of lymphokines (including a 14 kD glycoprotein) produced by activated T lymphocytes that reduces macrophage mobility and probably increases macrophage macrophage adhesion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| macrophage migration inhibition test | A test which measures the presence of migration-inhibitory factor. Usually peritoneal macrophages are placed in a capillary tube in the presence or absence of supernatants from activated T-cells. If MIF is present, the migration of monocyte/macrophages is reduced. Synonym: macrophage migration inhibition test, migration inhibition test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reactive inhibition | Tendency toward a lessened strength of response due to practice or activity. It is independent of the effect of reward and is a direct function of time interval since the last response and the number of preceding responses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reflex inhibition | A situation in which sensory stimuli decrease reflex activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cell migration inhibition | Phenomenon of cell-mediated immunity measured by in vitro inhibition of the migration or phagocytosis of antigen-stimulated leukocytes or macrophages. Specific assays have been developed to estimate levels of migration-inhibitory factor, immune reactivity against tumour-associated antigens, and immunosuppressive effects of infectious microorganisms. (12 Dec 1998) |