Category: D

The removal of, or lessening of, inhibitions.  

Killing or removing pathogens or arresting their ability to grow and multiply. A chemical substance that kills bacteria or other microorganisms that can cause infection. Examples are tincture of iodine, argyrols, gentian violet, mercocresols, nitromersol, thimerosal, benzalkonium, and alcohol, sterilization. The removal of microorganisms on the surface of something. The use of a disinfectant to…

In Assagioli’s psychosynthesis, a way of reaching one’s true self; a process whereby the person carefully and clearly examines those things that normally comprise and/or affect his or her identity.  

In Piaget’s theory, a state in which one’s available schemas or mental structures are discovered to be inadequate. This state is prerequisite to cognitive advance. Loss or weakness of balance, as may occur, e.g., in cases of inner ear disease. An unequal and unstable equilibrium. The challenge of equilibrium presents itself as a condition characterized…

According to Laing, the loss of contact with one’s experience; e.g., a sense of separation between one’s self and one’s body.  

Pathological conditions resulting from severe and prolonged stress.  

An official listing of diseases or serious illnesses found in persons exposed to hazardous substances in the environment.  

Involves the interaction of a multiplicity of factors interacting with each other. These factors are the host, agent, and the environment consists of four stages: (a) the stage of susceptibility, which includes a person’s ability to resist the onset of the disease. It is the time when a clinical disease has not yet appeared, but…

Health education methodologies that focus attention on diseases rather than health. It implies negative teaching and learning approaches to health rather than positive approaches to health.  

A person who performs sexually transmitted disease (STD) patient interviewing/counseling and field investigation after initial diagnosis.