Category: I

A childhood disorder characterized by profound isolation, inhibited speech, and intolerance of variance in routine or surroundings, autism; idiot savant. A syndrome appearing in childhood with symptoms of self-absorption, inaccessibility, aloneness, avoidance of eye contact, inability to relate, highly repetitive play, rage reactions if interrupted, rhythmical body movements, and many language disturbances. The cause is…

The murder of infants or young children. The act of killing an infant. A person who kills an infant. The killing of a baby. Historically, and still in a few cultures, many unwanted babies especially girls, infants of unacknowledged paternity, or babies with birth defects were simply abandoned, if not directly killed. Such abandonment is…

A form of cognitive distortion in which the individual overreacts to a situation by mislabeling it, then responds to the label rather than the event itself.  

Erickson’s fourth stage of psychosocial development during which predominantly positive interactions with others result in a sense of industry, competency, interest in doing things, whereas predominantly negative interaction with others results in a sense of inferiority.  

Measures taken to protect the safety and security of a workplace against criminal or malicious activities that may adversely affect productivity and the health and well-being of the workers.  

Those aspects of health and medicine that apply to the workplace environment and how they affect the well-being, health, and safety of the workers. That branch of hygiene that deals primarily with health of industrial workers, especially study, treatment, and prevention of occupational diseases.  

An epidural outgrowth covering the sorus in ferns.  

A strong emotional desire to engage in a particular behavior solely for one’s own enjoyment or benefit.  

The observation of a number of particular instances with an attempt to determine the general rule that pertains to them all.  

A methodology that begins with a health problem or issue followed by an accumulation of empirical evidence. This method tends to expose new health issues, resulting in broadened learning. Inductive reasoning is essentially the scientific method problem-solving method, deductive learning. A learning style in which a child is given information or materials about a variety…