(1) Attempts by nineteenth-century alienists to challenge this notion were only partially successful, due to the conceptual unmanageability of most forms of affective behaviour and the terminological redundancy that this engendered.
(2) Its definition evolved in France from the time of Pinel, who named dementia all kinds of thought abolition, until one of the alienists of the late 19th century stated the present meaning of the word: a global, progressive and nonreversible impairment of the intellectual abilities.
(3) As an alienist, Coindet was particularly influenced by the Englishman Samuel Tuke.
Psychologist
Definition:
(n.) One who is versed in, devoted to, psychology.
Example Sentences:
(1) The very young history of clinical Psychology is demonstrating the value of clinical Psychologist in the socialistic healthy work and the international important positions of special education to psychological specialist of medicine.
(2) The discussion on topics like post-schooling and rehabilitation of motorists has intensified the contacts between advocates of traffic law and traffic psychologists in the last years.
(3) This "gender identity movement" has brought together such unlikely collaborators as surgeons, endocrinologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and research specialists into a mutually rewarding arena.
(4) Contrary to the intentions of the devisers of this scale, it has been found that, significantly different assessments may result when the same patient is rated by various groups (psychiatrists, psychologists, students and psychiatric nurses).
(5) But leading British doctors Sarah Creighton , consultant gynaecologist at the private Portland Hospital, Susan Bewley , consultant obstetrician at St Thomas's and Lih-Mei Liao , clinical psychologist in women's health at University College Hospital then wrote to the journal countering that his clitoral restoration claims were "anatomically impossible".
(6) This article examines AIDS- and HIV-related concerns in women with a focus on the personal dilemmas for the practicing psychologist, problems in health behavior advocacy, and methods and pitfalls in modifying sexual behaviors.
(7) Yury Bubeyev, the chief psychologist on the project, said his 10-person team noted no serious conflicts during the mission.
(8) In this investigation, reanalysis of responses to case vignettes obtained from 436 psychologists, psychiatrists, and internists revealed that on the issue of confidentiality management, these health care providers discriminate among cases involving: Premeditated harm to others, socially irresponsible acts with possible dire consequences to self or others, and minor theft.
(9) Working on a special alcoholism treatment unit did not alter the perceptions of psychiatrists, psychologists and nursing assistants.
(10) These issues relate directly to the question of "prescribing privileges" for psychologists.
(11) Studies show that professionals often fail to reach reliable or valid conclusions and that the accuracy of their judgements does not necessarily surpass that of laypersons, thus raising substantial doubt that psychologists or psychiatrists meet legal standards for expertise.
(12) Chief among them is Robert Cialdini, an American academic psychologist who covers much the same ground, but is especially interested in how governments persuade people.
(13) In the aftermath of that war, Hasan Zeyada, a psychologist with the GCMHP, told the Guardian : "The majority of children suffer many psychological and social consequences.
(14) To assess the effect, if any, of the therapy, two psychological rating scales devised specially for demented patients, were established by the team of psychologists at the Grenoble Teaching Hospital.
(15) The authors present questionnaire data from 509 psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers on their personal treatment experiences.
(16) Another challenge is combining technology with the research carried out by the project's psychologists.
(17) A psychologist reviewed them and rated the psychological fitness of the couple for participation in the program.
(18) We noted that cognitive psychologists could, but usually do not, provide behaviorally and environmentally based "operational definitions" for many of the mentalistic-sounding terms that they introduce into the psychological language.
(19) Psychologists estimated "true IQs" or "effective intelligence" from WISC profiles that varied for ethnicity (black, Mexican-American, or white), social class (lower or middle), profile (three scatter patterns), and direction of Verbal-Performance Scale discrepancy.
(20) The emphasis is put on the emotional problems which had been elicited among the hospital staffs; nurses, psychologists, and social workers.