(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.
Psychology
Definition:
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study, the role of psychological make-up was assessed as a risk factor in the etiology of vasospasm in variant angina (VA) using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI).
(2) 278 children with bronchial asthma were medically, socially and psychologically compared to 27 rheumatic and 19 diabetic children.
(3) 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.
(4) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
(5) Psychological well-being and the level of psychological autonomy were studied in a group of 109 Jewish late adolescents in the USSR.
(6) Contrary to expectations, it was found that psychological variables had some prognostic significance for outcome assessed by medical measures of illness severity.
(7) He captivated me, but not just because of his intellect; it was for his wisdom, his psychological insights and his sense of humour that I will always remember our dinners together.
(8) Possible explanations of the clinical gains include 1) psychological encouragement, 2) improvements of mechanical efficiency, 3) restoration of cardiovascular fitness, thus breaking a vicous circle of dyspnoea, inactivity and worsening dyspnoea, 4) strengthening of the body musculature, thus reducing the proportion of anaerobic work, 5) biochemical adaptations reducing glycolysis in the active tissues, and 6) indirect responses to such factors as group support, with advice on smoking habits, breathing patterns and bronchial hygiene.
(9) There is no doubt that psychological, reactive and environmental factors do play a certain role too.
(10) A developing sophistication on the part of both children and parents, coupled with a rapidly expanding recognition of the need to minimize the amount of physical and psychological trauma that a child has to experience, has led to a growing use of premedication agents for children.
(11) However, the test by itself should not be construed as an unequivocal measure of hysteria as defined psychologically by the MMPI.
(12) From a psychological-vertical aspect the group is rather a common situation in which the individual members remain in their experience separated from each other.
(13) It may be better for patients if they are given opportunities to psychologically prepare themselves well in advance of the operation.
(14) For many it had still a moderating effect on distress at the present but appeared to be mainly used out of "psychological dependence".
(15) Implications are discussed for the psychological assessment of bilinguals as well as for psychotherapy.
(16) Lastly, sexually tortured women manifest greater psychological and sexual dysfunction.
(17) Psychological features of isolator treatment in ten patients with acute leukemia are described and suggestions proposed for psychological management of patients under isolator conditions.
(18) More recently, it has been reported that individuals strongly reactive to psychological stress are also strongly reactive to nicotine.
(19) According to the author's observations in a federal penitentiary, bank robbery more often is a symptomatic act with psychological meaning.
(20) "I am in a bad situation, psychologically so bad and confused," one father said, surrounded by his three other young sons.