Encyclopedia - Carol Adams: Encyclopedia - Carol Adams
Carol J. Adams is an author writing about feminism and vegetarianism. She is best known for her first book The Sexual Politics of Meat: A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia - Autism
Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication abilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia - Postmodernism
Previous: Modernism Postmodernism is any of a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Epidemiology
While the epidemiology of autism is largely unknown, there is no shortage of theories in the area. In part, the mystery of autism has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Postmodernism's Manifestations
Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language. Important to postmodernism's role in language is the focus on the implied meaning of words a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pervasive Developmental Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Types And Degrees
Autism, a developmental brain disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication skills, and limited range of activi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Postmodernism's Manifestations
Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language. Important to postmodernism's role in language is the focus on the implied meaning of words a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - How Does Tir Compare With Other Techniques For Addressing Traumatic Stress?
Up until recently, there have been two main approaches to PTSD: Coping techniques. Cathartic techniques Some therapists give their cli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Postmodernism's Manifestations
Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language. Important to postmodernism's role in language is the focus on the implied meaning of words a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Epidemiology
While the epidemiology of autism is largely unknown, there is no shortage of theories in the area. In part, the mystery of autism has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyslexia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyslexia - Physiology And Treatment
Even a few weeks of intense phonological training (often involving breaking down and rearranging sounds to produce different words) can h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Models
Similar to the causes and origins of autism and Asperger's syndrome, the model of what autism really is brings its own continuing conject...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - How And Why Does Tir Work?
Freud based his work on the theory that in order to recover from past traumas, it is necessary to achieve a full anamnesis (recovery of l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Types Of Autism
Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Dsm Definition
Autism is defined in section 299.00 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as: A total of six (or more) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - Medical History In Tir
Most common approaches to post-traumatic stress reduction fall into two categories: coping techniques and cathartic techniques. Some ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - Metapsychology
Traumatic incident reduction - Background of metapsychology. "I may use the name of metapsychology for any psychology that leads behind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Characteristics
There is a great diversity in the skills and behaviors of individuals diagnosed as autistic, and physicians will often arrive at differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - History
The word autism was first used in the English language by Swiss psychiatrist Eugene Bleuler in a 1912 number of the American Journal of I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Deconstruction
Deconstruction is a term which is used to denote the application of post-modern ideas of criticism, or theory, to a "text" or "artifact"....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - The Development Of Postmodernism
Features of postmodern culture begin to arise in the 1920s with the emergence of the Dada movement, which featured collage and a focus on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Uses Of The Term
The term derives from postmodernity, which postmodern theorist Jean-François Lyotard understood to represent the culmination of the proc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Deconstruction
Deconstruction is a term which is used to denote the application of post-modern ideas of criticism, or theory, to a "text" or "artifact"....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Postmodernism In Philosophy
Many figures in the 20th century philosophy of mathematics are identified as "postmodern" due to their rejection of mathematics as a stri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Relationship Between Modernism And Postmodernism
The relationship between modernism and postmodernism, can best be examined through the works of several authors, some of whom argue for s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Postmodernism And Its Critics
The term post-modernism is often used pejoratively to describe tendencies perceived of as Relativist, Counter-enlightenment or antimodern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Autism and Asperger's syndrome are just two of the five pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). The three other pervasive developmental...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Sociology
Due to the complexity of autism, there are many facets of sociology that need to be considered when discussing it, such as the culture wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Uses Of The Term
The term derives from postmodernity, which postmodern theorist Jean-François Lyotard understood to represent the culmination of the proc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Postmodernism In Philosophy
Many figures in the 20th century philosophy of mathematics are identified as "postmodern" due to their rejection of mathematics as a stri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - Historical Antecedents Of Tir
TIR grew mainly out of the work of Carl Rogers, Sigmund Freud and Scientology. In Two Short Accounts of Psycho-Analysis ISBN 0140136541, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Therapies
There are many different therapies, but the effect they have varies dramatically from person to person. Remediation of the debilitating a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Postmodernism In Philosophy
Many figures in the 20th century philosophy of mathematics are identified as "postmodern" due to their rejection of mathematics as a stri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Dsm Definition
Autism is defined in section 299.00 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as: A total of six (or more) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Characteristics
There is a great diversity in the skills and behaviors of individuals diagnosed as autistic, and physicians will often arrive at differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Types Of Autism
Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Models
Similar to the causes and origins of autism and Asperger's syndrome, the model of what autism really is brings its own continuing conject...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Therapies
There are many different therapies, but the effect they have varies dramatically from person to person. Remediation of the debilitating a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - History
The word autism was first used in the English language by Swiss psychiatrist Eugene Bleuler in a 1912 number of the American Journal of I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Sociology
Due to the complexity of autism, there are many facets of sociology that need to be considered when discussing it, such as the culture po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Autism and Asperger's syndrome are just two of the five pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). The three other pervasive developmental...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Postmodernism And Its Critics
The term post-modernism is often used pejoratively to describe tendencies perceived of as Relativist, Counter-enlightenment or antimodern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Deconstruction
Deconstruction is a term which is used to denote the application of post-modern ideas of criticism, or theory, to a "text" or "artifact"....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Relationship Between Modernism And Postmodernism
The relationship between modernism and postmodernism, can best be examined through the works of several authors, some of whom argue for s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Uses Of The Term
The term derives from postmodernity, which postmodern theorist Jean-François Lyotard understood to represent the culmination of the proc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - What Is Tir Useful For?
It is highly effective in eliminating the negative effects of past traumatic incidents. It is especially useful when: a. A person has a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - The Development Of Postmodernism
Features of postmodern culture begin to arise in the 1920s with the emergence of the Dada movement, which featured collage and a focus on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyslexia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyslexia - Facts And Statistics
Between 5 and 15 percent of the population can be diagnosed as suffering from various degrees of dyslexia. As previously mentioned, dysle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyslexia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyslexia - Variations And Related Disorders
Dyslexia is a learning disorder. Its underlying cause may be neurological in nature, but from there, the systems involved splay out into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyslexia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyslexia - Public Support
In the United States, Canada and in the United Kingdom, some people say that there is a lack of adequate support and a general lack of in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pervasive Developmental Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Cure And Care
There is no known cure for PDD. Medications are used to address certain behavioral problems; therapy for children with PDD should be spec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - What Are The Contraindications And Risks Of Tir?
TIR is contraindicated for use with clients who: a. Are psychotic or nearly so. TIR is most definitely an "uncovering" technique and henc...   » Read the article