affirmative action

a policy designed to promote equal educational or employment opportunities by requiring active recruitment or promotion of people from minority groups or another protected class. The policy is controversial in some of its aspects and has been subject to legal challenges, particularly on the grounds that it constitutes reverse discrimination.

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February 24th 2025

panic control treatment

a cognitive behavior therapy for panic disorder focusing on education about panic, training in slow breathing, and graded in vivo exposure to cues associated with panic. [developed by U.S. clinical psychologists Michelle G. Craske (1959– ) and David H. Barlow (1942– )]