inpatient services

diagnostic and treatment services available to hospitalized patients and usually unavailable or only partially available in outpatient facilities. Examples are continuous supervision; medical treatment and nursing care; specialized treatment techniques, such as rehabilitational, occupational, movement, or recreation therapy; and social work services.

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Psychology term of the day

January 30th 2025

reactive measure

a measure that alters the response under investigation. For example, if participants are aware of being observed, their reactions may be influenced more by the observer and the fact of being observed than by the stimulus object or situation to which they are ostensibly responding. Compare unobtrusive measure.