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Lasthénie de Ferjol syndrome

a type of pathomimicry consisting of life-threatening hemorrhages caused by secretly self-inflicted wounds. It is linked with the pathology of mourning and introjection: Patients with this disorder have all experienced traumatic losses. [named in 1967 by French hematologist Jean Bernard and colleagues after the heroine in Une histoire sans nom, a novel by French writer Jules Barbey D’Aurevilly (1808–1889)]

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January 3rd 2025

noncontingent reinforcement

noncontingent reinforcement

the process or circumstances in which a stimulus known to be effective as a reinforcer is presented independently of any particular behavior. Because contingencies may arise by accident (see accidental reinforcement), behavior-independent presentation of stimuli cannot guarantee that no contingency exists between a response and the stimuli. See reinforcement.