locked ward

a secured hospital unit in which patients with severe mental disorders reside. The present trend is toward elimination of locked wards. Factors leading to their less frequent use are improvements in psychological interventions, the use of psychoactive drugs, and the concepts of the open hospital and therapeutic community.

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Psychology term of the day

May 8th 2024

integrative agnosia

a form of visual agnosia in which individuals are able to perceive the elements of an object but find it difficult to combine them into a perceptual whole. Typically, symptoms of both apperceptive and associative agnosia are present. Individuals affected by this kind of agnosia can usually draw an object accurately but only through a laborious process.