mental health worker

a member of a mental health treatment team who assists professional staff in a wide range of services.

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February 1st 2025

Wernicke–Geschwind model

an early theory of speech that integrated the roles of the receptive language cortex (Wernicke’s area) and the language production cortex (Broca’s area). Also called Wernicke’s theory. [first suggested in 1874 by Karl Wernicke (1848–1905), German neurologist; revived and then extended by Norman Geschwind (1926–1984), U.S. neuroscientist]