rehabilitation psychology

a specialty branch of psychology devoted to the application of psychological knowledge and understanding to the study, prevention, and treatment of disabilities and chronic health conditions across the lifespan. Using a team-based approach, rehabilitation psychologists working in settings such as hospitals, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, and sports-injury centers consider the various factors (biological, psychological, social, environmental, and political) that affect functioning to help individuals attain optimal physical, psychological, and interpersonal independence. They also play a leading role in preventive care, caregiver support, and health care policy issues.

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Psychology term of the day

May 8th 2024

mental chemistry

a concept proposed by John Stuart Mill as an alternative to the mental mechanics described by his father, James Mill. The concept is modeled on a common phenomenon in physical chemistry, in which two chemical substances combine to form a compound with properties not present in either of the components. Similarly, Mill held that compound ideas were not merely combinations of simpler ideas but that they possessed other qualities not present in any of the constituent ideas. Thus, such an idea could be an essentially new one. See associationism; association of ideas.