Boulder Conference - -A historic 1949 conference in Boulder, Colorado, of directors of graduate training in clinical psychology from which the Boulder model of graduate training emerged -Dementia Praecox - -Emil Kraepelin's term for a cluster of psychological symptoms similar to what is currently known as schizophrenia -Endogenous Disorders - -Emil Kraepelin's term for disorders caused by internal factors -Exogenous Disorders - -Emil Kraepelin's term for disorders caused by external factors -Starke Hathaway - -With J. C. McKinley, one of the creators of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -Multiaxial System - -An assessment system used by recent editions of the DSM that allows mental health professionals to provide diagnostic information on each of five distinct axes or domains -Neurosis - -Along with psychosis, one of the two broad categories of mental illness used in Europe in the 1800s; refers to disorders such as anxiety and depression in which the individual maintains an intact grasp on reality

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Barium - -bulky, fine white powder, without odor or taste and free from grittiness; used as a contrast medium in radiography of the digestive tract -Nonaseptic Technique - --Requires special nonste... rile procedures -Typically involves tubes and lines into the digestive tract. -body waste -Enemas -Enemas for contrast examination. -Nasogastric tubes (NG) - --Tube are plastic or rubber tubes inserted through the nasopharynx into the stomach. -They are used for administration of medications and gastric decompression or removal of flatus (gas) and fluids from the stomach after intestinal obstruction or major trauma. -Facts about NG tubes - --Most common is Levin tube ~May be single- or double-lumen type -Patients with an NG tube in place usually experience some discomfort. -Care must be taken to prevent accidental withdrawal of the tube after it has been inserted. -In most cases, a physician or nurse is responsible for inserting an NG tube. [Show More]

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