Glossary E
Glossary E
Etiology refers to the study of the causes of disorders. With regard to childhood disorders, etiology considers how biological, psychological, and environmental processes interact. It defines the origins and causes of illness. It is the cause or source of a disorder. Etiology refers to the apparent causation and developmental history of an illness.
Etiquette refers to a system of rules and conventions that regulate social and professional behavior
- ETS (Environmental tobacco smoke) : ETS is the acronym of Environmental tobacco smoke which is defined as the smoke of spouses, partners, parents/siblings (family ), or coworkers to which non-smokers are exposed; passive smoking.
Eugen Bleuler first coined the divisive term "schizophrenia" in 1911. Bleuler defined schizophrenia with his four "A's", referring to the:
1. blunted Affect (diminished emotional response to stimuli) ;.
2. loosening of Associations (by which he meant a disordered pattern of thought, inferring a cognitive deficit);.
3. Ambivalence (an apparent inability to make decisions, again suggesting a deficit of the integration and processing of incident and retrieved information) and
4. Autism (a loss of awareness of external events, and a preoccupation with the self and one's own thoughts).
Eugene Vidocq refers to a French criminal and informant who led the French Surete