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Insertion refers to the distal attachment or point of attachment of a muscle farthest from the midline or center of the body, generally considered the most movable part.
Insider trading refers to the use of material - non-public financial information to obtain an unfair advantage in trading securities.
Insight therapies refer to a group of psychotherapies in which verbal interactions are intended to enhance clients' self -knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior.
Insight-oriented psychotherapy refers to a psychotherapy based on the principles of psychoanalysis in which persons develop a conscious awareness and understanding of their own psychodynamics and symptoms of maladaptive behavior. There is greater emphasis on day-to-day reality issues and a lesser emphasis on the development of transference issues than in psychoanalysis. (see psychoanalysis)
Insightfulness refers to caregivers' capacity to understand an infant’s motives, emotions, and behaviors and to take them into account when responding to the infant; thought to be an important contributor to sensitive caregiving.
Deutsch: Schlaflosigkeit / Español: Insomnio / Português: Insônia / Français: Insomnie / Italiano: Insonnia /
Insomnia is defined as the inability to fall asleep, to maintain sleep, or to get back to sleep at night. It is a type of dyssomnia that involves difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep; chronically non-restorative sleep; difficulty in getting to sleep or staying asleep; also, not feeling rested after sleeping.