Glossary R

Glossary R

Residual type of schizophrenia refers to a diagnostic category for people who have experienced at least one episode of schizophrenia and who no longer display its major symptoms but still show some bizarre thoughts or social withdrawal. Residual type schizophrenia is a category reserved for individuals who have had at least one episode of schizophrenia but no longer display schizophrenic features; some evidence of bizarre thoughts and/or social withdrawal remain.

Resiliance means how well a person can cope and return to normal during times of stress.

Resilience refers to the ability to avoid negative outcomes despite being at risk for psychopathology.

Resipiscent means having returned to a saner mind.

Resistant Attachment refers to an insecure infant-caregiver bond, characterized by strong separation protest and a tendency of the child to remain near but resist contact initiated by the ca

Resistentialism refers to the theory that inanimate objects demonstrate hostile behavior toward people.

The external respiration is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and the environment; internal respiration describes the use of oxygen by the cell (mitochondria).

Respiratory therapy refers to the diagnostic evaluation, management, and treatment of the care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities in the cardiopulmonary (heart-lung) system.

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