Category: R

The process of identifying high-risk relapse situations and then avoiding the risks, making alternative plans, or planning how to best deal with these risks if encountered.  

Gray’s theory that proposes two functionally independent motivational systems called the behavioral approach system and the behavioral inhibition system.  

One of Maslach’s three dimensions of burnout characterized by feelings of diminished self-efficacy, personal competency, and productivity.  

The use of ongoing feedback in Lazarus’s model to make new judgments about the stressful situation.  

Having a general expectation of positive outcomes without using self-deception.  

A cognitive therapy developed by Ellis that involves active disputation of irrational beliefs.  

The water that drains from land into streams. The phenomenon of shedding spray from the surfaces of plants, which occurs during and after the application process, when tiny droplets gather together to create an uninterrupted layer and the excess fluid trickles away from the surface. This term is often utilized in the context of ‘spray…

The ability to produce children, signaled by the onset of ovulation in girls and of sperm production in boys.  

A local agency that provides counseling and support for rape victims.  

The repair of damaged myelin. Myelin repair occurs spontaneously in MS, but very slowly. Research is currently underway to find a way to speed the healing process.