secondary gain from illness/ru

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• secondary gain — n a benefit (as sympathetic attention) associated with a mental illness * * * external and incidental advantage derived from an illness, such as rest, gifts, personal attention, release from responsibility, and disability benefits …   Medical dictionary

• secondary gain — noun : pleasure derived from a neurosis primarily necessary to the individual for other reasons * * * Psychiatry. any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of… …   Useful english dictionary

• secondary gain — Psychiatry. any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain). * * * …   Universalium

• Primary and secondary gain — Primary gain or secondary gain are used in medicine to describe the significant psychological motivators patients may have in reporting symptoms. Primary gain produces positive internal motivations. For example, a patient might feel guilty about… …   Wikipedia

• gain — 1. Profit; advantage. 2. The ratio of output to input of an amplifying system, generally expressed in decibels in ultrasound. [M.E. gayne, booty, fr. O.Fr., fr. Germanic] primary g. interpersonal, social, or financial advantages from the… …   Medical dictionary

• New Westminster Secondary School — Ad Ductum Et Operam For Leadership and Work Address 835 Eighth Street New Westminster, British Columbi …   Wikipedia

• Psychological resistance — is the phenomenon often encountered in clinical practice in which patients either directly or indirectly oppose changing their behavior or refuse to discuss, remember, or think about presumably clinically relevant experiences.Psychoanalytic… …   Wikipedia

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …   Universalium

• Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …   Universalium

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium