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Yalom's therapeutic factors

ICU CAGES:
I still hope (installation of hope)
I'm part of information (imparting information)
Imitate behavior
Interpersonal learning
Corrective recapitulation of primary
Universality
Catharsis
Altruism
Group cohesiveness (glue)
Existential factors
Socializing techniques development
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---Estela D

Balance organs: relative position of saccule vs. utricle

"Your SAC is below U":
Saccule is below the Utricle.
· Note: "sac" is slang for male genitalia, and it thus down "below".
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---Jason LaPres

Conscious change: causes

AEIOU TIPS:
Alcohol
Encephalopathy
Infection
Opioid
Uremia
Trauma
Insulin
Psychosis
Syncope
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---Anonymous Contributor

Borderline personality: traits

PRAISE:
Paranoid ideas
Relationship instability
Affective instability/ Abandonment fears/ Angry outbursts
Impulsiveness/ Identity disturbance
Suicidal behaviour/ Self-harming behaviour
Emptiness
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---Anonymous Contributor

Depression: major episode DSM-IV criteria

· First, of course depressed mood is one. Then:
SIG E CAPS:
Sleep disturbance
Interest loss
Guilt (or intense worthlessness)
Energy loss
Concentration loss
Appetite changes
Psychomotor agitation or retardation
Suicidal tendency
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---Carlos Barrios The University of Illinois at Chicago