Depression Glossary
Liability:
relative instability of emotion or affect.
Law of effect:
a learning principal that says that behavior that is rewarded will be strengthened and behavior with negative consequences will become weaker or diminish.
Learning:
the modification of behavior as the result of experience.
Learning Disabled:
term used to describe people who have problems with academic skills.
Life Crisis:
situation or events that exceed a person’s ability to cope.
Lifetime Prevalence:
the proportion of people in a given population who have ever had a disorder.
Light-headed:
a feeling that you might faint.
Libido:
sexual drive, sexual desire, drive for sexual gratification. A normal libido requires healthy levels of both testosterone and dopamine. Dopamine inhibits prolactin which can reduce sexual drive and desire.
Loveable:
Possessing the characteristics that attract affection.