Glossary B
Glossary B
Boundary marking refers to a technique to change boundaries or interactions among individual family members. An example would be to change the seating of family members in therapy.
Boundary permeability refers to the degree to which boundaries are flexible among family members, and the nature of the contact that family members have with each other.
Boundary situation refers to an urgent experience that compels an individual to deal with an existential situation.
Bounded rationality refers to the belief that humans are rational, but within limits
Bovarism is defined as an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
Bow Street Runners refer to 18th Century unpaid private citizens who received "rewards" for identifying thieves.
BP is the abbreviations of Bipolar disorder, a type of mood disorder characterized by an ongoing combination of extreme highs and extreme lows. An episode of mania is an abnormally elevated or expansive mood, and feelings of euphoria are an exaggerated sense of well-being. The highs may alternate with lows, or both extremes may be felt at about the same time.
BP is a major mood disorder with a distinct period during which the predominant mood is elevated, expansive, or irritable, accompanied by symptoms such as hyperactivity, pressured speech, racing thoughts, inflated self -esteem, decreased need for sleep, distractibility, and excessive involvement in potentially dangerous self-destructive activity.