Glossary P
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Postmodernism refers to a philosophical position that does not assume that there is a fixed truth, but rather that individuals have their own perception of reality or the truth. Postmodernism opposes the search for abstract, universal laws or principles thought to govern human behavior. According Postmodernists, human behavior can only be understood within the cultural, group, or personal contexts within which it occurs instead of being governed by abstract, universal laws or principles,
Postoccupancy Evaluation is defined as the systematic examination of how a building or other facility works in practice from the standpoint of occupants and other users.
Postpartum blues refers to a temporary and non-pathological state of emotional disturbance characterized by sadness and general dysphoria following childbirth.
Postpartum blues is also known as Baby blues.
Postpartum depression or PPD refers to a woman’s clinical depression that occurs after childbirth which is mild to moderately severe depression that begins within three (3) months following childbirth. Postpartum depression is characterized by the mother’s severe depression, apathy, thoughts of harming the newborn and/or herself, delusions, strong feelings of sadness, resentment, and despair that may appear shortly after childbirth and can linger for months. Postpartum depression is a serious psychiatric condition requiring clinical intervention.
Postpartum period refers to the period that immediately follows childbirth.
Postpartum Psychosis refers to the rare occurrence of severe, debilitating depression or Psychotic symptoms in the mother after childbirth or after giving birth.
Postpsychotic depressive disorder refers to a major depressive episode that is superimposed on and occurs during the residual phase of schizophrenia.