Glossary P

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The term "pretherapy" refers to the process of preparing a person for therapy or counseling. This can involve a variety of different activities, such as gathering information, assessing the person's needs, setting goals for therapy, and helping the person to feel more comfortable and confident about beginning therapy.

Pretherapy change refers to a change that takes place before the client arrives at the Therapist’s office. The Therapist wil be asking about and comments on this change.

Prevalence refers to the number of identified cases in a given population.

Prevalence rates refer to the number of cases of a disorder, whether new or previously existing, that are observed during a specified period of time.

Preventative surgery refers to the treatment to remove tissue that is not yet malignant, but that has a high chance of turning malignant.

Prevention in the assessment, Diagnosis and treatment of abnormal behaviors, refer to several activities directed at decreasing the chances that undesired future outcomes will occur.

Preventive health care refers to medical and health care primarily designed to prevent or minimize the likelihood of acquiring disease or putting one's life at risk.

Preventive medicine refers to care that has the aim of preventing disease or its consequences. This includes health care programs aimed at early detection of disease, example pop smears, cervical smears, warding off illnesses by immunisations, and inhibiting further deterioration of the body which includes prophylactic surgery or exercise.