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containment, n psychiatric mode of treatment for patients with conditions with which further deterioration is inevitable. In these cases, the primary goal of therapy is relief from symptoms and prevention of the progression of the illness. |
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4, was more than 63 percent contained, with a cautious prediction of full containment on Monday. Programs like the Chicago Housing Authority's "Plan for Transformation" does nothing but renew a politics of containment that accept "qualified" people of color, keeping prime real estate areas safe for potential white and affluent residents. Now in a revised edition, Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War is a revised and expanded edition of Bancroft Prize winner and Cold War expert John Lewis Gaddis' classic on understanding the history of containment as a policy, its role in bringing the Cold War to an end, and its possible value or pitfalls in the future. |
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