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social

[so′shal]

pertaining to societies or other groups of people.

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social [so´shal]

pertaining to societies or other groups of people.

social anxiety disorder social phobia.

social breakdown syndrome deterioration of social and interpersonal skills, work habits, and behavior seen in chronically hospitalized psychiatric patients. Symptoms are due to the effects of long term hospitalization rather than the primary illness, and include excessive passivity, assumption of the chronic sick role, withdrawal, and apathy. Such effects are also seen in long term inmates of prisons or concentration camps. Called also institutionalism.

social worker a professional trained in the treatment of psychosocial problems of patients and their families. Family social workers practice social case work. Psychiatric social workers practice various forms of counseling and group or individual psychotherapy. Most social workers have a master's degree in social work (M.S.W.). There are also bachelor's (B.S.W.) and doctoral (D.S.W.) degrees in social work.

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social

pertaining to living in a community.

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social behavior

behavior of an animal to others in its social group of herd, flock, neighbors. See also social behavior.

social benefits

the benefits to a community that cannot be measured by material values, better social justice, freedom from fear, improvement in educational facilities. The fundamental parameter in a cost-benefit analysis.

social costs

the costs incurred by society as a whole rather than by individuals. Used in the estimation of benefit-cost analysis.

social distance

average distance between animals in a community. An expression of the concentration of the animals in the environment.

social dominance heirarchy

social order.

social order

the ranking in which a group of animals establishes itself with the most dominant one in the number one position and the most retiring one in the last position. The order is maintained unless new animals are introduced.

social organization

an aggregation of individual animals into an integrated group based on the interdependence of the animals and their responses to each other.

social stress

thought to be a common cause of illness in domestic pets and to a less extent in pigs, e.g. in esophagogastric ulcer.

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Patient discussion about social.

Q. Is it true that fibromyalgia is a disability? I haven't worked long enough to draw my regular social security, the fibromyalgia i have had since 1996 keeps me from working, so why can't i get ssi and some health insurance please help me.

A. You will need to use your medical records to prove that your fibromyalgia is bad enough to be a disability. Contact your state social services department or a disability lawyer to guide you through the process.

Q. What are some things that I can do to deal with ADHD during the summer? I just found out at the end of last school (university) year that I have ADHD. I'm not taking classes now and am working on my parent’s farm for the summer. I am especially concerned with my social troubles, but do not have any access to social situations here (REALLY small town and all the people my age are gone for summer -- plus I've never really had any friends to start with). What are some things that I can do now to make next year better?

A. just being aware of who you are looking for help is a great first step.
What are some of the ways that you think you have social troubles?

Q. Social Anxiety I have found myself wondering more and more about social anxiety. My partner seemed to develop social anxiety around the same time she was diagnosed bipolar. i am wondering how many of you also suffer from soical anxiety and if you feel it is a result of bipolar disorder (perhaps personal knowledge of the possible behaviours associated with the illness) or if it is a seperate and unrelated symptom?

A. Social Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S. with 19.1 million (13.3%) of the adult U.S. population (ages 18-54) affected. and i think (not investigated- just an assumption) people with Bipolar disorder can easily develop shyness and would want to avoid social activities just because they think that other people wouldn't understand their problem.