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Fifty psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid: a list of inaccurate, misleading, misused, ambiguous, and logically confused words and phrases
The goal of this article is to promote clear thinking and clear writing among students and teachers of psychological science by curbing terminological misinformation and confusion. To this end, we present a provisional list of 50 commonly used terms in psychology, psychiatry, and allied fields that should be avoided, or at most used sparingly and with explicit caveats.
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Wow What a read. Thanks for posting this. I've even seen literature and posters in doctor's offices for "chemical imbalances"! It makes me wonder what similar misused terms frustrate other fields! Would love to see a similar article from NASA or a group of biologists, for instance.