See Also: crisis intervention(medicine)
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partial lipoatrophy (medicine) and crisis intervention (medicine)


partial lipoatrophy (medicine)


partial lipoatrophy -->
progressive lipodystrophy


A condition characterised by a complete loss of the subcutaneous fat of the upper part of the torso, the arms, neck, and face, sometimes with an increase of fat in the tissues about and below the pelvis.

Synonym: Barraquer's disease, lipodystrophia progessiva superior, partial lipoatrophy, Simons' disease.


crisis intervention (medicine)


crisis intervention
Brief therapeutic approach which is ameliorative rather than curative of acute psychiatric emergencies. Used in contexts such as emergency rooms of psychiatric or General hospitals, or in the Home or place of crisis occurence, this treatment approach focuses on interpersonal and intrapsychic factors and environmental modification.