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GAIN. The word is used as synonymous with profits. (q. v.) See Fruit.

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(6) Interestingly, the most commonly reported secondary gain was food and shelter, similar to Mr.
Suicidal and asking for money for food
The reason for attempting suicide was reported to be obtaining secondary gain (8, 27).
Retrospective analysis of suicide attempt with analgesics
This external incentive, secondary gain, influences behavior (Scott & McDermott, 2013).
Assessment of malingered psychosis in mental health counseling
This type of positive relationship among the sick person, disease, and social group is called secondary gain, (17) which is characterized as any benefit that a specific situation of sickness could provide to the sick person.
How people with diabetes evaluate participation of their family in their health care/Como las personas con diabetes evaluan la participacion familiar en su proceso de cuidado de la salud/Como as pessoas com diabetes avaliam a participacao familiar em seu processo de cuidado da saude
"The pharmacy has a certain secondary gain from having the patient in there," he noted.
Walgreens now offering diabetes education
Another subtle psychological issue that is raised in this case is the possibility of secondary gain. For the prisoner, the facts suggest no indication of secondary gain in terms of being released or privileged in jail or prison.
Organ donation by a prisoner: legal and ethical considerations
Ms Beresford said: "Some people might be walking to work once a week to save money on a bus or tube fare, the secondary gain is that people are starting to feel a little bit more in control of their diet and their exercise regime."
CREDIT CRUNCH FOOD'S GOOD; It's not all bad news despite financial gloom
There would be no secondary gain and the review would be based on actual evidence-based medicine vs.
Improving the peer review process
An underlying psychological disorder and a desire for secondary gain drive this deception.
Blood--but not bleeding--at a tracheotomy site: a case of Munchausen's syndrome
As an organization like WMH/ProHealth integrates storytelling into their culture (the CEO also uses storytelling, setting an example for the organization), they realize a secondary gain of teaching staff how to put together narratives.
Stories as motivators
With inability to relieve the patient's pain, confounding factors of medication overuse, noncompliance, and secondary gain or malingering often cloud the clinical picture.
Does psychiatric treatment help patients with intractable chronic pain?
She writes, "Custody and mental health workers who need to make decisions on the basis of limited information look for signs of intentionality." Individual expression of inmates, especially expression of those confined in control units, is often symbolic and intentionally aimed at some obscure secondary gain. This clouds the issue of intentionality so that even the most seasoned mental health worker struggles with making the distinction.
Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison

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