The Biopsychosocial model views mental health as a complex intersection of biological predispositions, psychological history, and social factors like socioeconomic status, whereas the Biomedical model frames mental disorders as physical brain pathologies, such as chemical imbalances or neurological defects.

Story-sharing communities, such as r/offmychest and r/TrueOffMyChest, are online spaces where individuals post personal stories and rants as a venting mechanism on social media. These platforms often guarantee anonymity and confidentiality, with posters being aware that their stories may be shared either within the community or to a wider online audience.

Environmental tipping points are critical thresholds that when crossed, may lead to massive and accelerated shifts in the climate system. Examples include the Amazon rainforest dieback and melting of major ice sheets.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistics from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that measures a country’s average achievement in three key dimensions: a long and healthy life (life expectancy), knowledge (education), and a decent standard of living (GNI per capita)

For the purposes of this debate, internal elections refer to a system where governments transfer power through power sharing agreements within seated political parties as opposed to a democratic election

Multicenter clinical trials are studies conducted across multiple hospitals or research sites. Oversight may be centralized through a single joint or national ethics review body, or it may be local, where each site’s ethics committee independently reviews and monitors the implementation of the study.

Mergers and Acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance, and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing, and combining of different companies.

"The Maharlika Wealth Fund is the sovereign wealth fund of the Philippines primarily funded by the Philippine Government. Majority of the investment of the MWF is in the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and Synergy Grid & Development Philippines, Inc.. 

Offshore assets are financial holdings, investments, or property situated outside the Philippines."

Private equity (PE) firms are investment management companies that pool capital from investors to acquire stakes in or buy outright non-public companies, aiming to restructure and grow them for profit over a 4- to 7-year period. They generate returns through selling their portfolio via Initial Public Offerings (IPO), strategic acquisitions, or secondary sales to other investors at higher valuations.

Performative males refer to cisgender men who adopt traits such as sensitivity, emotional intelligence, or feminist ideals primarily to appear attractive or gain social validation. This behavior is often amplified on social media, where curated “soft” personas and fashion choices contrast with traditional hyper-masculine stereotypes.

Large language models (LLMs) refer to artificial intelligence used to create new content by predicting the likelihood of a character word, or string, based on preceding context. Popular examples include ChatGPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek.

Love language refers to the preferred way a person expresses and receives love and affection. (e.g. words of affirmation, physical touch, quality time etc.) The theory explains that people feel most valued and cared for when love is communicated in forms that matter most to them.