Abbreviations, Symbols, Psychiatric Terminology – Flashcards
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SAMHSA
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substance abuse and mental health service administration
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CMS
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center for medicare and medicaid services
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NAMI
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national alliance of mental illness
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The Joint
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the joint accreditation of health care; a non-profit organization that certifies health care organizations and programs in USA
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M-Power or AMHA
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american mental health association
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AOTA
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american occupational therapy association
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NBCOT
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national board of certification of occupational therapy
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USPRA
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united states psychiatric rehabilitation association
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DMH
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department of mental health
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DDS
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department of developmental disabilities
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DYS
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department of youth services
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DPH
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department of public health
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MAOT
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Massachusetts association for occupational therapy
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The Transformation Center
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where peer specialists are trained
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DBSA
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depression and bipolar support alliance
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DBT
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dialectal behavioral therapy; treatment of choice for personality disorder; type of CBT
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CBT
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cognitive behavioral therapy; psychosocial intervention for treating mental disorders
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WRAP
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wellness recovery action plan
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BBI
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building bridges innitiative
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Recovery
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The Recovery Model
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ARC
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association of retarded citizens
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TIC
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trauma informed care; being in a hospital can be traumatic
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Inpt.
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inpatient
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Res.
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residential treatment
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TAY
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transitional age youth ; 18-26 years - different needs for different ages
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CBS
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community based services
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CBFS
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community based flexible supports
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IRTP
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intensive residential treatment programs-adolescents
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OTR
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registered occupational therapist
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COTA
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certified occupational therapy assistant
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RLC
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recovery learning center
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LMHC
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licensed mental health counselors
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S/P
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status post
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CC
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cheif complaint
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PRN
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medication you take as needed
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TX
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treatment
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HX
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history
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DX
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diagnosis
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SIB
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self injurious behavior
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+ FM HX
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positive family history
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ETOH
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alcohol
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R/O
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rule out
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CPS
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certified peer specialist
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DOC
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doctor on call
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Adm.
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admission
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y/o
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year old
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Pt.
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patient
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sx
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symptom
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HPI
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history of present illness
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d/c
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discharge
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Rx
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treat
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tx
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treatment
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d/o
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disorder
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MSE
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mental status exam
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O X3
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oriented to person, place, time
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O. P. D.
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out patient department
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c/o
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complains of
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MDD
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manic depressive disorder
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MDI
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manic depressive illness
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B.A.D.
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bi polar affective disorder
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B.P.D.
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borderline personality disorder
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H.S.
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hour of sleep;bedtime
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P.O.
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by mouth
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B.I.D
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twice a day
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T.I.D.
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three times a day
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Q.I.D.
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four times a day
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I.M.
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intra-muscular
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disorientation
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mental confusion as to time place or identity
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stupor
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state of near unconsciousness
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restricted, blunted, flat affect
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from least severe to most: reduced emotional expression
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labile
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inappropriate involuntary laughing or crying
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dysphoric
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down mood
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euthymic
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a normal, non depressed reasonably positive mood
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expansive
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sometimes another word for elevated; larger than life lavish grand behavior
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euphoric
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exaggerated optimism
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anhedonia
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with out pleasure
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free floating anxiety
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anxiety not pinned to any specific issue
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agitation
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nervous excitement
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hypersomnia
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excessive sleepiness
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psychomotor agitation
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unintentional purposeless motions from anxiety: wringing hands, pacing around the room
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psychomotor retardation
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visible slowing of physical activity: walking slowly and talking slowly
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echolalia
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meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words
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neologisms
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making up words
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circumstantiality
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unnecessary details and irrelevant remarks that delay person from getting to the point
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tangentiality
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talking about one topic and then jumping to another
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perseveration
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continually having same thoughts or emotions or doing same actions after its reasonable to stop
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clang associations
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saying words that sound the same; rhyming and alliterations
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pressured speech
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speaking rapidly and frenziedly with no apparent reason to listener
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poverty of speech: alogia
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minimal communication of unprompted content
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delusion
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the belief of something even though it obviously isn't true
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paranoid delusions: ideas of reference
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all coincidences significant to self: like thinking all laughter is directed toward self
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paranoid delusions: thought broadcasting
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everyone can hear my thoughts
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ego syntonic
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having a behavior that is deemed as normal to the client (but behavior isn't viewed as acceptable)
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ego dystonic
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someone who has an inappropriate behavior but knows that it is wrong
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confabulation
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a memory is produced that is distorted and fabricated; misinterpreting memories
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pseudodementia
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having the same symptoms of dementia but are due to depression
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Mo
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Mothet
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Fa
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Father
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W
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White
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B
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Black
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Aa
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African american
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A
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Asian
