FOUNDATIONS
This term refers to a breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning that is unexpected in cultural context and causes distress or impairment.
Psychological dysfunction
A description of an individual’s mental functioning at a specific point in time.
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
This manual provides diagnostic criteria for mental disorders.
DSM-5
Disorders characterized by mood disturbance without the presence of mania.
Depressive disorders
A therapeutic roadmap designed to improve functioning and reduce symptoms.
Treatment plan
The scientific study of psychological disorders.
Psychopathology
Awareness of person, place, time, and surroundings is referred to as this.
Sensorium
This HIPAA-approved system is used for diagnostic coding and billing.
ICD-10-CM
Disorders defined by changes in energy and activity levels, including mania or hypomania.
Bipolar and related disorders
Movement through levels of care from most to least restrictive.
Continuum of care
This term refers to the percentage of a population that currently has a disorder.
Prevalence
An evaluation that examines biological, psychological, and social factors influencing behavior.
Biopsychosocial history
Conditions that are not mental disorders but are relevant to treatment planning.
V codes
Disorders involving fear, anxiety, and related physiological symptoms.
Anxiety disorders
The movement of individuals with severe mental illness from institutions to community care.
Deinstitutionalization
Multiple pathways leading to the same psychological outcome describes this concept.
Equifinality
Symptoms experienced as distressing and inconsistent with self-image are described as this.
Ego-dystonic
Evaluating symptoms based on frequency, duration, and severity rather than strict categories.
Dimensional assessment
Disorders involving intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors not primarily driven by anxiety.
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
A legal concept guaranteeing access to appropriate mental health services.
Right to treatment
The presence of two or more psychological disorders occurring at the same time.
Comorbidity
Clinical hypotheses developed from assessment data to guide treatment planning.
Case conceptualization
The process of distinguishing between disorders with similar symptom presentations.
Differential diagnosis
Disorders that result from exposure to traumatic or stressful events.
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
A legal term describing severe emotional or thought disturbances impacting safety or functioning.
Mental illness (legal concept)