Mental Health Disorders
This disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest, often interfering with daily activities.
What is depression?
This term refers to the physical and psychological symptoms experienced when someone stops using an addictive substance.
What is withdrawal?
This law ensures that behavioral health professionals maintain the privacy of patient information, requiring written consent for the release of health records.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
This is the term for a negative belief or stereotype about mental illness or seeking help, which can discourage individuals from pursuing behavioral health services.
What is stigma?
This nationwide helpline offers free, confidential support 24/7 for individuals experiencing mental health or substance use crises.
What is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (988)?
This disorder involves difficulty in maintaining attention and controlling impulses, and it is often diagnosed in childhood.
What is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
This self-help program, founded by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, focuses on 12 steps to recovery from alcohol addiction.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
This legal concept requires behavioral health providers to report suspected abuse or neglect, including instances of child or elder abuse, to authorities.
What is mandated reporting?
This term refers to the emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion that healthcare providers, including clinicians, experience due to prolonged stress, high workload, and emotional demands of their work.
What is burnout?
This resource provides virtual IOP services for teens and adults to address complex mental health needs in the client's own home.
What is Charlie Health?
This disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings, including periods of elevated energy and irritability, often followed by episodes of depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
What is the evidence-based approach that is critical to engaging with people who use drugs and equipping them with life-saving tools and information to create positive change in their lives and potentially save their lives?
What is harm reduction?
This legal process allows a concerned individual to request the involuntary evaluation of someone believed to be a danger to themselves or others due to a mental health disorder, often leading to temporary detention for psychiatric assessment.
What is emergency petitioning?
This term refers to the client’s reluctance or unwillingness to engage in treatment, often stemming from a fear of change, distrust, or lack of motivation.
What is resistance?
This organization provides a wide range of mental health services in Frederick County, including a walk-in clinic after-hours and on weekends.
What is the Mental Health Association (MHA)?
This disorder is marked by a long-term pattern of unstable relationships, self-image, and emotions, often accompanied by impulsive behaviors.
What is borderline personality disorder?
What two drug classes are not (or only very rarely) prescribed to clients of Catholic Charities due to their high potential of misuse?
What is benzodiazepines and adult stimulants?
This legal and ethical obligation requires a behavioral health professional to break confidentiality and warn a potential victim or law enforcement if a client poses a serious, imminent threat to someone’s safety.
What is the duty to warn?
This intervention is designed to increase motivation for change in individuals who may be ambivalent or resistant to seeking treatment, often using techniques like reflective listening and goal-setting.
What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?
These two inpatient treatment facility in Frederick County provides medical detoxification, residential treatment, and recovery support services for individuals struggling with substance use disorders.
What is Orenda Treatment Center and Mountain Maryland?
This disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings, irritability, and sudden outbursts of anger or frustration, often occurring in children and adolescents
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)?
This term refers to the condition where an individual experiences both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder simultaneously.
What are co-occurring disorders (or dual diagnosis)?
When a patient agrees to participate in treatment, this process involves explaining the risks, benefits, and alternatives to the proposed treatment before the patient consents.
What is informed consent?
This is sent to a client's home when they have no-showed 2 appointments in-a-row. It is a tool to re-engage the client in services.
What is a 35 day letter?
This local nonprofit in Frederick County provides emergency services such as food, shelter, rent assistance, and case management for individuals and families in crisis.
What is the Religious Coalition?