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| Hypomania | a mood state which like mania is characterized by persistent and pervasive elated or irritable mood and behaviors and thoughts that are consistent with such a mood state. It is distinguished from mania by the absence of psychotic symptoms and less impact of functioning. |
| ImpoverishedThoughts | When a person is unable to generated ideas in response to situations and conversations. |
| inappropriateAffect | When affect or mood does not reflect the particular situation |
| IncongruentAffect | When nonverbal expressions do not reflect content of persons speech |
| LabileAffect | Rapidly and easily changing affective expression. |
| MajorDepression | When an individual experiences a discrete episode of persistent and pervasive emotional depression this term may be applied. |
| Mania | may be thought of loosely as the opposite of depression. It is characterized by elated euphoric or irritable mood and increased energy. The term may refer to a mental disorder or to a mood state or symptom and is associated with Bipolar Disorder |
| MixedEpisode | When an individual experiences a discrete period during which characteristics of both major depressive and manic episodes are evident. |
| Mood | may refer to the feeling tone of the subject observed during a psychiatric examination or to the emotional state experienced by an individual for a limited period of time |
| Mooddisorder | persistent or episodic exaggeration of mood state |
| NegativeSymptoms | These symptoms involve the absence of normal behaviors. They include affective flattening alogia apathy avolition and social withdrawal |
| Paranoia | A paranoid individual lives in a state or attitude of suspicion and mistrust or conviction that something bad will happen or that enemies want to persecute or mistreat them. Paranoia may be associated with several mental disorders Delusional Disorder Paranoid Personality Disorder Paranoid Schizophrenia |
| PositiveSymptoms | These prominent or added symptoms include delusions hallucinations thought disorder and aberrant behaviors. |
| povertyofspeech | Speech and presumably the thinking that underlies it is brief and limited to a few words |
| PsychiatricDisability | When a person with mental illness can not obtain typical age appropriate goals for extended periods of times |
| Psychotic | This term encompasses those serious mental disorders including schizophrenia major depression,alcohol withdrawal delirium and others where the individual loses touch with reality. Hallucinations and delusions are generally considered psychotic symptoms. The individual experiencing them may be described as psychotic |
| Stressandvulnerablitymodel | Belief Mental Illenss is result of some persons being vulnerable to stress. When vulnerabilites are overloaded by life stages person begins to show illness |
| Symptoms | In behavioral health care as in general medicine when an individual complains of a subjectively experienced disturbance or unpleasant perception such as pain or anxiety we call this a symptom. We distinguish this from a sign such as slurred speech which a professional can observe |
| thoughtbroadcasting | Delusion that others can perceive the patient's thoughts |
| ThoughtDisorder | Disturbance of thought content or form. Delusional thinking is an example of the former. The latter is referred to as a formal thought disorder and is exemplified by derailment. |
| Stigma | The discrediting mark of one group that results in another group stealong some rights or privileges that correspond with humanity |
| PublicStigma | Influences people in posititions of power to keep from extending various opportunities to a certain group |
| SelfStigma | When a person internalizes the discrediting mark given by the power group resulting in undermining self esteem |
| Stereotype | knowledge structures that are learned by most members of a social group and collectively agreed upon by the larger society |
| Prejudice | When a person endorses or agrees with a stereotype about a grouup of people and develops feelings and thoughts in response |
| Discrimination | The result of adopting sterotyping and prejudices and putting the affective responses into action against the group stereotyped. |
| LabelingTheory | States that society will react to a label and treat people a certain way because of the label. As a result, those labeled will behave according to how they are treated. |
| CriminalizationofMentalIllness | the result of people with mental illness being incarcerated rather than receiving services from the mental health system |
| Empowerment | Fostering control over one's life choices and goals in areas such as choice of treatment housing and social interactions. |
