| A | B |
|---|
| Five axes and GAF | Multiaxial system of evaluation |
| A well defined nursing diagnosis | Provides a framework for appropriate nursing interventions |
| Biologically-based mental illness | Caused by neurological dysfunction, genetic factors, etc. |
| Mental Health Parity Act (1996) | Mental health coverage is equal to an insured's med/surg coverage |
| These psychiatric disorders are found in men and women equally | Bipolar affective disorder; Schizophrenia |
| Epidemiology | The quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in the human population |
| Resiliency | The ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune and change |
| One myth about being mentally ill | A person must be different and odd |
| Mental illness | Clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome with marked distress, disability or loss of freedom |
| The manual for diagnosing mental disorders | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) |
