Glossary

Adverse Childhood Experience

An observable pattern of behaviors that is the expression of “subjectively experienced” emotions. Examples of affect include sadness or anger; these emotions can fluctuate. There are several different disturbances include...?

The apprehensive anticipation of future danger accompanied by a feeling of worry, distress and or somatic symptoms of tension. The danger could be internal or external.

Feelings of nervousness or tenseness in reaction to diverse situations; frequent worrying about negative effects of past unpleasant experiences and the future negative possibilities.

The ability to focus in a sustained manner on a particular activity.

Engaging in behavior designed to attract notice and to make oneself the focus of other’s attention.

The act of keeping away from stress related circumstances; tendency to circumvent cures, activities and situations that remind someone of painful experiences.

The state of loss, through death someone with whom one has a close relationship

A series of questions asked at the beginning of treatment of an individual that obtain information about the major physical (bio), psychological, and social issues of the individual that one may have experienced.

Lack of concern for the feelings or problems of others; lack of guilt or remorse about the negative or harmful effects of one’s actions.

A theoretically-based explanation or conceptualization of the information obtained from a clinical assessment, which includes a clinical history, concise summary of the social, psychological and biological factors that may have contributed to a mental disorder (psychiatric Disorder) or presenting problem.

Refers to the thought process (clinical reasoning) that allows healthcare providers to arrive at a conclusion (clinical decision-making) based on objective and subjective information about a patient.

Two or more disorders or illnesses occurring in the same person. They can occur at the same time or one after the other. Comorbidity also implies interactions between the illnesses that can worsen the course of both.

Takes places when the therapist projects onto the client.

Difficulty concentrating and focusing on tasks; attention is easily diverted by extraneous stimuli; difficulty maintaining goal focused behavior; including both planning and completing tasks.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th Edition

Evidence Based Practice

Comprehension, feel and appreciate of others’ experience and motivations; acceptance of differences, understanding the effects of own behaviors on others.

Emotional response to perceived imminent threat or danger associated with urges to flee or fight.

A dissociative state during which aspects of a traumatic event are reexperienced as though they were occurring now.

An enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviors whose purpose is to detect threats. Hypervigilance is accompanied by a state of increased anxiety, which an cause exhaustion. Other symptoms include abnormally increased arousal, high responsiveness to stimuli and continual scanning of the environment for threat.

International Classification of Disease -10 (F codes)

Acting on the spur of the moment in response to immediate stimuli; acting on a momentary basis without a plan or consideration of outcomes.

A process of communication between you and the client that leads to understanding, agreement and permission for care and treatment. Every patient has the right to get information and ask questions before procedures and treatments.

Part of the Mental Health Procedures Act (1967) section 302 that is the act of placing individuals in a psychiatric facility without their consent. An involuntary commitment is good in the state of Pennsylvania for 120 hours.

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A syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological or developmental process underlying mental functioning.

Mental Health Procedures Act (Pennsylvania)

a pervasive and sustained emotion that colors the perception of the world. “climate”
Types of moods include:

Dysphoric - an unpleasant mood, sadness, anxiety or irritability

Elevated - an exaggerated feeling of well-being, or euphoria or elation.

Euthymic - mood in the “normal” range which implies the absence of depressed or elevated mood

National Alliance on Mental Illness

A helping skill that involves the Human Service Professional reflecting the general feelings and content of what a client has shared, by using words and phrases similar to that of the client.

Any uncomfortable emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes. While a part of everyday life, the varying degrees of stress are what impact the body and mind.

Standardized instruments such as scales, questionnaires, test, and assessment that are designed to measure hum knowledge, abilities, attitudes and personality traits.

Act of building relationships with others in which both parties feel supported and understood.

Consciously or unconsciously avoiding disclosing information or one’s behavior becoming a barrier.

When the client has feelings towards the professional or experiences the professional similarly as h/she has towards someone in their life.

Any event (events) that may cause or threaten death, serious injury, sexual violence to an individual or a close family member.

A concept developed by the humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers; the basic acceptance and support of a person regardless of what the person says or does, especially in the context of client-centered therapy.

Other Conditions that may be the focus of Clinical Attention

The act of any individual choosing to be admitted to a psychiatric facility or mental health facility, voluntarily. Under the Mental Health Procedures Actsection 201, the individual is free to leave the hospital against medical advice, though a period of notice...?

The establishment of a trusting and strong relationship between the Human Service Professional and the client that includes empathy, unconditional positive regard, genuineness.

Other conditions that may be the focus of clinical attention.