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Affordable Care Act (ACA) - ✔✔health care law offering choices for
consumers and provides new ways to hold insurance companies
accountable
agoraphobia - ✔✔an anxiety disorder characterized by a fear of being in an
open, crowded, or public place, where escape is perceived as difficult or
help not available in case of sudden incapacitation
anorexia nervosa - ✔✔a disorder of self-starvation characterized by
significant weight loss, amenorrhea, compulsive physical activity,
preoccupation with food, and a distorted body image
anosignosia - ✔✔lack of awareness, lack of insight in illness
anxiety disorders - ✔✔a group of conditions characterized by feelings of
anxiety. Anxiety disorders may be attributed to genetic makeup and life
experiences of the individual. Some of the more commonly encountered
anxiety disorders are generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder
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,(sometimes accompanied by agoraphobia), phobias, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (APA, 2000).
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) - ✔✔team treatment approach
designed to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric
treatment, rehabilitation, and support to persons with serious and persistent
mental illness such as schizophrenia
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/attention deficit disorder
(ADHD/ADD) - ✔✔a behavior disorder characterized by developmentally
inappropriate degrees of inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity
bipolar disorder - ✔✔a major mental disorder characterized by episodes of
mania, depression, or mixed mood. One or the other phase may be
predominant at any given time; one phase may appear alternately with the
other, or elements of both phases may be present simultaneously
case management (CM) - ✔✔service to assist clients with serious mental
illness and or substance abuse problems in areas of, but not limited to,
housing, finances, social, family, medical, medication management,
transportation
Community Mental Health Centers Act (CMHCA) - ✔✔1964 legislation
providing federal support for mental health services and measures to
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,implement facilities to care for those who were mentally retarded and to
construct community mental health centers. CMHCA mandated
deinstitutionalization, or a halt to the long-held policy of keeping the
severely mentally ill hospitalized. The intention was to reduce long-term
care of seriously mentally ill persons by transferring treatment to the
community
crisis intervention team (CIT) - ✔✔law enforcement, advocacy, and mental
health professional team programs designed to improve the way law
enforcement and the community respond to people experiencing mental
health crises
deinstitutionalization - ✔✔process of releasing patients from care in
psychiatric institutions into the community
depression - ✔✔a disorder characterized by an all-pervasive sadness that
is present much of the time
Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5 (DSM 5) - ✔✔standardized manual
published by the American Psychiatric Association classifying and
establishing criteria for all mental health disorders for both children and
adults
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, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) - ✔✔characterized by chronic,
unrealistic, and exaggerated worry and tension about one or more life
circumstances lasting 6 months or longer (APA, 2000). Symptoms of GAD
include trembling, twitching, muscle tension, headaches, irritability,
sweating or hot flashes, dyspnea, and nausea. Periods of increasing
symptoms are usually associated with life stressors or impending
difficulties.
mental health consumer - ✔✔person who is under treatment for a
psychiatric illness or disorder
mental health disparity - ✔✔disparities in access, availability, and use of
mental health services are well-established by race/ethnicity, geography,
and socioeconomic status
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act 2008 - ✔✔law requires
health insurance to cover treatment for mental illness on the same terms
and conditions as physical illness
mental health - ✔✔absence of mental disorders and the ability for social
and occupational functioning
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