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1 Mental health 2 Psychosocial Development
3 Unintentional Torts 4 Outpatient care
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Ability to cope with and adjust to the recurrent
Mental health
stresses of living in an acceptable way.
Mental illness Disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively.
Factors influencing Inherited characteristics, childhood nurturing, life
mental health circumstances.
, Inpatient care Need-based, result of a crisis, 24-hour care.
Outpatient care Community mental health care, episodic.
Group therapy A type of therapy involving multiple participants.
Support groups where individuals share
Self-help groups
experiences and strategies.
Therapy focused on one-on-one sessions with a
Individual therapy
therapist.
Helps clients recognize self-defeating tendencies
Cognitive therapy
and replace them with adaptive thinking.
Behavioral therapy All behavior is learned through conditioning.
Exploration of the unconscious, focused on
Psychoanalysis
behaviors of which the patient is unaware.
Theory by Piaget regarding the development of
Cognitive Development
thought processes.
Psychosocial Theory by Erikson regarding the development of
Development personality and social skills.
Learning process that involves associations between
Conditioning an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring
stimulus.
Includes significant events such as the establishment
of the first English institution for the mentally ill and
History of Mental Health
the development of psychiatry as a separate branch
of medicine.
The Community Mental A legislative act aimed at improving community
Health Centers Act of mental health services.
1963
Medicare/Medicaid Bill A bill that established health insurance programs for
of 1965 the elderly and low-income individuals.
The Mental Health An act designed to reform the mental health care
Systems Act system in the United States.