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Psychiatric terms and abbreviations
Term | Definition |
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AD | ALZHEIMER DISEASE |
ADHD | ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER |
ADLs | ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING |
AIMS | ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT SCALE, used to monitor signs of tardive dyskinesia |
ASD | AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER |
BZD | BENZODIAZEPINE |
CA | CHRONOLOGICAL AGE |
CBT | COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY |
CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
DSM-IV-TR | DIAGNOSTIC STATISTICALMANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS |
DT | DELIRIUM TREMENS |
ECT | ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY |
GAD | GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER |
IQ | INTELLIGENT QUOTIENT, average is 90-110, below 70 is considered mentally retarded |
LSD | A HALLUCINOGEN |
MA | MENTAL AGE- determined by tests |
MAQI | MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR, eg. nardil |
MDD | MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER |
MMPI | MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY |
MR | MENTAL RETARDATION |
OCD | OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER |
PDD | PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER |
PTSD | POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER |
Rx | therapy |
SAD | SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER |
SNRI | SEROTONIN-NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR, EG. CYMBALTA |
SSRI | SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR, EG. PROZAC |
TAT | THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST |
TCA | TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS |
TD | TARDIVE DYSKINESIA |
THC | DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MARIJUANA) |
WAIS | WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE |
WISC | WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN |