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HS&BH VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACUTE | recently occurring, sudden, |
| CHRONIC | long term, re occurring |
| ADL | actives of daily living eating ,sleeping, moving, interacting, working |
| CLIENT/CONSUMER | person receives human service |
| CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS | person has been diagnosed with both a mental health disorder and substance use disorder |
| COGNITIVE | mental processes of comprehension, judgement, memory and reasoning |
| CONFLICT | simulations arousal of opposing impulses, desires or motives |
| CONGENITAL | present at birth hereditary or genetically determined conditio |
| COSCIOUSNESS | awareness of inner and outre enviromennst |
| CRISIS INTERVENTION | approach focused on returning clients to a functioning level after they experience a traumatizing event |
| DECOPENSATION | deterioration of functional behavior to a worsening of pathological behavior |
| DELUSION | false belief firmly held despite obvious proof or evidence to the contrary |
| DEMENTIA | mental disorder in which there is a deterioration of previously acquired intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social and occupational functioning |
| DENIAL | operating unconsciously used to resolve emotional conflicts and allay anxiety by disavowing thoughts, feelings, wishes needs |
| DEPRESSION | feelings of worthlessness, lose of hope |
| DIAGNOSIS | identifying the nature of a specific disorder through examination |
| DUAL DIAGNOSIS | to indicate that a person has more then one diagnosis |
| DUAL RELATIONSHIP | human services worker develops another relationship with client that is outside their professional one |
| ECLECTIC | theoretical models and interventions to deal effectively with clients |
| EMOTION | strong feeling accompanied by physiological changes |
| EMPATHY | enables one person to feel with and for another person and understand their experiences and feelings |
| EMPOWERMENT | range of therapeutic activities to put client in charge of their life |
| EUPHORIA | exaggerated feeling of well being and contentment |
| GRANDIOSE | exaggerated belief or claims of ones importance or idenity |
| GENERALIST HUMAN SERVICES MODEL | theoretical models and approaches to assist clients |
| HALLUCINATION | a sensory perception in the absence of an actual external stimulus |
| HARM REDUCTION | policies programs and practices aimed at reducing the harm from illegal drug and alcohol use rather than entirely focusing on abstaining entirely from drug or alcohol use |
| HOLISTIC | approach that considers clients in their entirety including biological, psychological and social needs |
| IMPULSIVE | sudden action without thinking of the consequences of the action |
| INHIBITION | a checking or preventing without thinking of the expression of impulses or desires |
| INSIGHT | Self- understanding; the extent of a persons understanding of the origin, nature, and mechanisms of his or her own attitudes and behaviors |