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Behavioral Health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Activities of Daily Living (ADL) | The basic activities a person usually accomplished during a normal day such as eat, dress, and breath |
| Altered Mental State | A change in the way a person thinks and behaves - may signal a disease in the CNS or elsewhere in the body |
| Behavior | How a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment |
| Behavioral Crisis | The point at which a person's reactions to event interfere with activities of daily living; this becomes a psychiatric emergency when it causes a major life interruption, such as an attempted suicide |
| Depression | A persistent mood of sadness, despair, and discouragement; may be a symptom of many different mental and physical disorders, or may be a disorder on its own |
| Excited Delirium | A serious behavioral condition in which a person exhibits an agitated behavior combined with disorientation, hallucinations, or delusions; also called agitated Delirium or exhaustion |
| Functional Disorder | A disorder in which there is no known physiological reason for the abnormal functioning of an organ or organ system |
| Organic Brain Syndrome | Temporary or permanent dysfunction of the brain, caused, by a disturbance in the physical or physiologic functioning of brain tissue |
| Positional Asphyxia | Restriction of chest wall movements and/or airway obstruction; can rapidly lead to sudden death |
| Psychiatric Disorder | An illness with psychological or behavioral symptoms and/or impairment in functioning caused by social, psychological, genetic, physical, chemical, or biological disturbance |
| Psychosis | A mental disorder characterized by the loss of contact with reality |
| Schizophrenia | A complex, difficult-to-identify mental disorder whose onset typically occurs during early adulthood. Symptoms typically become more prominent over time and include delusions, hallucinations, a lack of interest in pleasure, and erratic speech |
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