Community Psychiatry Glossary
113 terms total — 17 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026
FQHC FQHC
Federally Qualified Health Center - a community-based healthcare provider that receives federal funding to serve underserved populations.
step-down care
A planned reduction in the intensity of psychiatric treatment as a patient's condition improves, transitioning from a hi...
supported employment
A vocational rehabilitation approach that provides ongoing support to help individuals with disabilities obtain and main...
supported housing
Independent housing combined with flexible, individualized support services to help people with mental illness maintain...
targeted case management
A Medicaid-funded service that helps individuals with serious mental illness gain access to needed medical, social, educ...
TAY services
Mental health services specifically designed for young adults aged 16-25 who are transitioning from adolescent to adult...
therapeutic community
Residential treatment environment where the community itself serves as the primary therapeutic agent through peer intera...
therapeutic foster care
Specialized foster care that provides intensive mental health services and support for children with serious emotional o...
therapeutic jurisprudence
An interdisciplinary approach that examines how legal rules, procedures, and court processes can promote mental health a...
therapeutic milieu
A structured environment designed to promote healing through community interaction and peer support.
TMACT
Tool for Measurement of Assertive Community Treatment; a validated fidelity instrument used to assess how well an ACT te...
Transition-Age Youth
Individuals typically aged 16–25 who are moving from adolescent to adult mental health, education, or social service sys...
Trauma-Informed Care
A service delivery framework that recognises the widespread impact of trauma, integrates knowledge about trauma into pol...
utilization review
A systematic evaluation process to determine the medical necessity, appropriateness, and efficiency of mental health ser...
warm handoff
A care coordination practice where the referring provider personally introduces the client to the receiving provider, en...
Warmline
A non-emergency, peer-staffed telephone or text support line for individuals experiencing emotional distress who do not...
WRAP plan
A personalized self-management tool developed by individuals with mental illness to identify triggers, warning signs, an...
wraparound services
A comprehensive, individualized approach to service delivery that coordinates multiple agencies and supports around a pe...