Psychiatric Therapy Glossary

The observable emotional response or mood displayed by a patient during clinical examination.

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, a standardized rating scale used to detect and monitor movement disorders.

A movement disorder characterized by subjective restlessness and an inability to sit still, often caused by antipsychoti...

The inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable.

Lack of insight or awareness of one's own mental health condition or symptoms.

A negative symptom of schizophrenia characterized by lack of motivation or drive to pursue goal-directed activities.

A multiaxial diagnostic system used in DSM-IV that organized mental health information across five different axes.

A standardized 21-question self-report inventory measuring the severity of depressive symptoms.

Psychiatric symptoms that emerge or worsen despite ongoing treatment with medication or therapy at therapeutic levels.

A clinician-rated instrument measuring the severity of psychiatric symptoms across multiple domains.

A four-question screening tool for alcohol use disorders using the acronym Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener.

Clinical framework that integrates assessment data to understand a client's problems and guide treatment planning in psy...

A psychomotor syndrome characterized by marked abnormalities in movement, speech, and behavior.

A thought disorder characterized by including excessive unnecessary details before eventually reaching the point.

A thought disorder characterized by speech patterns based on sound similarity rather than meaning.

Evidence-based therapeutic approach that addresses the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to modify...

A clinical assessment to determine a patient's legal capacity to make informed decisions.

Therapist's emotional reactions and unconscious responses to a client that may interfere with or inform the therapeutic...

Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale - a standardized assessment tool for measuring the severity of opioid withdrawal sympto...

Short-term therapeutic approach designed to help individuals in acute psychological distress develop immediate coping st...

Evidence-based therapy combining cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness and distress tolerance skills, origina...

The standard classification system for mental disorders used by psychiatric professionals for diagnosis and treatment pl...

An acute involuntary muscle contraction caused by antipsychotic medications.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - a psychotherapy approach using bilateral stimulation to process traumati...