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activities of daily living (ADL)
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The basic activities a person usually accomplishes during a normal day, such as eating, dressing, and bathing
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altered mental status
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A change in the way a person thinks and behaves that may signal disease in the central nervous system or elsewhere in the body
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behavior
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How a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment.
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behavioral crisis
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The point at which a person's reactions to events interfere with activities of daily living; this becomes a psychiatric emergency when it causes a major life interruption, such as attempted suicide
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depression
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A persistent mood of sadness, despair, and discouragement; may be a symptom of many different mental and physical disorders, or it may be a disorder on its own
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functional disorder
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A disorder in which there is no known physiologic reason for the abnormal functioning of an organ or organ system
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mental disorder
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An illness with psychological or behavioral symptoms and/or impairment in functioning caused by a social, psychological, genetic, physical, chemical, or biologic disturbance.
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organic brain syndrome
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Temporary or permanent dysfunction of the brain, caused by a disturbance in the physical or physiologic functioning of brain tissue.
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psychogenic
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A symptom or illness that is caused by mental factors as opposed to physical ones
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reflective listening
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A technique used to gain insight into a patient's thinking, involving repeating, in the form of a question, what the patient has said.
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