Clinical Psychology Terms is a controlled vocabulary with a wide variety of concepts used in the psychological literature to facilitate the search and retrieval about specific concepts.
any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual's normal behavioral functioning, and caused by social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other factors, such as infection or head trauma.
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Retrospective Study Studies, Retrospective Study, Retrospective
Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.
The goodness of fit statistic for the terminal elimination phase.
Denotes a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
A test of the hypothesis that the standard deviations of two normally distributed populations are equal, and thus that they are of comparable origin.
The INQ is a 25-item self-report questionnaire speciﬁcally designed to assess the two components of suicide desire proposed by the IPTS: thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness.
thwarted belongingness is a psychologically-painful mental state that results when the fundamental need for connectedness.
conditions that impair the transmission or perception of auditory impulses and information from the level of the ear to the temporal cortices, including the sensorineural pathways.
A collection or single item of factual information, derived from measurement or research, from which conclusions may be drawn.
Does Not Work Unemployed Doesn't Work Don't Work
adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_school
Middle schools students are students coursing between the fourth or fifth year of schooling up to the eighth or ninth year, although this may vary.
Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit.
The despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success.
The value which has an equal number of values greater and less than it.
Any of four equal-sized sets of observations in a ranked sample.
An anxiety disorder precipitated by an experience of intense fear or horror while exposed to a traumatic (especially life-threatening) event. The disorder is characterized by dissociative symptoms; vivid recollections of the traumatic event; avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event; and a constant state of hyperarousal for no more than one month.
self destructive behavior committed without the individual intending to die.
A strong positive emotion of affection and attraction.
Indicates a person who has never been married or whose marriages have been annulled.
The sum of a set of values divided by the number of values in the set.
behavior in which one has a tendency to do harm to oneself, either as a direct or indirect result of their actions; frequently marked by impulse, but also includes chronic, injurious behaviors.
self injurious behavior self mutilating behavior
Chi-square test is a statistical test for testing the null hypothesis that the distribution of a discrete random variable coincides with a given distribution. It is one of the most popular goodness-of-fit tests.
The ACSS assesses fearlessness about lethal self-injury as well as self-perceived ability to tolerate the pain involved in self-injury (e.g., “I can tolerate more pain than most people” and “The pain involved in dying frightens me” [reversed]).
Sexual Preference Sex Orientation transsexualism asexual cross dresser cross dressing gender preference transsexual transgender
direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes; involves feelings, and sense of identity.
A test perfomed to identify a disease or make a prediction of the course of the disease.
How long something has existed; elapsed time since birth.
An anxiety disorder characterized by excessive and difficult-to-control worry about a number of life situations. The worry is accompanied by restlessness, fatigue, inability to concentrate, irritability, muscle tension, and/or sleep disturbance and lasts for at least 6 months.
Symptoms, physical examination results, and/or laboratory test results related to the nervous system.
A mental disorder characterized by personality change, impaired functioning, and loss of touch with reality. It may be a manifestation of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or brain tumor.
Any one of several evaluation/assessment tools used to ascertain a patient's complaints with regard to his or her specific condition or diagnosis.
Subjective evidence of disease perceived by the patient.
A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces sperm. The term is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both.
An exaggerated feeling of well-being which is disproportionate to events and stimuli. It may result from psychological causes, organic brain syndromes, or toxic states.
That aspect of consciousness devoted to affect or feeling; a strong feeling, aroused mental state, or intense state of drive or unrest directed toward a definite object, with physiological, somatic, and behavioral components.
Examples of events leading to disenfranchised grief are the loss of a pet, an aborted/miscarried pregnancy, a mother's loss or surrender of a child to adoption, the death of a celebrity, etc.
Disenfranchised grief is a term describing grief that is not acknowledged by society.
A category of psychiatric disorders which includes disorders most commonly identified in infancy, childhood, or adolescence.
Employed for a standard number of hours of working time, at least 50% or 20 hours per week
A term that refers to the classification of a disorder according to the anatomic site that is involved in the pathologic process.
A measure of the variability in a sample or population. It is calculated as the mean squared deviation (MSD) of the individual values from their common mean. In calculating the MSD, the divisor n is commonly used for a population variance and the divisor n-1 for a sample variance.
Loss of intellectual abilities interfering with an individual's social and occupational functions. Causes include Alzheimer's disease, brain injuries, brain tumors, and vascular disorders.
ORG Organizational Other Agency or Organization Organization Outside Bodies
A formal group of people that exists to further a particular profession.
the quality or state of being burdensome.
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three Military Departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.
The executive part of the Department of the Navy at the seat of government; the headquarters, US Marine Corps; the entire operating forces of the United States Navy and of the US Marine Corps, including the Reserve Components of such forces; all field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy; and the US Coast Guard when operating as a part of the Navy pursuant to law.
International Classification for Nursing Practice.
Emotion: Feelings of elation and satisfaction at achievements, qualities and possessions that do one credit and opinion of one’s worth and importance.
A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces ova. The term is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, or cultural gender role distinctions, or both.
The PPE is a 26-item self-report measure that assesses the number of times participants have experienced a range of painful and/or provocative experiences throughout their lifetime (e.g., Have you participated in contact sports? Have you been a victim of physical abuse?).
Any one of several evaluation/assessment tools used to ascertain a patient's condition or diagnosis.
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a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Americas, or who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
The feeling of being displeased and discontent.
A condition that is relevant to human neoplasms and non-neoplastic disorders. This includes observations, test results, history and other concepts relevant to the characterization of human pathologic conditions.
Employment involving less than the standard or customary working time.
A hostile or warlike attitude aroused by a real or supposed wrong.
person who has served in a military force, especially during a war.
A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the brain, spinal cord or peripheral nerves.
Neurologic Disorder Disorder of Nervous System
A person who receives medical attention, care, or treatment, or who is registered with medical professional or institution with the purpose to receive medical care when necessary.
An unpleasant emotional state experienced upon having an inadequacy, guilt, or socially unacceptable act or trait witnessed by or revealed to others.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Denotes a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. The term covers particularly people who identify themselves as part-Hawaiian, Native Hawaiian, Guamanian or Chamorro, Carolinian, Samoan, Chuukese (Trukese), Fijian, Kosraean, Melanesian, Micronesian, Northern Mariana Islander, Palauan, Papua New Guinean, Pohnpeian, Polynesian, Solomon Islander, Tahitian, Tokelauan, Tongan, Yapese, or Pacific Islander, not specified.
The motivational and/or affective state of annoyance resulting from being blocked, thwarted, disappointed or defeated.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is the Secretary and Deputy Secretary's (mainly) civilian staff.
In statistical inference procedures (hypothesis tests and confidence intervals), parametric procedures are those that incorporate assumptions about population parameters.
Transsexualism (disorder) Transsexualism, NOS
sexual attraction or relationship between members of the opposite sex.
ISI which has a 7-item index of insomnia severity using a 5-point scale that measures perceived severity of problems with sleep onset, sleep maintenance, and early morning awakenings; dissatisfaction with current sleep patterns; extent of interference with daily functioning; noticeable impairment in functioning; and extent of worry and anxiety associated with sleep patterns.
The ratio of the odds of an event occurring in one group to the odds of it occurring in another group, or to a sample-based estimate of that ratio.
Neuroscience Information Framework Standard Ontology
Identity problem Identity disorder (disorder)
A statistical hypothesis test based on a test statistic whose sampling distribution is a t-distribution. The term "t-test" is often used in a narrower sense: it refers to a popular test aimed at testing the hypothesis that the population mean is equal to some value m (see also t-statistic). The most popular t-tests are aimed at testing the following hypotheses: 1. The population mean is as hypothesized (the population variance is not known); 2. The means of two populations are equal (the population variances are not known but equal); 3. The means of two populations are equal (the population variances are not known and not equal); 4. The correlation coefficient for two random variables is zero; 5. The slope of the population regression line is zero.
any of various disorders characterized by impaired verbal or nonverbal exchange or impaired transmission of thoughts, messages, or information.
A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence.
Manic-Depression Manic Depressive Disorder
A native or naturalized member of a state or country, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.
is a Beck scale for suicide ideation designed for the assessment the wish to live.
The use of a drug for a reason other than which it was intended or in a manner or in quantities other than directed.
The difference between the lowest and highest numerical values; the limits or scale of variation.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma.
A melancholy feeling of sadness and despair.
The study of natural phenomena by observation, measurement, and experimentation.
An anxiety disorder characterized by multiple unexpected panic attacks with persistent concern of recurring attacks. Panic disorder may or may not be accompanied by agoraphobia.
The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.MSH2001
Emotion: Feelings of sorrow associated with anticipatory or actual significant loss and death; Shock and disbelief, (Stage of Shock); Exhaustion, extreme tiredness and lethargy, mental anguish, reactions of bereavement and mourning, crying or sobbing, alarm, disbelief, denial, anger (Stage of Reaction); Adjustment, acceptance, reorientation, express feelings of loss, accept reality of loss, absence of somatic stress, express positive expectations about the future (Stage of Acceptance).
Clinical, laboratory or molecular evidence, or absence of evidence of disease.
A category of developmental disorders characterized by impaired communication and socialization skills. the impairments are incongruent with the individual's developmental level or mental age. These disorders can be associated with general medical or genetic conditions.
Belongingness is the human emotional need to be an accepted member of a group.
Social context (social concept) Social context, NOS
Science, Physical Natural Science Discipline Physical Science Discipline, Natural Science Natural Sciences Disciplines, Natural Science Sciences, Physical Natural Science Science, Natural Sciences, Natural Physical Sciences
The sciences dealing with processes observable in nature.
Central Nervous System Disease Disorder of Central Nervous System
A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder which affects the brain and/or spinal cord.
The value which occurs most often in a set of values. If no value is repeated, there is no mode. If more than one value occurs with the same greatest frequency, each value is a mode.
A diverse category of psychiatric disorders characterized by behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture; this pattern of deviation is pervasive and inflexible and is stable over time. The behavioral pattern negatively interferes with relationships and work.
is a person that participates in a course of study at a secondary learning institution.
The Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.
A distinguishing quality or prominent aspect of a person, object, action, process, or substance.
is a Beck scale for suicide ideation designed for the assessment the wish to die.
Apprehension of danger and dread accompanied by restlessness, tension, tachycardia, and dyspnea unattached to a clearly identifiable stimulus.
Male homosexual state Male homosexuality Male homosexual (finding)
A datum that can be represented numerically.
A sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in falling asleep and/or remaining asleep.
Feelings of inability to take control and to act independent without help, defencelessness, accompanied by disabling coping abilities or learned helplessness, submission to authorities, such as caregivers, associated with development of sick-role behaviour.
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a neuropsychological test of "set-shifting", i.e. the ability to display flexibility in the face of changing schedules of reinforcement.
Grant and Berg, 1948; Heaton et al., 1993
Denotes a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, and who was either born in the United States or who was naturalized as a citizen of the United States.
Concerning or related to monetary conditions.
Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.
Follow Up Studies Follow-Up Study Followup Studies Followup Study Studies, Follow-Up Studies, Followup Study, Follow-Up Study, Followup
A quantity, which value summarizes, represents, and/or characterizes a particular aspect of a sample. It is used to estimate a corresponding parameter of the population from which the sample was drawn.
A demographic parameter indicating a person's current conjugal status.
Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.
Analyses, Cross Sectional Analyses, Cross-Sectional Analysis, Cross Sectional Analysis, Cross-Sectional Cross Sectional Analyses Cross Sectional Analysis Cross Sectional Studies Cross Sectional Survey Cross-Sectional Analyses Cross-Sectional Analysis Cross-Sectional Study Cross-Sectional Survey Cross-Sectional Surveys Disease Frequency Survey Disease Frequency Surveys Prevalence Study Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Prevalence Study, Cross-Sectional Study, Prevalence Survey, Cross-Sectional Survey, Disease Frequency Surveys, Cross-Sectional Surveys, Disease Frequency CROSS SECTIONAL STUDIES DIS FREQUENCY SURVEYS ANAL CROSS SECTIONAL CROSS SECTIONAL ANAL SURVEYS DIS FREQUENCY Prevalence Studies
A location known by a local name (e.g., neighborhood, place, or district).
Excitement of psychotic proportions manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganisation of behaviour and elevation of mood.
Weathers, Litz, Herman, Huska, & Keane, 1993
The PCL-M is a 17-item self-report inventory that assesses the severity of each PTSD symptom according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) for three major criteria: reexperiencing symptoms, emotional numbing and avoidance, and hypervigilance.
Is a Worker not reporting any occupation. Is a person in the educational environment.
Objective evidence of disease perceptible to the examining practitioner (sign) and subjective evidence of disease perceived by the patient (symptom).
Clinical Finding DESC Signs or Symptoms CLINICAL SIGNS
The tendency to believe that there is good in everything and to have positive thoughts about most things that happen.NCI-GLOSS
State of experiencing contradictory and opposite feelings about the same object.
Medical outcomes study short form general health survey (assessment scale)
Medical Outcomes Study Short form General Health Survey
Methods Method Technical Methods, Other Techniques Methods and Techniques
A practiced and regimented skill or series of actions.
The standard deviations of the sample in a frequency distribution, obtained by dividing the standard deviation by the square root of the total number of cases in the frequency distribution.
Historical term for a chronic, but fluctuating, disorder beginning in early life and characterized by recurrent and multiple somatic complaints not apparently due to physical ilness. this diagnosis is not used in conteporary practice. MSH2003_2003_05_12
paykel scale is used to evaluate stressful life events
Denotes a person from any of the countries of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa; this region includes those countries east of Egypt and south of Turkey and extending to Iran in the east.
Denotes a person with ethnic origins in the Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories in the Middle East and northern Africa.
A patient who comes to a healthcare facility for diagnosis or treatment but is not admitted for an overnight stay.
A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by a deficit in cognition or memory.
measures the perceived frequency of positive and negative social exchanges.
Positive and Negative Social Exchanges Scale
Mavandadi, Rook, Newsom and Oslin, 2012
Disorders Diseases and Disorders Diseases condition Disorder Disease
Any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person. The term is often used broadly to include injuries, disabilities, syndromes, symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function.
Occupations Job Occupation (occupation) Profession Job, NOS Occupation, NOS Profession, NOS
is a ISI index that measures the difficulty falling asleep.
(ISI, Bastein, Vallieres, & Morin, 2001)
Behavioral health measure is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that uses Likert rating scales to the three domains of mental health treatment: wellbeing, psychological symptoms, and life functioning. Each item has a 5-point scale ranging from 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating better health.
The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary; the occupation for which you are paid.
Longitudinal Study Longitudinal Surveys Studies, Longitudinal Study, Longitudinal Survey, Longitudinal Surveys, Longitudinal Longitudinal Survey
Studies in which variables relating to an individual or group of individuals are assessed over a period of time.
The distinguishing qualities or prominent aspects of an individual person.
A range of values for a parameter that may contain the parameter and the degree of confidence that it is in fact there.
A method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic.
Sudden extreme anxiety or fear that may cause irrational thoughts or actions. Panic may include rapid heart rate, flushing (a hot, red face), sweating, and trouble breathing.
the biological response to noxious, demanding, or unpleasant stimuli or conditions; do not confuse stress with STRESSOR, which is the stimulus.CSP2003 A pathological process resulting from the reaction of the body to external forces and abnormal conditions that tend to disturb the organism's homeostasis.MSH2003_2003_05_12 The response of the body to physical, mental, or emotional pressure. This may make a person feel frustrated, angry, or anxious, and may cause unhealthy chemical changes in the body. Untreated, long-term stress may lead to many types of mental and physical health problems.NCI-GLOSS
behavior leading to and including the commission of an unlawful act, usually by an adult; do not confuse with CRIMINOLOGY, which is the study of criminal behavior, or with JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, which applies to children.
Aggression Aggressive behaviour Aggressiveness
Aggressive behavior can denote verbal aggression, physical aggression against objects, physical aggression against people, and may also include aggression towards oneself.
Denotes person with European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestral origin who identifies, or is identified, as White.
Occidental Caucasoid Caucasians Whites Caucasian
is a ISI index that measures the difficulty staying asleep.
Indicates a person currently joined in a legally binding matrimonial union. Classify common law marriage as married. Includes married couples living together and not living together.
Depression Symptom Index-Suicidality Subscale
Content analysis or textual analysis is a methodology in the social sciences for studying the content of communication.
Lacking in confidence Unsure of self Lacks confidence (finding)
A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator.
The variation between data values in a sample.
Defense Department USDOD DOD DoD the Pentagon
The state of feeling sad or dejected as a result of lack of companionship or being separated from others.
The use of alcoholic beverages to excess, either on individual occasions ("binge drinking") or as a regular practice.
act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself.
possessing both homosexual and heterosexual preferences; or true hermaphroditism, having gonads of both sexes.
Division of a distribution into equal, ordered subgroups; a set of 'cut points' that divide a sample of data into groups containing (as far as possible) equal numbers of observations.
A broad group of psychological disorders with abnormal eating behaviors leading to physiological effects from overeating or insufficient food intake.
Case Base Studies Case Comparison Studies Case Compeer Studies Case Control Studies Case Control Study Case Referent Studies Case Referrent Studies Case-Base Studies Case-Base Study Case-Comparison Studies Case-Comparison Study Case-Compeer Studies Case-Compeer Study Case-Control Studies, Matched Case-Control Studies, Nested Case-Control Study Case-Control Study, Matched Case-Control Study, Nested Case-Referent Studies Case-Referent Study Case-Referrent Studies Case-Referrent Study Matched Case Control Studies Matched Case-Control Study Nested Case Control Studies Nested Case-Control Study Studies, Case Control Studies, Case-Base Studies, Case-Comparison Studies, Case-Compeer Studies, Case-Control Studies, Case-Referent Studies, Case-Referrent Studies, Matched Case-Control Studies, Nested Case-Control Study, Case Control Study, Case-Base Study, Case-Comparison Study, Case-Compeer Study, Case-Control Study, Case-Referent Study, Case-Referrent Study, Matched Case-Control Study, Nested Case-Control Matched Case-Control Studies Nested Case-Control Studies
Studies which start with the identification of persons with a disease of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease. The relationship of an attribute to the disease is examined by comparing diseased and non-diseased persons with regard to the frequency or levels of the attribute in each group.
The DTT is a behavioral index of distress tolerance during which participants complete an alternative form of the Wisconsin Card Sort Test.
The normal response to a major loss, such as the death of a loved one. Grief may also be felt by a person with a serious, long-term illness or with a terminal illness. It may include feelings of great sadness, anger, guilt, and despair. Physical problems, such as not being able to sleep and changes in appetite, may also be part of grief.NCI-GLOSS
An irrational reaction compounded of grief, loss of self-esteem, enmity against the rival and self criticism.
behavior which conflicts with expected social norms and affects other individuals.
is a ISI index that measures problems associated with early morning awakenings.
A feeling of optimism that one will attain a desired outcome.
A twenty-one question survey completed by a patient, with each answer scored on a scale of 0 to 3, designed to measure presence of depression.
In statistical inference procedures (hypothesis tests and confidence intervals), nonparametric procedures are those that are relatively free of assumptions about population parameters.
Any specific activity undertaken during the course of a clinical psychology study
A measure of the range of values in a set of numbers. Standard deviation is a statistic used as a measure of the dispersion or variation in a distribution, equal to the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations from the arithmetic mean.
Indicates a person who is no longer married because of the death of his/her spouse and has not remarried.
Depression Symptom Index-Suicidality Subscale designed for the assessment of suicidal impulses.
Area Region Geographic Location Geographic Region
Any demarcated area of the Earth; may be determined by both natural and human boundaries.
A category of psychiatric disorders which have as their most predominant feature a disturbance in mood.
Linear Model Linear Regressions Log Linear Models Log-Linear Model Model, Linear Model, Log-Linear Models, Linear Models, Log-Linear Regression, Linear Regressions, Linear Linear Regression Log-Linear Models
Statistical models in which the value of a parameter for a given value of a factor is assumed to be equal to a + bx, where a and b are constants. The models predict a linear regression.
general heading term for drug abuse and alcoholism, and covering all other unhealthful uses of substances associated with psychological or physical dependence.
polydrug abuse multidrug abuse multisubstance abuse polysubstance abuse substance abuse
The item-by-item comparison of two or more comparable alternatives, processes, products, qualifications, sets of data, systems, or the like.
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
VA is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, survivors’ benefits, medical benefits and burial benefits. It is administered by the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Feelings of being unimportant or useless.
The feeling of being pleased and content.
Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders
A category of psychiatric disorders characterized by the presence of psychotic symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations or negative symptoms such as affective flattening.
A major depressive disorder characterized by mood reactivity (paradoxical anhedonia) and positivity, significant weight gain or increased appetite (comfort eating), excessive sleep or somnolence (hypersomnia), a sensation of heaviness in limbs known as leaden paralysis, and significant social impairment as a consequence of hypersensitivity to perceived interpersonal rejection. [wikipedia:Atypical_depression]
acquired or developmental conditions marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or generate spoken forms of language.
Medical states or medical conditions are used to describe a patient's condition in a hospital. These terms are most commonly used by the news media and are rarely used by doctors, who in their daily business prefer to deal with medical problems in greater detail.
Global Mental Health (GMH) scale is calculated by taking the average score of all 20 items to provide an index of overall health.
An active process; excludes processes and mechanisms which fulfill biological functions.
An emotion associated with feeling good.
conditions characterized by deficiencies of comprehension or expression of written and spoken forms of language; includes acquired and developmental disorders.
Depression Symptom Index-Suicidality Subscale designed for the assessment of suicidal thoughts.
relative frequency distribution relative frequency table.
A frequency distribution in which the individual class frequencies are expressed as a percentage of the total frequency equated to 100.
An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear of an object, activity, or situation. The individual seeks to avoid the object, activity, or situation. In adults, the individual recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable.
Characteristic of Statistical Distribution Probability Distribution Characteristic
1. A subset of a larger population, selected for investigation to draw conclusions or make estimates about the larger population. 2. The number of subjects in a clinical trial. 3. Number of subjects required for primary analysis.CDISC
A test used to determine the statistical significance of an observation.
Statistical Hypothesis Test Hypothesis Test
disorders in which the symptoms are distressing to the individual and recognized by him or her as being unacceptable. Social relationships may be greatly affected but usually remain within acceptable limits. the disturbance is relatively enduring or recurrent without treatment. MSH2003_2003_05_12
class of mental disorders milder than psychosis, including hysteria, fugue, obsession, phobia, etc. CSP2003
The state of a subject's mental or physical condition.
Female homosexual state Lesbianism Lesbian Female homosexuality Female homosexual (finding)
Elementary school students are students from kindergarten through either grade 5 or grade 6, depending on the region and time in history.
adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_education_in_the_United_States
A feeling of apprehension that one may be in danger.
Sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness.
Disorders, Dissociative Dissociative Disorder Dissociative Hysteria Dissociative Reaction Dissociation
Sexual orientation disturbance Gender identity disorder (disorder) Gender identity disorder, NOS Sexual orientation disturbance, NOS
Depression Symptom Index-Suicidality Subscale designed for the assessment of suicidal plans.
The population from which study subjects are recruited.
Indicates a person living apart from his/her spouse by legal arrangement.
A disorder characterized by a loss of appetite.
Regression analysis provides a "best-fit" mathematical equation for the relationship between the dependent variable (response) and independent variable(s) (covariates). There are two major classes of regression - parametric and non-parametric. Parametric regression requires choice of the regression equation with one or a greater number of unknown parameters. Linear regression, in which a linear relationship between the dependent variable and independent variables is posited, is an example. The aim of parametric regression is to find the values of these parameters which provide the best fit to the data. The number of parameters is usually much smaller than the number of data points. In contrast, the non-parametric regression requires no such a choice of the regression equation.
Grief that is complicated by ambivalent feelings toward the friend or relative who has died.
The study, based on direct observation, use of statistical records, interviews, or experimental methods, of actual practices or the actual impact of practices or policies.
A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by anxious feelings or fear often accompanied by physical symptoms associated with anxiety.
A term that refers to the classification of a clinical or laboratory finding according to the anatomic site or system that is involved.
Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-II
First, Spitzer, Gibbon, & Williams, 1995
The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-II Axis II Disorder (SCID-II) is a diagnostic exam used to determine DSM-II Axis II disorders (personality disorders).
Poverty Economic deprivation Pauper Poor
A causal Analysis is a variable which causes change in another variable.
Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.
Prospective Study Studies, Prospective Study, Prospective
Development and Research Research Technic Research Technics Research Technique Research, Laboratory Technic, Research Technics, Research Technique, Research Techniques, Research Activities, Research Activity, Research Research Activity Priorities, Research Priority, Research Research Priority RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT Laboratory Research Research and Development Research Techniques Research Activities Research Priorities
Critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation, having for its aim the discovery of new facts and their correct interpretation, the revision of accepted conclusions, theories, or laws in the light of newly discovered facts, or the practical application of such new or revised conclusions, theories, or laws. (Webster, 3d ed)
Percentage Distribution by Disease, Disorder or Finding
A disorder characterized by behavioral and/or psychological abnormalities, often accompanied by physical symptoms. The symptoms may cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social and occupational areas of functioning. Representative examples include anxiety disorders, cognitive disorders, mood disorders and schizophrenia.
Psychiatric Disease Mental Illness PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Mental Dysfunction
An inability to rest, relax, or be still.
A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by emotional or behavioral symptoms that develop within 3 months of a stressor and do not persist for more than an additional 6 months after the stressor is no longer present.
Beck scale for suicide ideation (assessment scale) BSSI
The BSSI is a 21 item self report inventory designed for the assessment of suicide intention. A score of 0–2 is assigned for each item and total scores for the BSSI range from 0 to 42 where an increase in score represents a higher level of suicidal ideation and possible intent.
A description of the distribution of a trait between sexes in a population; number of males and females in a given population.
A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated.
Afro American Black Populations BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Black
A term used in the United States to categorize a population group comprised of persons having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Includes population subgroups (e.g., Kenyan, Nigerian, Haitian). The concept refers also to individuals who classify themselves as described.
A disorder characterized by marked impairments in social interaction and language surface prior to age 3 years.
Maritally Unattached Person, Single Persons, Single Single Persons Never Married Unmarried
sexual attraction or relationship between members of the same sex.
homosexuality gay (sexual orientation) lesbian
A spectrum of developmental disorders that includes autism, Asperger syndrome. Signs and symptoms include poor communication skills, defective social interactions, and repetitive behaviors.
Indicates a person whose marriage has been legally dissolved and has not remarried.
Examination and interpretation; the process of identifying an issue to be understood and addressed, modelling the issue, investigating the model results, interpreting the results, and possibly making a recommendation. the concept also refers to the examination and study of a whole in terms of the parts composing it.
ACUTE POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DIS Acute Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder CHRONIC POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DIS Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder DELAYED ONSET POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DIS Delayed Onset Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Delayed Onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Neuroses, Post Traumatic Neuroses, Post-Traumatic Neuroses, Posttraumatic POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DIS POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DIS POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS PTSD PTSD - Post-traumatic stress disorder Post Traumatic Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Neuroses Post-Traumatic Neurosis Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Post-traumatic stress syndrome Posttraumatic Neuroses Posttraumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder (disorder) Posttraumatic stress disorder, NOS STRESS DIS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DIS POSTTRAUMATIC Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Posttraumatic disorder, post-traumatic stress post-traumatic stress disease traumatic neurosis
A class of traumatic stress disorders with symptoms that last more than one month. There are various forms of post-traumatic stress disorder, depending on the time of onset and the duration of these stress symptoms. In the acute form, the duration of the symptoms is between 1 to 3 months. In the chronic form, symptoms last more than 3 months. With delayed onset, symptoms develop more than 6 months after the traumatic event.
Hispanic Spanish Origin Hispanic Populations Latino Population Hispanics or Latinos
A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. An arbitrary ethnic classification.
Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes
PHQ-9, which is a nine-item measure of depression severity corresponding to the nine criteria upon which is based on the diagnosis of DSM-IV depressive disorders. Items are scored from ‘0’ (not at all) to ‘3’ (nearly every day).
A term that helps define and render a concept unique.
The assemblage of properties that distinguish people on the basis of the societal roles expected for the two sexes.
An organizational header for concepts representing mostly abstract entities.
Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction that has been gathered or received by communication.
A group of individuals united by a common factor (e.g., geographic location, ethnicity, disease, age, gender)
Uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance such as a drug or alcohol.NCI-GLOSS
SLEEP DISTURBANCES Sleep Disturbance DISTURBANCES, SLEEP parasomnia
A change from the patient's baseline sleeping pattern, either an increase or a decrease in the number of hours slept. This can also refer to alterations in the stages of sleep.
A feeling of shame and sorrow based on the belief of having done something wrong or failing an obligation.
GSIS a new multidimensional measure of suicide ideation and related factors in older adults.
Analyses, Cohort Closed Cohort Study Cohort Analyses Cohort Analysis Cohort Studies, Closed Cohort Studies, Historical Cohort Study Cohort Study, Closed Cohort Study, Historical Concurrent Studies Concurrent Study Historical Cohort Study Incidence Study Studies, Closed Cohort Studies, Cohort Studies, Concurrent Studies, Historical Cohort Studies, Incidence Study, Closed Cohort Study, Cohort Study, Concurrent Study, Historical Cohort Study, Incidence COHORT STUDIES HIST COHORT ANAL HIST COHORT STUDIES ANAL COHORT STUDIES HIST COHORT Analysis, Cohort Closed Cohort Studies Historical Cohort Studies Incidence Studies
Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.
impulsive behavior scale was designed to measure impulsivity across dimensions of the Five Factor Model of personality.
The Mini-international neuropsychiatric interview is a short structured clinical interview which enables researchers to make diagnoses of psychiatric disorders according to DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) or ICD-10. The administration time of the interview is approximately 15 minutes and was designed for epidemiological studies and multicenter clinical trials.
Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview
Recurrent obsessions or compulsions that are severe enough to be time consuming (i.e., they take more than 1 hour a day) or cause marked distress or significant impairment (DSM-IV).
A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge-eating over which the individual feels a lack of control; these episodes of binge-eating are followed by recurrent compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain, usually self-induced vomiting. In addition, self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body image.
An arbitrary classification of a taxonomic group that is a division of a species. It usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species and is characterized by shared heredity, physical attributes and behavior, and in the case of humans, by common history, nationality, or geographic distribution.
Research that derives data from observation, interviews, or verbal interactions and focuses on the meanings and interpretations of the participants (From Holloway and Wheeler, "Ethical issues in qualitative nursing research," Nursing Ethics, 1995 Sep; 2(3): 223-232).
Mental and Behavioral Signs and Symptoms
Clinical evidence of disease resulting from mental and/or behavioral dysfunction.
A disorder characterized by the presence of persistent and recurrent irrational thoughts (obsessions), resulting in marked anxiety and repetitive excessive behaviors (compulsions) as a way to try to decrease that anxiety.