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BipolarDisorder: An affective disorder characterized by distinct periods of elevated mood alternating with periods of depression.
Psychotherapy: A treatment that involves verbal communication between the patient and a trained clinician.
ElectroconvulsiveTherapy: A method of treatment for mental disorders involving the administration of electric current to induce a coma or convulsions.
Lobotomy: Surgical severance of nerve fibers of the brain by incision.
DorotheaDix: The name of the woman who lobbied the government for mental institutions.
MentalHealth: The emotional and social well-being, including one's psychological resources for dealing with day-to-day problems of life.
Prisons: More than half of the people in _____ have a mental disease.
Parity: The concept of equality in health care coverage for people with mental illness and those with other medical illnesses or injuries.
Primary: The goal in this prevention concept is to forestall the onset of mental illness.
MentalIllness: The leading cause of disability in North America and Europe.
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A method of treatment for mental disorders involving the administration of electric current to induce a coma or convulsions.
A treatment that involves verbal communication between the patient and a trained clinician.
An affective disorder characterized by distinct periods of elevated mood alternating with periods of depression.
More than half of the people in _____ have a mental disease.
Surgical severance of nerve fibers of the brain by incision.
The concept of equality in health care coverage for people with mental illness and those with other medical illnesses or injuries.
The emotional and social well-being, including one's psychological resources for dealing with day-to-day problems of life.
The goal in this prevention concept is to forestall the onset of mental illness.
The leading cause of disability in North America and Europe.
The name of the woman who lobbied the government for mental institutions.