Behavioral Health Vocab Chp 23 Flashcards
Activities of daily living
The basic activities a person do during a normal day
Altered mental status
A change in the way of person think or behave
Behavior
How a person, functions or act in response to the environment
Behavioral, crisis
Point which a person reactions to event interfere with activities of daily living
Major life interruptions, attempted suicide
Behavioral health emergency
Abnormal behaviors threatens, a persons own health and safety, or the health and safety of another person, suicidal or homicidal
Depression
Mood of sadness, despair, and disencouragement
Excited delirium 
A person exhibits agitated behavior combined with disorientation
Hallucinations
Delusions
Functional disorder
There is no physiologic reason for the abnormal functioning of an organ or organ system
Organic brain syndrome
Temporary or permanent dysfunction of the brain 
 Positional asphyxia
Illness with psychological or behavior symptoms or impairment in function caused by a social,genetic physical chemical or biologic disturbance
Psychosis
Mental disorder lost of contact with reality
Schizophrenia
Difficult to identify a mental disorder whose onset typical occurs during early adulthood