Terminology

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Psychiatry

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Branch of medicine which exist to study, prevent and treat mental disorders in humans

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Psychology

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Scientific study of mental processes and behaviour

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Psychopathology

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Study of abnormal states of mind

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Psychotherapy

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Range of procedures which primarily involves the communication and relationship between patient and therapist. Involves non-pharmacological techniques employed by the therapist to ameliorate distress, abnormal patterns and relations or symptoms

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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Therapy based on changing thinking to change behaviour and challenge irrational thoughts

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Neurosis

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Chronic or recurrent non-psychotic disorder characterised mainly by anxiety which is experienced or expressed directly or resulted through defence mechanism

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Psychosis

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Is the loss of reality, testing and impairment of mental functioning, manifested by delusions, hallucinations, confusion and impaired memory

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Personality

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Global descriptive label of a person’s observable behaviour and his/hers subjectively reported inner experiences

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Suicide

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Self murder

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Homicide

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Other’s murder