NCMHCE assessment and diagnosis terms
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Activities of Daily Living - ✔️✔️measurement of a person's functional status regarding typical
daily activities. useful for clients with physical disabilities and the elderly.
Acute Stress Disorder - ✔️✔️three or more dissociative symptoms, persistent reexperiencing of
trauma, marked avoidance of stimuli related to trauma, and marked anxiety or increased arousal
lasting at least two days and no more than four weeks.
Addiction - ✔️✔️A term applied to any substance , activity, behavior or object that has become the
sole focus of a person's life or that has begun to harm self or others physically, psychologically,
or socially.
ADHD - ✔️✔️six or more symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and or impulsivity.
Adjustment Disorder - ✔️✔️maladaptive reaction to a psychosocial stressor. onset within 3 months
of stressor. impairment in social or occupational functioning.
Agoraphobia - ✔️✔️anxiety about being in situations or places from which escape may be difficult
or embarrassing or in which help may not be available if panic symptoms occur.
Anorexia Nervosa - ✔️✔️eating disorder involving refusal to maintain a minimal normal body
weight, intense fear of gaining weight, disturbed perception of one's body shape or size, and, in
females, amenorrhea.
Antisocial Personality Disorder - ✔️✔️pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others.
>17 and must have a history of conduct disorder.
Amnestic Disorder - ✔️✔️development of memory impairment
Asperger's Disorder - ✔️✔️pervasive development disorder involving severe impairment in social
interactions and a restricted repertoire of behaviors with no substantial delays in cognitive,
language, or self-help skills.
Autistic Disorder - ✔️✔️pervasive development disorder characterized by qualitative impairment
in social interaction and communication, and restricted, repetitive and stereotyped behaviors.
Avoidant Personality Disorder - ✔️✔️pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy,
and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.
Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development - ✔️✔️current developmental status of infants
and toddlers ages 1 to 42 months.
Beck Depression Inventory II - ✔️✔️measurement of the depth of depression and the severity of
complaints, symptoms, and concerns. ages 13+
Beck Hopelessness Scale - ✔️✔️measures suicidality ages 17+.
Bender-Gestalt II - ✔️✔️measure of visual-motor integration that is also used as a screening tool
for neuropsychological impairment.
Bereavement - ✔️✔️normal reaction to the death of a loved one. can include symptoms of a major
depressive episode but does not include feelings of guilt, worthlessness, significant psychomotor
retardation, prolonged significant impairment in functioning or hallucinations.
Bipolar I - ✔️✔️presence of at least one manic or mixed episode, with or without a history of a
major depressive disorder.
Bipolar II - ✔️✔️presence of at least one hypomanic episode with no history of a manic or mixed
episode.
Borderline Personality Disorder - ✔️✔️pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal
relationships, self-image, and affect and marked impulsivity.
Bulimia Nervosa - ✔️✔️eating disorder involving recurrent episodes of binge eating accompanied
by compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain, self-evaluation that is unduly influenced by
body shape and weight. individual is typically of normal body weight.
Burns Depression Checklist - ✔️✔️25 question rating scale for depression. each question is framed
in terms of how much the individual has experienced each symptom during the past week
including today.
CAGE - ✔️✔️a brief screening questionnaire designed to screen for alcoholism.
California Psychological Inventory - ✔️✔️Personality assessment with emphasis on positive,
normal aspects of personality rather than psychopathology.
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