| brief psychiatric rating scale | A scale comprising 18 symptom constructs chosen to represent relatively independent dimensions of manifest psychopathology. The initial intended use was to provide more efficient assessment of treatment response in clinical psychopharmacology research; however, the scale was readily adapted to other uses. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| psychiatric | Pertaining to or within the purview of psychiatry. (18 Nov 1997) |
| psychiatric aides | Persons who assist in the routine care of psychiatric persons, usually under the supervision of the nursing department. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychiatric department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the organization and administration of psychiatric services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychiatric nursing | A specialty concerned with the application of psychiatric principles in caring for the mentally ill. It also includes the nursing care provided the mentally ill patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychiatric somatic therapies | The biologic treatment of mental disorders (e.g., electroconvulsive therapy), in contrast with psychotherapy. (stone, american psychiatric glossary, 1988, p159) (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychiatric status rating scales | Standardised procedures utilizing rating scales or interview schedules carried out by health personnel for evaluating the degree of mental illness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychiatric trend | Benign or morbid emotional interests, urges, and tendencies as revealed by postures, gestures, actions, or speech. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hospitals, psychiatric | Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| social work, psychiatric | Use of all social work processes in the treatment of patients in a psychiatric or mental health setting. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, psychiatric | Insurance providing benefits to cover part or all of the psychiatric care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emergency services, psychiatric | Organised services to provide immediate psychiatric care to patients with acute psychological disturbances. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambulatory surgery | <surgery> Operative procedures performed on patients who are admitted to and discharged from a hospital on the same day. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aseptic surgery | The performance of an operation with sterilised hands, instruments, etc., and utilizing precautions against the introduction of infectious microorganisms from without. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiovascular surgery | The use of surgery to fix disorders of the heartand/or blood vessels. (09 Oct 1997) |