| MSE | Mental Status Examination |
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| WAGR syndrome | Wilms's Tumor Aniridia Genital Anomalies Me... |
| AAMD | American Academy of Medical Directors; American Association of Mental Deficiency |
| AAMR | American Academy of Mental Retardation |
| ADAMHA | Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration |
| mental health associations | Voluntary organizations which support educational programs and research in psychiatry with the objective of the promotion of mental health. An early association in the united states was founded as the national committee for mental hygiene in 1909, became the mental health association in 1976 and later the national mental health association in 1980. State and local mental health associations in this country are chartered by the national organization and affiliated with it. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| mental health services | Organised services to provide mental health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mental hospital | A medical institution for the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric and psychologic disorders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental hygiene | The science and practice of maintaining and restoring mental health; a branch of early twentieth century psychiatry that has become an interdisciplinary field including subspecialties in psychology, nursing, social work, law, and other professions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental illness | A broadly inclusive term, generally denoting one or all of the following: 1) a disease of the brain, with predominant behavioural symptoms, as in paresis or acute alcoholism; 2) a disease of the "mind" or personality, evidenced by abnormal behaviour, as in hysteria or schizophrenia; also called mental or emotional disease, disturbance, or disorder, or behaviour disorder, any psychiatric illness listed in Current Medical Information and Terminology of the American Medical Association or in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See: behaviour disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental image | A picture of an object not present, produced in the mind by memory or imagination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental impairment | A disorder characterised by the display of an intellectual defect, as manifested by diminished cognitive, interpersonal, social, and vocational effectiveness and quantitatively evaluated by psychological examination and assessment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the inferior alveolar nerve, arising in the mandibular canal and passing through the mental foramen to the chin and lower lip. Synonym: nervus mentalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental point | In craniometry, the most anterior point on the mandible in the midline; the most anterior, prominent point on the chin. Synonym: mental point. Origin: G. Dim. Of pogon, beard (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental process | The prominence of the chin at the anterior part of the mandible. Synonym: protuberantia mentalis, mental process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental processes | Conceptual functions or thinking in all its forms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mental protuberance | The prominence of the chin at the anterior part of the mandible. Synonym: protuberantia mentalis, mental process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental region | The region of the chin. Synonym: regio mentalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mental retardation | Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment of one or more of the following: (1) maturation, (2) learning, (3) social adjustment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mental scotoma | Absence of insight into, or inability to comprehend, items relative to a subject whose content is highly emotional to the individual. Synonym: blind spot. (05 Mar 2000) |