| mental process |
Mental functions and cognitive processes are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term cognitive tends to have specific implications - see cognitive and cognitivism) to mean such functions or processes as perception, introspection, memory, imagination, conception, belief, reasoning, volition, and emotion--in other words, all the different things that we can do with our minds. A specific instance of engaging in a cognitive process is a mental event. ...
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| Mental Status Examination |
Mental status examination, or MSE, is a medical process where a clinician working in the field of mental health (usually a psychiatrist or psychologist) systematically examines a patient's mind. Each area of function is considered separately under categories in a way similar to a physical examination performed by physicians. However, much of the material for the MSE is gathered during psychiatric history taking. ...
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| mental retardation |
Is the term used in the World Health Organisation's Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders (ICD IO, 1992).
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| mentoparietal diameter |
the distance from the chin to the vertex of the skull.
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| mental hospital |
means a residential facility for the diagnosis, care and treatment of the mentally disabled other than the mentally retarded.
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