Psychiatric Terms Glossary
The Oaktree Connect Doctor-Led Mental Health
A
- ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Adult ADHD Assessment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Anxiety Disorder
- Agoraphobia
- Adjustment Disorder
- Affective Disorder
- Antidepressant Medication
- Antipsychotic Medication
- Anxiety Management
- Acute Stress Reaction
- Attachment Disorder
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Assessment Interview
- Autism Diagnosis UK
Glossary
B
- Bipolar Disorder
- Behavioural Activation
- Behavioural Therapy
- Borderline Personality Disorder (EUPD)
- Burnout
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Brief Psychiatric Assessment
- Brain Stimulation Therapy
- Biological Psychiatry
C
- CAMHS Psychiatry
- Child Psychiatrist UK
- Clinical Psychologist
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Complex PTSD
- Clinical Formulation
- Cognitive Assessment
- Capacity Assessment
- Consultant Psychiatrist
- Compulsive Behaviour
- Chronic Stress
- Cyclothymia
- Conduct Disorder
- Counselling Psychology
D
- Depression
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Dysthymia (Persistent Depressive Disorder)
- Diagnostic Assessment
- Dissociation
- Delusional Disorder
- Dual Diagnosis
- Doctor-Led Mental Health Care
- Digital Psychiatry
- Developmental Disorders
E
- Eating Disorders
- EMDR Therapy
- Emotional Dysregulation
- Early Intervention Mental Health
- Educational Psychology Assessment
- Executive Functioning
- Exposure Therapy
- ECT Referral
- Emotional Resilience
- Evidence-Based Therapy
F
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Family Therapy
- Functional Impairment
- Formulation-Based Treatment
- Flashbacks
- Fear Conditioning
- First Episode Psychosis
- Fitness to Work Assessment
- Follow-Up Psychiatric Review
- Functional Neurological Symptoms
G
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- General Adult Psychiatry
- Grief Counselling
- Group Therapy
- GP Shared Care Agreement
- Guided Self-Help
- Gender Dysphoria Assessment
- Global Assessment of Functioning
- Genetic Predisposition
- Goal-Oriented Therapy
H
- Health Anxiety
- Health Psychology
- Holistic Mental Health
- Hyperactivity
- Hypomania
- Hospital Avoidance Care
- Habit Reversal Therapy
- High-Functioning Autism
- Home-Based Online Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
I
- Insomnia Disorder
- Integrated Care Plan
- Intellectual Disability Assessment
- Impulse Control Disorder
- Inattention
- Individual Therapy
- Initial Psychiatric Consultation
- Irritability in Children
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Informed Consent
J
- Joint Care Planning
- Juvenile Mental Health Assessment
K
- Kleptomania
- Knowledge-Based Psychological Assessment
L
- Liaison Psychiatry
- Low Mood
- Learning Difficulties Assessment
- Long-Term Therapy
- Lifestyle Psychiatry
- Late-Onset Depression
M
- Medication Management
- Mood Disorder
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy
- Mental Capacity Evaluation
- Medico-Legal Report
- Major Trauma Therapy
- Mixed Anxiety and Depression
- Multidisciplinary Care
- Mood Stabiliser
- Mental Health at Work Assessment
N
- Neuropsychiatry
- Neuromodulation
- Non-Stimulant ADHD Medication
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Night Terrors
- Neurodevelopmental Disorder
- Negative Symptoms (Psychosis)
- NICE Guidelines
- Neurocognitive Assessment
- Neuroplasticity
O
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Occupational Psychiatry
- Online Psychiatric Assessment
- Older Adult Psychiatry
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- Outcome Measures
- Overthinking
- Organic Mental Disorder
- Outpatient Psychiatry
- Ongoing Therapy Plan
P
- Panic Disorder
- Paranoia
- Personality Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychosis
- Psychiatric Diagnosis
- Psychological Therapy
- Private Psychiatrist UK
- Private Psychologist UK
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Phobias
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Psychoeducation
- Prescription Monitoring
- Patient Portal
- Psychological Assessment
- Postnatal Depression
- Persistent Anxiety
- Performance Anxiety
- Psychiatric Medication Review
Q
- Quality of Life Assessment
- Questionnaires (PHQ-9, GAD-7)
R
- rTMS (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)
- Risk Assessment
- Relapse Prevention
- Referral Pathway
- Recovery-Oriented Care
- Resilience Therapy
- Recurrent Depression
- Regulation Strategies
S
- Schizophrenia
- Schema Therapy
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Sleep Disorder
- Stimulant Medication (ADHD)
- Stress Management
- Self-Harm Assessment
- Shared Care Agreement
- Specialist Psychiatric Opinion
- Structured Clinical Interview
T
- Trauma-Informed Therapy
- Tourette’s Syndrome
- Treatment Plan
- Therapy Goals
- Titration (Medication Adjustment)
- Thought Disorder
- Telepsychiatry UK
- Therapeutic Alliance
- Treatment-Resistant Depression
- TMS Success Rates
U
- Unipolar Depression
- Urgent Mental Health Assessment
V
- Virtual Reality Therapy
- Vulnerability Assessment
W
- Workplace Mental Health Support
- Wellbeing Monitoring
- Withdrawal Symptoms
- Worry Management
