Personality Disorder - Glossary

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Last Updated on Dec 31, 2015

Glossary

Cognitive: It refers to mental process of comprehension, judgment, memory and reasoning, unlike emotional and volitional processes.

Psychotherapeutic: It refers to psychotherapy, which helps in the understanding of thoughts, motivation, and feelings by a relationship with a mental health specialist.

Psychoeducation: It is a means of providing psychiatric illness patients with skills that can manage their illnesses. Skills such as improving adherence to treatment regimen, managing stressful events and symptoms, enhancing social and family integration, and reducing hospitalization need.

Published on Dec 30, 2015
Last Updated on Dec 31, 2015

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