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- Like any highly specialized field, psychiatry—and, by extension, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis —has a language all its own. Sociologists believe that jargon develops in part to make communication short-cuts but also to clearly delineate between who is a member of the group and who is not.
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Apr 18, 2018 · Like any field, psychiatry has its own collection of terminology. Some of it is self-explanatory, but some of it isn’t. I believe that knowing the jargon helps to narrow the power gap between health care providers and patients, so I put together this glossary of common psychiatric terms.
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Jargon aphasia is characterized by incoherent, meaningless speech with neologisms (newly invented words). These are unconscious thoughts that find expression when one is off one's guard and must be consciously repressed.
Psychiatry: Psychiatry is a branch of medicine focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental disorders. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in mental health and are trained to assess both the biological and psychological aspects of mental illness.
The following is a sampling of key terms from the American Psychiatric Glossary (7th edition, edited by Jane Edgerton and Robert Campbell, III [1994]. Washington, DC-. American Psychiatric Press, Inc.). It provides a user-friendly definition for quick referral.
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