Encyclopedia - Mental Health: Encyclopedia - Mental Health
Mental health is a concept that refers to a human individual's emotional and psychological well-being. Merriam-Webster defines mental hea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Plane: Encyclopedia - Mental Plane
Subtle bodies Causal plane: Causal body Mental plane: Mental body Astral plane: body, projection Etheric plane: Etheric body Physical pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health - Mental Hygiene Concept
Dr. William Glasser, a psychiatrist engaged in therapeutics and counseling, describes 'Mental Hygiene' in his book Mental Health or Menta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artistry Of The Mentally Ill: Encyclopedia - Artistry Of The Mentally Ill
Artistry of the Mentally Ill was a 1922 book by psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn, and is known as the work that launched the field of psychiat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess As Mental Training: Encyclopedia - Chess As Mental Training
Teaching and playing the game of chess has often been advocated as a form of mental training. Benjamin Franklin, in his article The Moral...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Body: Encyclopedia - Mental Body
Subtle bodies Causal plane: Causal body Mental plane: Mental body Astral plane: body, projection Etheric plane: Etheric body Physical pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Mental Health Day: Encyclopedia - World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day (October 10), is a global mental health education, awareness and advocacy project of World Federation for Mental ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Alliance On Mental Illness: Encyclopedia - National Alliance On Mental Illness
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, formerly known as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is an American non-profit nat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Federation For Mental Health: Encyclopedia - World Federation For Mental Health
The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) was founded in 1948. It is an international non-profit organization that aims to prevent an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commission For Scientific Medicine And Mental Health: Encyclopedia - Commission For Scientific Medicine And Mental Health
The Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health (CSMMH) was founded on November 13, 2003, by the nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders: Encyclopedia - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the handbook used most o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health - Mental Health Promotion
Mental health promotion works from the principle that everyone has mental health needs, not just people who have been diagnosed with a me...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Plane:: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mental Plane:
mental plane: Names the refined strata of the subtle world. It is called Maharloka or Devaloka, realm of anahata chakra. Here the soul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Mediumship: Parapsychology Dictionary On Mental Mediumship
Mental Mediumship: The paranormal obtaining of information by a medium.   (See also: Mental Mediumship , Psychic, Psychic Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Healing: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Mental Healing
Mental healing , Mental healing ,  : The use of mind to cure disease, particularly physical illness.   (See also: Ment...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Body: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mental Body
mental body (sheath): The higher-mind layer of the subtle or astral body in which the soul functions in Maharloka of the Antarloka or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Medicine: Alternative Health Dictionary On Mental Medicine
Mental Medicine (the Medicine of the North, Mental Medicine path, mental path): Mode of Cherokee healing that includes biofeedback, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental, Emotional Distress: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Mental, Emotional Distress
Definition and meaning of Mental, Emotional Distress :   Mental (or Emotional) Distress: Usually not covered if a claimant was ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental, Emotional Distress: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Mental, Emotional Distress
Definition and meaning of Mental, Emotional Distress :   Mental (or Emotional) Distress: Usually not covered if a claimant was ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Mental Healing
mental healing: Process whereby one endeavors to heal another with conscious intent alone. The expressions mental healing and spiritua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Channeling: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Mental Channeling
MENTAL CHANNELING: is the action of psychic impulses on a mental level; such as clairvoyance. A term often used by authors wishing to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Image: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Image - Introduction
At the most literal level, human consciousness consists entirely of imagery of the world from the sense data that surrounds us. Light ent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Illness - Symptoms
In addition to the categorized illnesses, there are many well-defined symptoms of mental illness, such as paranoia, that are not regarded...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Science: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mental Science
Mental Science.   See FAITH HEALING   (See also: Mental Science , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health - Overview
Some experts consider mental health as a continuum. Thus, an individual's mental health may have many different possible values. Mental w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Illness - Treatment
Strictly speaking, there is no cure for mental illness. Many conditions, like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, can be tre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Image: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Image - Philosophical Ideas About Mental Images
Mental images are an important topic in classical and modern philosophy, as they are central to the study of knowledge. The urtext is Pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Retardation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Retardation - Signs
There are many signs. For example, children with developmental disabilities may learn to sit up, to crawl, or to walk later than other ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Retardation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Retardation - Signs
There are many signs. For example, children with developmental disabilities may learn to sit up, to crawl, or to walk later than other ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Mentality: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Mentality - Origins
Throughout human history nations and peoples have continuously colonised and been colonised. It is said that when a foreign colonial or i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mental Illness - Monotheism And Mental Health
The next major developments in the history of mental health and illness came in a wave of new ideas about the self that occurred in the 6...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Projection: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Mental Projection
Mental Projection: An OOBE or psi talent that may involve traveling GESP without the image of an “astral body” being broug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Plane: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Plane - Some Current Definitions Of The Mental Plane
The influence of C.W. Leadbeater's work on the New Age movement has been underrated (see The Elder Brother by Gregory Tillet). One of Lea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Definition Of Mental Disorder
The term “mental disorder” is very loosely defined under the Act, in contrast to mental health legislation in other countries such as...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Body: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Mental Body
mental body The third of man's four bodies in the theosophical teaching. The first and second bodies are the "physical" and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Healing: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Mental Healing
mental healing Power to heal with mental faculty. Healing power may emerge from the super-consciousness though originating from an ex...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Mediumship: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Mental Mediumship
mental mediumship The possession of power to demonstrate ability for contacting the spirit realm through two types of controlclairvoy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Plane: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Plane - Predecessors Of The Concept
In India in the seventh century b.c.e., the Taittiriya Upanishad refered to five levels of self, of which the middle one is the "self mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Plane: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Plane - Predecessors Of The Concept
In India in the seventh century b.c.e., the Taittiriya Upanishad referred to five levels of self, of which the middle one is the "self ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Films Featuring Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Films Featuring Mental Illness - Mental Retardation
List of films featuring mental illness - Clinical depression. Prozac Nation (2001) [21] List of films featuring mental illness - Bip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Status Examination: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Status Examination - Controversy
The article so far has described how a clinician usually goes about the task of performing a MSE. There is controversy both within the pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Mentality: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Mentality - The British Empire
Colonial mentality - The Indian Subcontinent. Some critics point to Rudyard Kipling's portrayals of Indian characters generally support...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Illness - Prevalence And Diagnosis
According to the 2003 report of the U.S. President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, major mental illness, including clinical de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Retardation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Retardation - Alternate Terms
The term mental retardation has gradually acquired pejorative and shameful connotations over the last few decades and is now used almost ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Disorder Defence: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Disorder Defence - Canada
The defence of mental disorder is codified in section 16 of the Canadian Criminal Code which states, in part: 16. (1) No person is crimi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Retardation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Retardation - Treatment And Assistance
By most definitions, it is more accurately considered a disability rather than a disease. It can be distinguished in many ways from menta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Retardation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Retardation - Treatment And Assistance
By most definitions, it is more accurately considered a disability rather than a disease. It can be distinguished in many ways from menta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Mentality: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Mentality - The Spanish Empire
The former subjects of the Spanish Empire - Hispanic America and the Philippines - are the most commonly cited examples where the phenome...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Mentality: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Mentality - The Arab World
Nada El-Yassir comments that "in certain areas in the Arab world, the lighter you are the more beautiful you are considered." She also sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Plane: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Plane - Hermetic, Theosophical, And Rosicrucian Interpretations
The esoteric conception of the Mental Plane had to wait till the occult revival of the late 19th century, with the development of modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Illness - In Art And Literature
Mental illness - Books. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger The Curious Incident of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Illness - In Art And Literature
Mental illness - Books. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger The Curious Incident of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Plane: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Plane - Hermetic Theosophical And Rosicrucian Interpretations
The esoteric conception of the Mental Plane had to wait till the occult revival of the late 19th century, with the development of modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Illness - In Art And Literature
Mental illness - Books. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger The Curious Incident of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health - Opposition To Biological Psychiatry
Opposing viewpoints to biological psychiatry theories include those of anti-psychiatry advocates, who contend psychiatric patients do not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Draft Mental Health Bill
Mental health legislation in England and Wales is currently undergoing an overhaul. A draft Mental Health Bill was originally published i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Mental Health Services Act: Encyclopedia Ii - California Mental Health Services Act - Department Of Mental Health Collaboration
In the first few months immediately following its passage, the DMH will: Obtain federal approvals and Medi-Cal waivers, State authority,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Illness - Controversy Over Its Nature
Main articles: Anti-psychiatry and Causes of psychiatric disorder The subject is profoundly controversial. For example, until the 1970s h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Illness - Controversy Over Its Nature
The subject is profoundly controversial. For example, homosexuality was once considered such an "illness" (see DSM-II), and this percepti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - History
The Lunacy Act 1890 gave mental hospitals or “asylums” the power to detain “lunatics, idiots and persons of unsound mind.” The Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Professionals And Persons Involved
The Act involves specific professional roles by social workers and doctors as well as a specific role by a relative of the mentally disor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Physical Illness
The Mental Health Act 1983 provides the legal framework for the assessment and/or treatment of mental disorders. It does not provide for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Shortcomings
The main thrust of the Act provides power to detain persons in hospital, ultimately to treat their mental disorder. However, there is no ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Civil Sections
The civil section of the Act applies to any mentally disordered person who is not subject to the Criminal Justice System. The vast majori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Criminal Sections
There are various criminal sections of the Act that apply to persons subject to proceedings of the Criminal Justice System. Although they...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing - Different Levels Of Practice
The clinical practice of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing occurs at two levels: Basic and Advanced. At the basic level, registered nurse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing - Therapeutic Relationship
As with other branches of nursing practice, psychiatric mental health nursing works within nursing models, utilising nursing care plans a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing - Interventions
Nursing interventions may be divided into the following categories Psychiatric and mental health nursing - Physical and biological inter...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Designated Mental Health Provider: Health Insurance Glossary Dictionary - Designated Mental Health Provider
Definition and meaning of Designated Mental Health Provider :   Designated Mental Health Provider:  The organization hired...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Health Services And Supplies: Health Insurance Glossary Dictionary - Mental Health Services And Supplies
Definition and meaning of Mental Health Services and Supplies :   Mental Health Services and Supplies:  Items required for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vorlon: Encyclopedia Ii - Vorlon - Mental Capabilities
Vorlons appear to be extremely powerful telepaths and telekinetics, or to possess equivalent abilities. They have at least enough finesse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Retardation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Retardation - Diagnosis
According to the DSM-IV ([2]), there are three criteria before a person is considered to have a developmental disability: an IQ below 70,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Status Examination: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Status Examination - Main Categories
These vary around the world but there is broad commonality. Some schemes look at ego psychology and defence mechanisms while others are l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Mental Health Services Act: Encyclopedia Ii - California Mental Health Services Act - Overview
The voter-approved MHSA initiative provides for developing, through an extensive stakeholder process, a comprehensive approach to providi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Icd-10 Chapter F: Mental And Behavioural Disorders: Encyclopedia Ii - Icd-10 Chapter F: Mental And Behavioural Disorders - F00-f99 - Mental And Behavioural Disorders
ICD-10 Chapter F: Mental and behavioural disorders - F00-F09 Organic including symptomatic mental disorders. (F00) Dementia in Alzheim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Retardation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Retardation - Diagnosis
According to the DSM-IV ([1]), there are three criteria before a person is considered to have a developmental disability: an IQ below 70,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders: Encyclopedia Ii - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders - Development
The criteria and classification system of the DSM are based on the majority opinion of people who represent American mental health specia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Calculation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Calculation - Calculating Differences: A − B
Mental calculation - Direct calculation. When the digits of b are all smaller than the digits of a, the calculation can be done digit b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders: Encyclopedia Ii - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders - Criticism
The DSM is routinely attacked for being non-scientific. Columbia University acknowledges the unscientific nature of the DSM in their annu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Misato Katsuragi: Encyclopedia Ii - Misato Katsuragi - Mental Health
Because of the disparity between her professionalism on the job and her slovenliness at home, some fans believe her to have AADD (adult a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders: Encyclopedia Ii - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders - A Multiaxial Approach
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, presently in its fourth revised (IV-TR, 2000) edition, systemizes psychiatric ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders: Encyclopedia Ii - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders - Cautionary Statement
A DSM cautionary statement is required to create balance and perspective for the various diagnoses and criteria used in the Diagnostic an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders: Encyclopedia Ii - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders - A Multiaxial Approach
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, presently in its fourth revised (IV-TR, 2000) edition, systemizes psychiatric ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ranchi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ranchi - Mental Sanatorium Of Ranchi
Ranchi has one of the largest facility for mentally-challenged patients at Kanke. There are three major hospitals taking care of patients...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Calculation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Calculation - Calculating Products: A × B
Mental calculation - Multiplying by 2. In this case, the product can be essentially calculated digit by digit. This is not exactly the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Freedom Commission On Mental Health: Encyclopedia Ii - New Freedom Commission On Mental Health - Commission Reports
On July 22, 2003, the President's commission returned a report containing 19 formal recommendations, organized under six proposed nationa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commission For Scientific Medicine And Mental Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Commission For Scientific Medicine And Mental Health - Contributions To Scholarship
In 2001, University of California at Irvine Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Bruce Flamm, M.D. and other researchers for C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clara Bow: Encyclopedia Ii - Clara Bow - Mental Illness
After being diagnosed a schizophrenic in 1949 and suffering a mental-health regimen that included shock treatments, Clara Bow died on Sep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Il Palazzo: Encyclopedia Ii - Il Palazzo - Mental Disorder
Spurred by Key's disdainful delivery of headquarters' disdainful message to speed up the takeover of the city, Il Palazzo seizes the firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychopathology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychopathology - Psychopathology As The Study Of Mental Illness
Many different professions may be involved in studying mental illness or distress. Most notably, psychiatrists and clinical psychologists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Freedom Commission On Mental Health: Encyclopedia Ii - New Freedom Commission On Mental Health - Opposition Brewing
However, several relatively minor aspects of the report submitted to President Bush have been opposed by a coalition of advocacy groups, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game Of Skill: Encyclopedia Ii - Game Of Skill - Games Of Mental Skill
A game of mental skill (sometimes called a mind sport) is a game where training of muscles and skill in controlling them offers insignifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric Hospital: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric Hospital - Mental Hospitals In The Media
Mental hospitals are often depicted as frightening places in fiction, where treatments are forced upon inmates by uncaring staff, or inma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric Hospital: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric Hospital - Mental Hospitals In The Media
Mental hospitals are often depicted as frightening places in fiction, where treatments are forced upon inmates by uncaring staff, or inma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Chu: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Chu - Mental Health
Frank Chu - Psychiatric comparisons. Frank Chu's perception and interpretation of the world and his eccentric behavior are consistent w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sirius Black: Encyclopedia Ii - Sirius Black - Mental State
Sirius was a rather tragic figure. His life was not the happiest and never gave him time to properly mature emotionally, making him somew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sirius Black: Encyclopedia Ii - Sirius Black - Mental State
Sirius is a rather tragic figure in the series. His life was not the happiest and never gave him time to properly mature emotionally, mak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Mental Health Services Act: Encyclopedia Ii - California Mental Health Services Act - Mhsa Oversight And Accountability Commission
Sixteen members have been appointed to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC), whose role is to deve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Mental Health Services Act: Encyclopedia Ii - California Mental Health Services Act - Proposition 63 Mandate
The requirements of the MHSA, mandated by approval of California Proposition 63 in 2004 with 53.4% of the vote, are intended to initiate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric Hospital: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric Hospital - Anti-psychiatry Objections To Mental Hospitals
Some observers, notably psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz, have objected to calling mental hospitals "hospitals" (see anti-psychiatry). Lawre...   » Read the article