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Diccionari de psiquiatria - Presentation

© Authors: Government of Catalonia. Ministry of Health; TERMCAT, Centre for Terminology
© Publisher: TERMCAT, Centre for Terminology, 2021 (First edition: 2008)
In collaboration with: Academy of Medical and Health Science of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. Psychiatry and Mental Health Catalan Association

 

The Diccionari de psiquiatria (‘Dictionary of psychiatry’) contains over a thousand terms relating to clinical psychiatry (i.e., the different types of mental disorders), therapies, and mental status exams and psychiatric diagnosis. It is complemented by an appendix that lists the main psychotropic drugs used in this field of medicine.

This work is based on the content of the first edition, published on paper in 2007 and published online in 2008. It is an expanded edition with about a hundred new terms, mostly from the classification of diagnostic labels in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) of the American Psychiatric Association.

Each terminological entry contains the preferred denomination in Catalan and the corresponding synonyms, if any; equivalents in Spanish, French, English and, in some entries, German; a definition in Catalan, and, if necessary, explanatory notes.

This dictionary, prepared in co-authorship with the Catalan Ministry of Health, aims to be a practical reference tool for all people who need to use terminology related to psychiatry, both in the field of dissemination and in a scientific context. The dictionary is also aimed at contributing to give visibility to mental health and to promote communication without prejudices in psychiatry.

In the social aspect linked to care for people with mental health problems, the Diccionari de psiquiatria is complemented by the Terminologia de l’atenció a la salut mental i a les addiccions (‘Terminology of mental health and addictions care’).

Clicking on "Consulta de termes" (‘Term search’), terms can be looked up in two ways: using the alphabetical indexes (there is a different index for each language) or making simple or advanced searches in the upper space "Text de la consulta" (‘Text search’) in any of the dictionary languages.

 

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Appendix. Psychotropics

 

Documents of printed edition (2008):

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Presentation
Introduction
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 Authors:

Departament de Salut     TERMCAT

 

Publisher:

TERMCAT

 

In collaboration with:

Societat Catalana de Psiquiatria i Salut Mental

 

CATALUNYA. DEPARTAMENT DE SALUT; TERMCAT, CENTRE DE TERMINOLOGIA. Diccionari de psiquiatria [en línia]. 2a ed. Barcelona: TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia, cop. 2021. (Diccionaris en Línia)
<https://www.termcat.cat/ca/diccionaris-en-linia/21/>

 

Last update: 12-01-2024