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| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Schizophrenia | Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by "positive" and "negative" symptoms. Psychotic, or positive, symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, and disordered thinking (apparent from a person's fragmented, disconnected and sometimes nonsensical speech). Negative symptoms include social withdrawal, extreme apathy, diminished motivation, and blunted emotional expression. |
| School-Based Services | School-based treatment and support interventions designed to identify emotional disturbances and/or assist parents, teachers, and counselors in developing comprehensive strategies for addressing these disturbances. School-based services also include counseling or other school-based programs for emotionally disturbed children, adolescents, and their families within the school, home and community environment. |
| Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) | Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that appears related to fluctuations in the exposure to natural light. It usually strikes during autumn and often continues through the winter when natural light is reduced. Researchers have found that people who have SAD can be helped with the symptoms of their illness if they spend blocks of time bathed in light from a special full-spectrum light source, called a "light box." |
| Self-Help | Self-help generally refers to groups or meetings that: involve people who have similar needs; are facilitated by a consumer, survivor, or other layperson; assist people to deal with a "life-disrupting" event, such as a death, abuse, serious accident, addiction, or diagnosis of a physical, emotional, or mental disability, for oneself or a relative; are operated on an informal, free-of-charge, and nonprofit basis; provide support and education; and are voluntary, anonymous, and confidential. Many people with mental illnesses find that self-help groups are an invaluable resource for recovery and for empowerment. |
| Serious Mental Illness | Pursuant to section 1912(c) of the Public Health Service Act, adults with serious mental illness SMI are persons: (1) age 18 and over and (2) who currently have, or at any time during the past year had a diagnosable mental behavioral or emotional disorder of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria specified within DSM-IV or their ICD-9-CM equivalent (and subsequent revisions) with the exception of DSM-IV "V" codes, substance use disorders, and developmental disorders, which are excluded, unless they co-occur with another diagnosable serious mental illness. (3) That has resulted in functional impairment, which substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. Federal Register Volume 58 No. 96 published Thursday May 20, 1993 pages 29422 through 29425. |
| Service | A type of support or clinical intervention designed to address the specific mental health needs of an adult child and his or her family. A service could be provided only one time or repeated over a course of time, as determined by the child, family, and service provider. |
| Staff-Model HMO | An HMO that directly employs, on a salaried basis, the doctors and other providers who furnish care. |
| State Coverage | The total unduplicated count of mental health patients/clients served through State programs, exclusive of Medicaid and Other Coverage. |
| State Hospital | A publicly funded inpatient facility for persons with mental illness. |
| State Mental Health Authority or Agency | State government agency charged with administering and funding its State's public mental health services. |
| Substance Use | Misuse of medications, alcohol or other illegal substances. |
| Suicide | According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Suicide is a death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with an intent to die as a result of the behavior. |
| Supported Employment | Supportive services that include assisting individuals in finding work; assessing individuals' skills, attitudes, behaviors, and interest relevant to work; providing vocational rehabilitation and/or other training; and providing work opportunities. Includes transitional and supported employment services. |
| Supported Housing | Services to assist individuals in finding and maintaining appropriate housing arrangements. |
| Supportive Residential Services | Moderately staffed housing arrangements for clients/patients. Includes supervised apartments, satellite facilities, group homes, halfway houses, mental health shelter-care facilities, and other facilities. |
| System of Care | A system of care is a method of addressing children's mental health needs. It is developed on the premise that the mental health needs of children, adolescents, and their families can be met within their home, school, and community environments. These systems are also developed around the principles of being child-centered, family-driven, strength-based, and culturally competent and involving interagency collaboration. |
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