mental patient
Institutionalized troubled soul
A mental patient is a person receiving treatment for a psychiatric disorder, typically in a hospital or institutional setting.
The term is clinical and somewhat dated—mental health patient or psychiatric patient are now preferred in professional contexts.
The ward housed thirty mental patients.
The phrase can carry stigmatizing connotations when used carelessly.
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
neurosis · delusions · hallucinations · manic episode · depressive episode · dissociation · catatonia · paranoia
Justified claims to freedoms
- dignityInnate personal worth
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
anti-psychiatry · deinstitutionalization · reform · awareness · destigmatization · lived experience · empathy · compassion
Identification of illness
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- inpatientAdmitted overnight patient
- outpatientTreated without admission
- wardProtected person; division
institutionalization · asylum · commitment · sectioning · admission · discharge · case history · chart
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- group therapyCommunal psychological treatment
- electroconvulsiveUsing electricity to trigger seizures
occupational therapy · art therapy · sessions · intervention · stabilization · psychologist · psychiatrist · social worker
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- shamePainful awareness of failure
taboo · ostracism · alienation · marginalization · dehumanization · misunderstanding · bias · isolation
Restoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- progressMovement toward improvement
resilience · remission · wellness · self-advocacy · peer support · empowerment · coping skills · independence
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- depressionProlonged low state
anxiety · neurosis · delusions · hallucinations · manic episode · depressive episode · dissociation · catatonia · paranoia · breakdown
rights
Justified claims to freedoms
- dignityInnate personal worth
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
civil liberties · anti-psychiatry · deinstitutionalization · reform · awareness · destigmatization · lived experience · empathy · compassion · acceptance
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- inpatientAdmitted overnight patient
- outpatientTreated without admission
ward · institutionalization · asylum · commitment · sectioning · admission · discharge · case history · chart · prognosis
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- group therapyCommunal psychological treatment
electroconvulsive · occupational therapy · art therapy · sessions · intervention · stabilization · psychologist · psychiatrist · social worker · case manager
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
shame · taboo · ostracism · alienation · marginalization · dehumanization · misunderstanding · bias · isolation · fear
healing
Restoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
progress · resilience · remission · wellness · self-advocacy · peer support · empowerment · coping skills · independence · follow-up
- captivesprisoner, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage
- legal capacitylegal capacity, capacity, incapacity, competence, competency
mental patientpsychiatrist
Mental disorder physician
mental health professional · psychologist · psychiatric nurse · therapist · attending physician
mental, patient, mentally, mentality, patience, patients, patiently, impatient, impatience