Mental Health Information Centre: keyword index

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Addiction
Adolescence	Anxiety disorders Assessment Conduct disorder Depression Drug therapies Eating disorders Prevalence of psychiatric disorders Psychological therapies Somatoform disorders Timeline of psychopathology
Affective disorders	Anxiety Depression
Aged people	Anxiety Assessment | decision tree | mental status examination Delirium Dementia Depression Drug therapies Management Psychological therapies Psychoses Respite/residential care Special needs
Agoraphobia
Alcohol
Anorexia nervosa	Definition Natural history
Antidepressant drugs	Elderly patients Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Antipsychotic drugs	Affective and schizoaffective psychoses Elderly patients Schizophrenia
Anxiety disorders	Assessment Barriers to recognition Children and adolescents Graded exposure Hyperventilation control technique List of therapies Prevalence Signs and symptoms Psychological treatment in general practice Secondary to medical conditions, drugs or psychiatric disorders Structured problem solving Syndromes: Assessment | Generalised anxiety disorder | Panic disorder and agoraphobia | Social phobia | Obsessive-compulsive disorder | Post-traumatic stress disorder Screening test When to refer
Anxiolytics	Benzodiazepines Buspirone Elderly patients
Assessment	Anxiety and depression | screening test Children and adolescents Crisis assessment Eating disorders Elderly | decision tree | mental status examination Emergency | decision tree In the community Mental state Mini mental state examination [No longer available on this site] Psychosis Schizophrenia Somatoform disorders Teams and procedures
Bipolar disorder	Drug therapy
Bulimia nervosa	Definition Natural history
Childhood	Anxiety disorders Assessment Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Conduct disorder Depression Drug therapies Prevalence of psychiatric disorders Psychological therapies Somatoform disorders Timeline of psychopathology
Cognitive-behavioural therapy	Children Depression Somatoform disorders
Collaborative care	Case management Coordinated care agreement Ways of collaboration
Community care	Assessing patients in the community Community psychiatric services | Types of services Crisis intervention services | Resources
Dementia
Depression	Antidepressants Barriers to recognition Children and adolescents DSM-IV criteria Indications for treatment Major depression Manic-depressive illness - See bipolar disorder Prevalence Screening test Psychological therapies Secondary to medical conditions, drugs or psychiatric disorders Symptoms When to refer
Drug dependence	Assessment | CAGE questionnaire Detoxification: Nicotine | Alcohol | Benzodiazepines | Opiates Drugs of dependence and misuse | street names Maintenance and relapse prevention Management | principles Methadone Model of change in substance-use disorders Psychosis Schizophrenia Withdrawal syndromes
Drug therapies	Antidepressants Antipsychotics Anxiolytics Children Elderly Somatoform disorders
Eating disorders	Assessment Psychological therapies Risk factors Role of general practitioner Treatment
Emergencies	Assessments in the community Crisis management
General practice	Chief providers of mental health care Role in managing patients with psychosis
Generalised anxiety disorder
Interpersonal therapy	Depression
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Old age
Panic disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Problem solving	Anxiety disorders | Structured problem solving Depression
Psychological therapies	Anxiety disorders Children Depression Eating disorders Elderly Schizophrenia | psychosocial therapies
Psychoses	Affective and schizoaffective psychoses Assessment Associated medical conditions Drug therapies DSM-IV Prodromal symptoms Schizophrenia Spectrum of psychotic disorders
Schizoaffective disorders
Schizophrenia	Alcohol and drug abuse Course and prognosis Depression and suicide Diagnosis Drug therapy Prevalence Psychological therapies
Social phobia
Somatoform disorders	Assessment Children and adolescents Definitions Drug therapies Influence of culture Management Psychological therapies
Stress management