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MH Terminology
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02/23/2022

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Term
Voluntary Commitment
Definition
admit oneself to a psychiatric hospital, or other mental health facility.
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Least Restrictive Treatment
Definition
Treatment that affords the most favorable risk to benefit ratio, with specific consideration of probability of treatment success, anticipated duration of treatment, distress caused by procedures, and distress caused by the behavior itself.
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Restraint
Definition
A device that restricts movement
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Negligence
Definition
Failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances
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Defamation
Definition
A false statement someone makes about you, which they publish as a statement of fact, and which harms your personal and/or professional reputation or causes you other damages, including financial loss and emotional distress
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