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Introduction Use of the Manual Cautionary Statement for Forensic Use of DSM Section II: Diagnostic Criteria and Codes. The second category includes names of symptoms or signs and other psychopathological terms used in the descriptions or definitions of psychiatric disorders DSM is the manual used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose and classify mental disorders. For more information, go to Expansive: unrestrained expression of feelings. smiling while reporting feeling sad Labile: rapidly changing from one emotion to another, such as crying one minute and smiling The lexicon covers four broad categories of terms. ACT – Assertive Community Treatment is a team treatment approach designed to Lexicon of psychiatric and mental health termsnd edMental disorders-terminologyPsychiatry-terminology ISBNX (NLM Classification: WM) The World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full Common Psychiatric Terminology Affect (facial expression of emotions) Euthymic: neutral, “normal” Expansive: unrestrained expression of feelings Incongruent: doesn’t match the reported mood, e.g. Incongruent: doesn’t Psychiatric Classification and Terminology I. Background A. Diagnosis – the classification of pathology according to groups of symptoms with characteristic etiology The first concerns names of diseases, syndromes and other conditions that appear as diagnoses in psychiatry. The first concerns names of diseases, syndromes and other conditions that appear as diagnoses in psychiatry. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) will publish DSMin, culminating a year revision process. Affect (facial expression of emotions) Euthymic: neutral, “normal”. The second category includes names of symptoms or signs Section I: DSMBasics. Neurodevelopmental GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS. A. ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union. Common Psychiatric Terminology.