Author: Glossary
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Health maintenance organization (HMO)
A form of group practice by physicians and supporting personnel to provide comprehensive health services to an enrolled group of subscribers who pay a fixed premium to belong. Emphasis is on maintaining the health of the enrollees as well as treating their illnesses. HMOs must include psychiatric benefits to receive federal support. An organizational health…
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Health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA)
Enacted by congress in 1996, this act required the department of health and human services to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health plans, and employers. It also addressed the security and privacy of health data. Title i of hipaa protects health insurance coverage for workers and their…
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Health care financing administration (HCFA)
A federal agency within the U.S. Department of health and human services that in 2001 was renamed centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS). The division of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) which administers the Medicare program, the Federal part of the Medicaid program, and related quality assurance activities. The former name…
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Harm avoidance
Term referring to the concept that complete cessation of alcohol and drug abuse should not be the only goal of drug and alcohol programs; a decrease in use and the avoidance of harm to the person and others also should be a goal of treatment. Harm avoidance is also used to describe a personality trait…
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Haloperidol
A conventional antipsychotic medication (a butyrophenone) used in the treatment of chronic schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders and often used to manage agitation in acutely ill psychiatric patients. Marketed under the brand name haldol. A tranquilliser used in the treatment of schizophrenia, mania and psychoses. Tranquilizer used in the treatment of psychosis and Gilles de…
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Hallucinosis
A condition in which the patient hallucinates in a state of clear consciousness, as in a substance-induced psychotic disorder. Dsm-iv-tr classifies hallucinosis on the basis of whether reality testing about the hallucinatory experiences is intact. In patients whose reality testing is impaired, hallucinosis is termed substanceinduced (e.g., alcohol) psychotic disorder, with hallucinations. In patients whose…
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Hallucinogen-related disorders
In dsm-iv-tr, a group of mental disorders that includes hallucinogen dependence, hallucinogen abuse, hallucinogen intoxication, hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (flashbacks), hallucinogen intoxication delirium, hallucinogeninduced psychotic disorder, hallucinogen-induced mood disorder, and hallucinogen-induced anxiety disorder.
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Tactile hallucination
Perception of being touched or of something being under one’s skin, such as the sensation of pins being stuck into one’s finger. The sensation of something crawling under one’s skin is called formication; it occurs most frequently in alcohol withdrawal syndrome and in cocaine withdrawal. A false sense of touching something or of objects moving…
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Somatic hallucination
Perception of a physical sensation within the body, such as a feeling of electricity running through one’s body. A sensation of pain attributed to visceral injury.
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Olfactory hallucination
Perception of odor, such as of burning rubber or decaying fish.