Psychiatry Dictionary
Some concepts used in psychiatry and psychotherapy are also frequently encountered in everyday language. However, the same word can have different meanings in everyday language and in clinical usage. For this reason, I have compiled this glossary with the aim of explaining concepts frequently used in the fields of psychiatry and psychotherapy in clear and scientific language.
Understanding a concept does not mean that a person is diagnosing themselves or someone else. Psychiatric symptoms are assessed in conjunction with the person’s history, the difficulties they are experiencing, the duration, severity and impact on daily life.
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
An anxiety disorder in which excessive and difficult-to-control worry about multiple life domains persists for a long time, often accompanied by symptoms such as restlessness, tension, and sleep and concentration difficulties.
Grandiosity
Refers to unrealistically inflated evaluations of one's own importance, power, abilities, knowledge, or status. It may appear as a symptom in some mental states.
Grief
The natural process of emotional, cognitive, physical, and behavioral responses that may emerge after a significant loss. Grief by itself is not a psychiatric illness.