Geriatric Mental Health Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

Appendix II Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Geriatric Mental Health 391
Bipolar Disorder. A major mood disorder characterized by episodes of
major depression and mania or hypomania, formerly called manicdepressive
psychosis, circular type. The diagnosis of bipolar I disorder
requires one or more episodes of mania. The diagnosis of bipolar II
disorder requires one or more episodes of hypomania and is excluded
by the history or presence of a manic episode. Current episode may
be manic, depressed, hypomanic, or mixed manic.
*Case Defi nition. Standardized criteria for deciding whether a person
has a particular disease or health-related condition; often used in investigations
and for comparing potential cases; case defi nitions help
decide which disaster-specifi c conditions should be monitored with
emergency information surveillance systems.
*Case Management. The collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements,
coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the options and services
required to meet an individual’s health needs.
*Casualty. Any person suffering physical and /or psychological damage
that leads to death, injury, or material loss.
Clinical Management. Education of and discussion with patients and,
when appropriate, their families about the nature of depression, its
course, and the relative costs and benefi ts of treatment options. It
also includes assessment and management of the patient while in
treatment along with resolution of obstacles to treatment adherence,
monitoring and management of treatment side effects, and assessment
of outcome.
Cognition. The conscious faculty or process of knowing, including
all aspects of awareness, perception, reasoning, thinking, and remembering.
Cognitive Functions. Mental processes, including memory, language
skills, attention, and judgment.
Cognitive Therapy. A treatment method that focuses on revising a person’s
maladaptive processes of thinking, perceptions, attitudes, and
beliefs. Cognitive therapy has been developed for different disorders,
including depression.
*Community Profi le. The characteristics of the local environment that
are prone to a chemical or nuclear accident [these characteristics