Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Mental Health
This glossary provides definitions of many commonly used mental health terms and includes links to more information on many of the entries. Just choose a letter from the menu below to reach the page with the term you'd like to find.
O
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a chronic, relapsing illness. People who have it suffer from recurrent and unwanted thoughts or rituals. The obsessions and the need to perform rituals can take over a person's life if left untreated. They feel they cannot control these thoughts or rituals.
Outcomes
The results of a specific health care service or benefit package.
Outcomes measure
A tool to assess the impact of health services in terms of improved quality and/or longevity of life and functioning.
Outcomes research
Studies that measure the effects of care or services.
This glossary incorporates many of the entries provided in a mental health dictionary supplied by the US government's Department of Health and Human Services.
This page was last reviewed by , Monday, 21 July 2008.
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