Glossary - Health and Disability
In Health and Disability, Mental health
A psychiatric assessment is when a psychiatrist observes and listens to a person to figure out if the person has any mental health issues. An assessment is not the same thing as treatment. Treatment involves trying to improve the person’s health or stop the person’s health from getting worse. But an assessment only involves figuring out whether or not there are health issues. It doesn’t involve treating health issues.
In Health and Disability, Mental health
A psychiatric facility is a place where patients are treated for their mental health. The health-care providers who work at psychiatric facilities usually have special training to work with mental health patients. For example, psychiatrists and psychologists. If a psychiatric patient needs to be detained, they’re usually detained in a psychiatric facility.
In Health and Disability, Mental health
A psychiatric patient is a person who is being observed, cared for, or treated for their mental health in a psychiatric facility. Some psychiatric patients may be able to live at home and visit the psychiatric facility when they need to. Some psychiatric patients may need to be detained at the psychiatric facility.
