Psychiatric disability definition

Psychiatric disability means a diagnosed mental illness of a severe and persistent nature, but does not include dementia or intellectual disability.
Psychiatric disability means an impairment of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that limits one or more major life activities but does not include intellectual disability.
Psychiatric disability means a mental impairment that substantially limits or significantly interferes with one or more major life activities;

Examples of Psychiatric disability in a sentence

  • Psychiatric disability in the CSTDA collection includes clinically recognisable symptoms and behaviour patterns frequently associated with distress, and which may impair functioning in normal social activity.

  • Psychiatric disability rated as the second most commonly reported primary disability, at 13.8%, ahead of physical disability, at 11.8%.

  • Psychiatric disability rated as the second most commonly reported primary disability, at 15%, ahead of physical disability, 13%.

  • The aim of the organisation is to give people with a Psychiatric disability, the opportunity to live and work in a community that respects and accepts them as individuals and equals.

  • Psychiatric disability in the CSTDA collection includes clinically recognisable symptoms and behaviour patterns frequently associated with distress and which may impair functioning in normal social activity.


More Definitions of Psychiatric disability

Psychiatric disability means an impairment of thought, mood, perception,
Psychiatric disability or “Psychiatric Disabilities” means a psychiatric disability as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 12102, 29 U.S.C. § 705(9)(B), and California Government Code § 12926(j) and (m) and includes cognitive, developmental, intellectual, and/or learning related disabilities.
Psychiatric disability means a mental disorder in which the 25 capacity of a person to exercise self-control or judgment in the conduct of his or her affairs and 26 social relations, or to care for his or her own personal needs, is significantly impaired. 27 (13) "Psychiatric nurse clinician" means a licensed, professional registered nurse with a 28 master's degree in psychiatric nursing or related field who is licensed by the Rhode Island 29 department of health pursuant to chapter 34 of title 5 and who is currently working in the mental 30 health field as defined by the American Nurses Association, and/or a licensed advanced practice 31 registered nurse with a population focus of psychiatric/mental health population focus as defined 32 in paragraphs (2) and (12)(vi) of § 5-34-3.

Related to Psychiatric disability

  • Pregnancy disability means a pregnancy-related medical condition or miscarriage.

  • Child with a disability means a child who, by reason of any of the following, needs special education and related services:

  • Disability means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

  • Developmental disability means that condition defined in RCW 71A.10.020(5);

  • mental disability means one or more mental disorders, as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", or a record of or regarding a person as having one or more such disorders;