Glossary M
Glossary M
Maintenance Rehearsal means silently repeating or mentally reviewing information to hold it in short-term memory.
Maintenance stage is the stage in the Transtheoretical Model where people try to not fall back into performing their unhealthy behaviors or relapsing. They may still be changing their behaviors and performing new behaviors, but they are not doing them as usually as someone in the action stage.
- Maintenance treatment : maintenance treatment refers to combination of continued Psychosocial treatment, medication, or both designed to prevent relapse following therapy.
Major depressive disorder or MDD refers to a mood disorder in which the person is suffering from one or more intense episodes of depression.
Major depressive disorder, recurrent refers to a mood disorder involving multiple (separated by at least 2 months without depression) major depressive episodes.
Major depressive disorder, single episode refers to a mood disorder involving one major depressive episode.
Major depressive episode refers to the most common and severe experience of depression, including feelings of worthlessness, disturbances in bodily activities such as sleep, loss of interest, and inability to experience pleasure, persisting at least two (2) weeks.
Major depressive episode is also defined as a period in which the individual experiences intense psychological and physical symptoms related to a Dysphoric mood.