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Psychology Abbreviations

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AAOX4 — Awake Alert and Oriented to Date, Place, Person and Situation
AAMR — American Association on Mental Retardation
AAMFT — American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
LCSW — Licensed Clinical Social Worker
SSRI — Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
OCD — tic/obsessive compulsive disorder
MR — Mental Retardation
ECT — ElectroConvulsive Therapy
DSH — Deliberate Self-Harm
CPA — Canadian Psychological Association
PTSD — posttraumatic stress disorder
AAP — Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
AATBS — Association for Advanced Training in Behavioral Sciences
AAP — American Academy of Psychotherapists
AAP — Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
AAP — American Academy of Psychoanalysis
AAPA — Asian American Psychological Association
AAFP — American Academy of Forensic Psychology
AAPB — Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
EAPP — European Association of Personality Psychology
ABMR — Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
TSDM — Temporary Substitute Decision Maker
CD — Conduct Disorder
DS — Down syndrome
AAPSA — American Academy of Psychoanalysis
ECD — Early Child Development
FASD — Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
PHSA — Provincial Health Services Authority
SDM — Substitute Decision Maker
CYMH — Child and Youth Mental Health
CLBC — Community Living BC Community
CDBC — Complex Developmental Behavioural Conditions
COPM — Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
MCFD — Ministry of Children and Family Development
EICO — Early Intervention Community Outreach
DD — Developmental Disability
BCCH — BC Children's Hospital
DC — Diagnostic Criteria
FHA — Fraser Health Authority
CAPE — Children's Adolescent Psychiatric Emergency Unit
MR-SD — Mental Retardation And Substance Disorder
START — Systemic, Therapeutic, Assessments, Respite and Treatment
ACT — Assertive Community Treatment
ALC — Alternative Levels of Care
EI — Emotional Intelligence
EPI — Early Psychosis Intervention
SPQ — Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire
RVH — Riverview Hospital