Glossary

Below is a searchable glossary. This glossary contains frequently used terms relating to mental health. This includes acronyms used by NHS, mental health service providers, commissioners, and locally. 

 

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There are currently 21 terms in this directory beginning with the letter P.
PALS
Patient Advice and Liaison Service
PC
Primary Care
PCE
Performance and Contracting Executive
PCLS
Primary Care Liaison Service
PCT
Primary Care Trust
PD
Personality Disorder - a broad category for a collection of psychological disorders that are pathologised as specific clusters of personality traits
PH
Public Health
PHE
Public Health England
PHM
Population health management
PHQ-9 / PHQ9
Patient Health Questionnaire 9 - given to patients in a primary care setting to screen for the presence and severity of depression. It is the 9-question depression scale from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ).
PICU
Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
PID
Project Initiation Document
PIE
Psychologically Informed Environments
PMR
Zoom personal meeting room - often a link sent out for virtual meetings
POC
Package of Care
PoS
Place of Safety
PPI
Patient & Public Involvement
PPIF
Patient and public involvement forum
PREMs
Patient Reported Experience Measures
PROMs
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
PTSD
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder


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