Abbreviations

Download page Download PDF
ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
ADHD Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
AOD Alcohol and Other Drugs
ASPD Antisocial Personality Disorder
ASRS Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale
ASSIST Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test
AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
BDI Beck Depression Inventory
BMI Body Mass Index
BPD Borderline Personality Disorder
CAN Camberwell Assessment of Need
CANSAS Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal Schedule
CBT Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
CBT-E CBT-Enhanced
CIDI Composite International Diagnostic Interview
CPT Cognitive Processing Therapy
CPTSD Complex PTSD
CVD Cardiovascular Disease
DASS Depression Anxiety Stress Scale
DAST-10 Drug Abuse Screening Test-10
DBT Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
DBT-S Modified DBT
DDP Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
DFST Dual Focus Schema Therapy
DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DUDIT Drug Use Disorders Identification Test
ECT Eating Disorders
ED Eating Disorder Examination
EDE Electroconvulsive Therapy
EDE-Q Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire
EMDR Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
ERP Exposure Response Therapy
FBT Family-Based Treatment
GAD Generalised Anxiety Disorder
GHQ General Health Questionnaire
GP General Practitioner
ICAT Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy
ICBT Integrated CBT
ICD International Classification of Diseases
IGT Integrated Group Therapy
IPDS Iowa Personality Disorder Screen
IPT Interpersonal Psychotherapy
IRIS Indigenous Risk Impact Screen
ITQ International Trauma Questionnaire
K10 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale
LAI Long Acting Injectable
LEC-5 Life Events Checklist for DSM-5
MANTRA Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults
MAOI Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
MAST Michigan Alcohol Screening Test
MBT Mentalisation Based Treatment
MHCC Mental Health Coordinating Council
MI Motivational Interviewing
MOCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment
NaSSA Noradrenaline and Specific Serotonergic Agent
NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NMDA N-methyl-D-aspartate
NRI Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor
NRT Nicotine Replacement Therapy
NSMHWB National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
PCL-5 PTSD Check List for DSM-5
PC-PTSD-5 Primary Care PTSD for DSM-5
PE Prolonged Exposure
PHQ Patient Health Questionnaire
PS Psychosis Screener
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
RANZCP Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
RCT Randomised Controlled Trial
RIMA Reversible Inhibitor of Monoamine oxidase A
RRFT Risk Reduction through Family Therapy
rTMS Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
SAD Social Anxiety Disorder
SAK Suicide Assessment Kit
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAPAS-SR Standardised Assessment of Personality – Abbreviated Scale
SCL-90-R Symptom Checklist-90-Revised
SNRI Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor
SRQ Self-Reporting Questionnaire
SSCM Specialist Supportive Clinical Management
SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
TCA Tricyclic Antidepressants
TGA Therapeutic Goods Administration
TLFB Timeline Follow Back