What do these abbreviations/words mean?
 

I hope no one minds me posting this. I've seen a few words and abbreviations around and I have no idea what they mean!

One of them was someone saying they have DID and another was someone saying PRN meds.

If anyone else has any to add, go ahead :)

Thanks for reading

PRN = pro re nata which means 'in the circumstance' i.e. medication you take as and when required.

DID = dissociative identity disorder. I'm definately no expert on that one but I'm sure someone can be more helpful :)

ahhhh, that makes sense :) Thankyou for clearing that up for me :)

I always remember PRN as "prescribed really needed". Which makes sense, as an PRN medication is medication which you take you really need it, rather than every day. 3nicky1 is right about the correct meaning, as it is latin! (A lot of things that the doctors write are in latin.)

I've always wondered about PRN as well so thank you :-)

The thing that really confused me in hospital was being told I needed to wait for my TTAs.

I was like, what the hell are TTAs?

Turns out it was medication To Take Away.

I remember when I first came to RYL I really wished there was a list of definitions, I was always looking words and abbreviations up on google.

what does ^^ mean? Great thread!

I never knew that PRN thing, so I learned something new, yay.

Googling things usually works for unknown abbreviations; and sometime I might need to go on disambiguation pages on wiki!

TTY - talk to you later
TTFN - ta ta for now
TY - thankyou
PMSL - piss myself laughing
LOL - laugh out loud
LMAO - laugh my arse off
LMFAO - laugh my ****ing arse off
WUBU2 - what you been up to?
IMO - in my opinion
QFT - Quoted for the truth
RMN - Registered mental health nurse
CAMHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
AMHS - Adult Mental Health Service
BPD - Borderline Personality Disorder
AN - Anorexia Nervosa
BN - Bulimia Nervosa
EDNOS - Eating Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified


ermm...yeah im just going OTT (over the top - LOL) There are so many people who dont understand the abbreviations, i for one didnt know most of them for a long time! so people should add to this :) we should have an abbreviations thread :D

SH - Self Harm
SU - Suicide
CMHT - Community Mental Health Team

i'm sure there is already a thread somewhere with a list of abbreviations.

*goes to look*

^^ means you agree with the person above you.

Ones I use a lot/or have seen a lot:
PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
GAD: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
SPD: Sensory Processing Disorder
CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy
MH: Mental Health
MI: Mental Illness
C_A: Childhood (_kind_) Abuse

There is a list of these already somewhere.

Roiben x

Linkies :-)

I always knew what PRN *meant* from the context it was used in hospital, but I never knew what it stood for. I actually asked one of the nurses once, and she mumbled that she didn't know. What an educational thread!

CPN - Community Psychiatric Nurse


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In some circumstances a CPN can be referred to as a CMHN, which means a Community Mental Health Nurse. Which is the same thing basically.

I came across this a couple of months ago, and had to have it explained to me.