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mental health care

a category of health care service and delivery provided by several fields involved in psychological assessment and intervention (psychology, psychiatry, neurology, social work, etc.). This type of care includes but is not limited to psychological screening and testing, psychotherapy and family therapy, and neuropsychological rehabilitation. Also called behavioral health care. See also mental health services.

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causation

causation

n.

1. the empirical relation between two events, states, or variables such that change in one (the cause) brings about change in the other (the effect). See also causality.

2. in Aristotelian and rationalist philosophy, the hypothetical relation between two phenomena (entities or events), such that one (the cause) either constitutes the necessary and sufficient grounds for the existence of the other (the effect), or the one possesses the capacity to bring about the other. —causal adj.