Anxiety disorders: disorders characterised by extreme feelings of anxiety
Apathy: lack of enthusiasm
Auditory/visual hallucinations: seeing or hearing things that aren't there
Child psychiatrist: psychiatrist specialising in children
Cisgender: the quality of one's gender identity matching their assigned sex at birth
Depression: a mood disorder characterised by feelings of extreme dejectedness
Depressive episodes: extended periods of depressed feelings
Discrimination: the unfair treatment of a person or group of people based on innate characteristics; e.g. race, ethnicity, sex, age
Ecological: the relation of living things to their surroundings
Emergency number: a phone number to call or text in case of emergency
Heterosexual: characterised by exclusive attraction to the opposite sex
LGBTQ+: acronym, standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning
LGBTQIA+: acronym, standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/agender
Marginalised groups: groups of people that are disregarded as irrelevant or insignificant
Mental health: the condition of one's psychological and/or emotional well-being
Mental health disorder: a disorder affecting one's mental health
Mental health service: services for the treatment of mental health disorders; e.g. therapist, social worker
Mood disorders: a branch of mental health disorders affecting moods; e.g. depression
POC: acronym, standing for people of colour
Prejudice: opinion based on presumptions
Preventative actions: actions taken to prevent repercussions
Probated: a trial period after a stretch of incarceration
Psychiatric professional: a professional in the field of psychiatry; e.g. child psychiatrist
Queer: non-heterosexual, non-cisgender
Racism: malicious discrimination based off of race or ethnicity
Risk factors: factors of the environment that may raise the risk of suicide
Screening: evaluation or examination
Self-harm: the action of harming oneself, intentionally
Socioeconomic: relating to the interactions between economics and society
Straight: heterosexual
Stress factors: risk factors
Substance dependence disorder: disorder characterised by unhealthy dependence on drugs or other substances
Suicidal ideation: the forming of ideas related to suicide
Suicide: the action of killing oneself
Suicide notes: written messages left by a person before killing themself.
Suicide rates: the rates at which suicide occurs
Susceptible: sensitive
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