What does ADHD, AST, RSD mean?

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• ADHD

  Attention Deficit Hyperavctivity Disorder – a prevalent, persistent and impairning neurodevelopmental diagnosis.

• Empowement

  The process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights.

• Self-efficacy

  An individual’s belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals.

• Polypharmacy

  When a person is on three or more different medications for different conditions the same time, they fall under the category Polypharmacy.

• Multimorbidity

  An individual suffering from three or more different conditions at the same time.

• Orthorexia

  An unhealthy focus on exercises and eating healthy food leading to negative consequences.

• Comorbidity

  Meeting the diagnostic criteria for two or more psychiatric disorders, for example ADHD and substance use disorders (SUD).

• ADD

  Attention Deficit Disorder – ADHD without (external) hyperactivity/impulsivity.

• AST

  Autism spectrum disorder. All autistic diagnosis on the spectrum from Asperger to the most severe presentation of autism.

• Heterogeneity

  ADHD ADD can be very different things for different persons and you can have more of an ADHD-profile in part of your life and be more ADD-like in other periods.

• SUD

  Substance use disorders i.e., addiction or dependency of alcohol, nicotine or drugs.

• CBT

  Cognitive behavior therapy. Focus on how thoughts, beliefs and attitudes affect feelings and behavior.

• DBT

  A development of CBT with focus to understand accept and handle feelings and emotions.

• IUD

  Intrauterine device or coil.

• ND

  Neurodevelopmental disorders (ADHD, ADD, autism, tics, Tourettes, Intellectual disabilities etc.)

• Executive function

  The brains high-level skills for control and coordination of our behaviors.

• RSD

  Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria – Intense fear of real or imagined rejection.
  See blog about RSD

• ADHD-coaching

  A complement to traditional health care for building concrete skills and tools for better everyday function and ADHD-control. Read more about coaching with Letterlife.

• PMDS

  Premenstrual dysphoric disorder – The severe, and disabling form of PMS. Impairing symptoms of physical and/or emotional symptoms associated to the menstrual cycle affecting quality of life.

• PMS

  Premenstrual syndrome – Physical and emotional (mood)symptoms related to the luteal phase (days or week) before menstrual period.