BA = a
Bachelor of Arts degree (or in Latin a Baccalaureus Artium),
generally refers to a four year undergraduate degree.
BACB = Behavior Analyst Certification Board offers two levels of credentials,
including Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA). Applicants for the
BCBA must have at least a master's degree, while BCaBA applicants need at least a bachelor's degree. Eligibility to take the
certification exams also requires autism coursework and experience, which may be met by certificate programs. To maintain certification,
professionals meet continuing education requirements.
BACC = IGCC Board
Approved Clinical Consultant
BACP =
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
[Thanks Kim Smith, UK]
BAI =
Beck Anxiety Index
BARS =
1. Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (Akathisia is a relatively common side effect of antipsychotic medication
although other drugs have been known to cause it.)
2. Behavioral Assessment and Research System 3.
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale [more]
BASIS = The
Brief Addiction Science Information Source, Division on
Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School.
BASW =
British Association of Social Workers is a professional membership organization of social workers throughout the United Kingdom.
BAThH =
British Association of Therapeutical Hypnotists which claims to be the "oldest established
organisation specifically for professional hypnotherapists having been
formed in 1951" in the U.K. "to seek official and public recognition
of qualified practitioners of therapeutical hypnosis."
BBA =
Bachelor of Business Administration degree
BBS = the
Board of Behavioral Sciences
is is one of the boards within the California Department of Consumer
Affairs and regulates California Marriage and Family Therapists,
Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Educational Psychologists,
interns, and Associate Clinical Social Workers.
BCaBA = Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst. Applicants for the
BCaBA need at least a bachelor's degree. Eligibility to take the certification exams also requires autism coursework and experience,
which may be met by certificate programs. To maintain certification, professionals meet continuing education requirements.
See: BACB.
BCAMFT =
British Columbia Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (Canada).
BCATA =
British Columbia Art Therapy Association (Canada).
BCATR =
British Columbia Art Therapist Registered (Canada).
BCBA = Board Certified
Behavior Analyst. Applicants for the BCBA must have at
least a master's degree. Eligibility to take the certification exams
also requires autism coursework and experience, which may be met by
certificate programs. To maintain certification, professionals meet
continuing education requirements. See: BACB.
BCBS =
BlueCross BlueShield network (Delaware).
BCBT =
Board Certification in Bereavement Trauma™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCC = Board Certified Chaplain,
a credential given by a small number of professional groups with similar and
coordinated standards, such as the Association of Professional Chaplains, the
National Association of Catholic Chaplains, and the National Association of
Jewish Chaplains. [Thanks to Rabbi Robert Tabak, PhD, Staff Chaplain, Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.]
BCD =
Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, clinical social workers with a masters degree,
more than five years of experience in mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, who have
passed an examination and met the other requirements for national certification by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical
Social Work (ABE). Annual recertification is required. [Thanks to Roberta Myers, Bellevue, Washington].
This certification is sometimes referred to in error as a BCDSW.
BCDT =
Board Certification in Disability Trauma
™, a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCDV =
Board Certification in Domestic Violence™, a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCECR =
Board Certification in Emergency Crisis Response™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCETS =
Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress
This is a national certification from the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, 368 Veterans Memorial Highway, Commack, NY 11725; telephone:
631-543-2217. This certification is now the international standard for clinicians performing "critical incident stress debriefings" in the aftermath of
disasters or other traumatic events.
[information from Gary Felt, Issaquah, Washington].
BCFT =
Board Certification in Forensic Traumatology™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCIT =
Board Certification in Illness Trauma™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCMHL =
The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
BCMVT =
Board Certification in Motor Vehicle Trauma™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCPM =
Board Certification in Pain Management™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCRT =
Board Certification in Rape Trauma™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCSA =
Board Certification in Sexual Abuse™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCSCR =
Board Certification in School Crisis Response™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BCSM =
Board Certification in Stress Management™,
a certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®
BDD =
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
is a preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance or a markedly obsessive focus on a perceived abnormality of the nose, hair (any body
part), complexion, or on the shape and weight of the body. Sufferers feel misunderstood and cannot believe that others do not see their perceived ugliness.
This may manifest itself in eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Secrecy often delays diagnosis and treatment.
BDI =
Beck Depression Inventory
BED = Binge
Eating Disorder (this is not an approved DSM IV diagnosis).
BEPP = Brief
Eclectic Psychotherapy for PTSD in which much attention
is given to making meaning out of the traumatic experience after
facing the memories via imaginary exposure. In 1980 Berthold Gersons,
MD, PhD, psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at the Academical
Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands,
started research on trauma and PTSD in the police force and
established the first self-help-team in Dutch police force.
Currently (2011) 10 percent of Dutch police officers are member of
the 'occupational support teams' after trauma. He developed the
Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy (BEPP) protocol consisting of
16-sessions for police officers and other trauma victims and showed
the effectiveness in randomized trials.
BGLQT =
Bisexuals, gays, lesbians, questioning and transsexuals
(one of a number of acronyms containing these words, this one is the
most democratic in that it is in straight alphabetical order and
thus does not show preference for any group by listing them first.)
BHMCO =
behavioral health managed care organization
. These are insurance companies that attempt to control the delivery of mental health services by such means as pre certification of the client for services and
contracting with preferred providers. Examples would be Magellan Behavioral Health, UBH, MHN.
BID =
Bellevue Index of Depression
BILY = "
Because I Love You" is
a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting parents with
troubled children of any age.
BIP =
Behavioral Intervention Plan [Thanks to John
MacDonald, Poulsbo, WA]
BIPP =
Battering Intervention & Prevention Program
BIQ =
background investigation questionnaire
BIS =
Brain Injury Society
Blog = short
for weblog, is often described as an online diary. The most
recent entries (called posts) - appear on the homepage of the blog
with links to archives of older posts. Archives are organized by date
and often categorized by topic. Often, each post will have a form for
readers to add their own comments and to give their opinion or
reaction to the post's content. [Thanks to Entireweb Newsletter,
"What the Heck is a Blog?" April 7, 2005, by Andy Wibbels, a blogging
evangelist and creator of the Easy Bake Weblogs seminar.]
BMCH =
BodyMind Counseling Hpynotherapist, a training
facility certification by BodyMind Academy in Bellevue, Washington. [Thanks to
Ayhan Yavuz, BMCH, Bellevue, Washington.]
BMI =
body mass index
BMW = Board of
Minorities and Women
BPRM =
Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration,
US Department of State.
BPA = Boston
Process Approach
BPD =
Borderline Personality Disorder
BRFSS =
Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
is a telephone survey that collects information to describe a variety of health indicators among adults.
BRI =
Board Registered Interventionist, either Board
Registered Interventionist 1 (BRI I), or Board Registered Interventionist
2 (BRI II), Association of Intervention Specialists Credentialing Board. (see: AISCB)
BS =
Bachelor of Science degree
BSA =
1. Black Student Alliance, 2. Boy Scouts of
America, 3. body surface area, 4. Business Systems Analysis [more]
BSc =
Bachelor of Sciences [in the UK]
BSE =
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly
referred to as "mad cow disease," is believed to be caused by a
misshapened protein, produces sponge-like holes in a cow's brain.
It is not contagious, but is spread by cow feed containing brain or
spinal tissues from an infected cow. Eating meat contain brain
or spinal tissue from an infected cow can cause the fatal human
disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Cooking, even at high
temperatures, does not destroy the protein.
BSFT = Brief
Structural Family Therapy, developed by Jose Szapocznik,
Phd, "is based on the Structural Family Therapy work of Minuchin
(1974) and Aponte and Van Deusen (1981). It is a flexible model with
the length of intervention tailored to the special needs of each
family. The typical duration lasts 12 to 16 weeks, and its core
components are joining, family-pattern diagnosis and restructuring."
[Thanks to Victoria Sardi, PhD, LPC in The Advocate,
Vol.31, No.2, February 2008, a publication of the AMHCA.]
BSHCS =
Bachelor of Science in Health Care Services
BSN =
Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree
BSR =the
Bem Sex Role Inventory
BSW =
Bachelors Degree in Social Work
BT =
bioterrorism
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