Ala. Code § 22-56-2 (1975) Definitions

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 22-56-2 (1975)

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) CONSUMER. A person who receives or uses mental health services.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Mental Health.

(3) FAMILY MEMBER. A person within the immediate family or a legal guardian of a mental health consumer.

(4) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Services designed to treat or deal with persons with mental illness.

(5) MENTAL ILLNESS. A psychiatric disorder of thought or mood, or both, which significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. "Mental illness" as used herein specifically excludes the primary diagnoses of epilepsy, intellectual disability, substance abuse including alcoholism, or a developmental disability, or any combination thereof.