P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 402a
The following terms and phrases shall have the meaning indicated below:
(a) Administration.— Means the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration, as created by this chapter.
(b) Administrator.— Means the Administrator of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration.
(c) Department.— Means the Department of Health.
(d) Secretary.— Means the Secretary of Health.
(e) Biopsychosocial.— Means the physical, biological psychological and social dimensions related to mental disorders or addiction.
(f) Patient.— Means any person who is receiving treatment for a mental condition, including drug or alcohol dependence.
(g) Mental disorder.— Means an illness with psychological manifestations associated [with] the impairment of biological, psychological and social functioning. Each mental disorder has characteristic signs and symptoms.
(h) Rehabilitation.— Is the effort made to relieve an impairment of the biological, social or psychological level of a person who suffers a mental disorder.
(i) Substance dependence.— Includes addiction to and abuse of controlled or not controlled, legal or illegal substances, including alcohol, which negatively affect and endanger the physical, psychological and social welfare of a person.
History —Aug. 7, 1993, No. 67, § 2, eff. 60 days after Aug. 7, 1993.