Understanding Mental Illnesses & Disorders Vocab
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- Condition of an individual regarding their emotional, social and psychological well-being.
- Mood disorder which causes constant feelings of sadness and loss of interest.
- Brain disorder which causes unusual shifts in mood.
- Nervous disorder characterized by excessive uneasiness and apprehension.
- Brain disorder which is associated with an ongoing pattern of inattention or hyperactivity-impulsivity.
- Brain disorder associated with difficulties in social interaction, communication and repetitive behaviors.
- Mental disorder characterized by faulty perceptions, inappropriate actions and feelings and withdrawal from reality.
- Mental health problems which cause an individual to have rigid and unhealthy patterns of thinking, functioning and behaving.
- Behavior which inhibits an individual’s ability to adapt to a particular situation.
- Set of negative and often unfair beliefs which a society has about something.
- Therapeutic treatment of mental illness provided by a trained mental health professional.
- Tendency to favor one person, group thing or point of view over another.
- “A complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” as defined by
- Proper functioning of the body and its parts.
- Involves sound relationships, building connections with other people and making contributions to the community and society.
- Mental and emotional wellness; promotes a positive attitude and self-esteem, helps people cope with normal stresses of life.
- Great sadness caused by the loss of a person or thing.
- Body’s physical and mental response to unpleasant or difficult situations.
- Feeling nervous, unsure or scared about something.
- Mental health disorder characterized by long-lasting, intense sadness leading to feeling helpless, hopeless and/or worthless.
- Act of a person ending his or her own life.
- Conditions which hinder or prevent good mental health.
- Distortion in eating accompanied and supported by an emotional problem.
- Mental disorders which affect a person’s mood; sometimes called affective disorders.
- Eating disorder characterized by the obsession of control over food intake in order to be thin.
- Eating disorder characterized by binging and purging to control food intake and body weight.
- Eating disorder characterized by regularly over-eating without purging, exercising or fasting.
- Psychiatric disorders causing a person to act differently than the social norm; categorized as cluster A, B or C.
- Mental disorders characterized by an excessive and persistent sense of apprehension and unease.
- Mental illnesses causing physical bodily symptoms which cannot be traced to any physical cause.
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