Chapter 4 Vocab
Across
- 8. The symptoms of this disorder are feeling sad and hopeless for months, being unable to enjoy activities that were once a source of pleasure, and sometimes being unable to accomplish daily tasks
- 10. An eating disorder in which a person has uncontrolled eating binges followed by purging
- 12. The intentional killing of oneself
- 13. A disorder characterized by severe disturbances in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior
- 15. The use of a sharp object to intentionally cut or scratch ones body deep enough to bleed
- 18. A physician who treats physical disorders of the nervous system
- 19. A disorder characterized by extreme emotions
- 20. An illness that affects the mind and reduces a person ability to function, to adjust to change, or to get along with others
- 21. An eating disorder in which a person doesn’t eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight
- 22. An eating disorder in which a person regularly has an uncontrollable urge to eat large amount of food, but without purging
Down
- 1. A physician who can diagnose and treat mental disorders
- 2. A mental disorder characterized by rigid patterns of behavior, which make it difficult for a person to get along with others
- 3. A series of suicides that occur within a short period of time in the same peer group or community
- 4. A mental health professional who helps people with mental disorders and their families to accept and adjust to an illness
- 5. Anxiety that is related to a specific situation or object
- 6. A trained professional who recognizes and treats behavior that is not normal
- 7. An unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent a feared outcome
- 9. An emotional state in which a person feels extremely sad and hopeless
- 11. Fear caused by a source you cannot identify or a source that doesn’t pose as much threat as you think
- 14. An unwanted thought or image that takes control of the mind
- 16. A mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behavior related to food
- 17. A disorder characterized by anxiety that persists for a long time and interferes with daily living