Med Term Ch. 18
Across
- 3. the capacity to become accustomed to a stimulus or drug
- 5. pathologic fear or dread
- 7. distress caused by fear
- 12. inability to sleep
- 14. pathologic fear of heights
- 15. chemicals that change consciousness, awareness, or perception
- 16. unable or unwilling to speak
- 17. natural substance in the brain that has the same effect as opium
- 18. treatment of mental disorders through communication
- 20. syndrome characterized by physical immobility and mental stupor
- 23. total or partial inability to remember past experiences
- 24. killing of one human by another
Down
- 1. fixed, unyielding, false belief or judgment held despite strong evidence to the contrary
- 2. morbid impulse to set fires
- 4. substance that diminishes activity, sensation, or tone
- 5. agent that intensifies sensory perception
- 6. scientific study of the human mind and behavior
- 8. pathologic fear of being trapped in a confined space
- 9. mood disorder with hyperactivity, irritability, and rapid speech
- 10. presence of two or more diseases at the same time
- 11. pathologic fear of being trapped in a public place
- 13. a drug that stimulates the central nervous system
- 17. exaggerated feeling of well-being
- 19. persistent recurrent uncontrollable thoughts
- 21. nonmedical term for a person unable to be responsible for his or her actions
- 22. diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders