Medical Terminology ch.18

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Across
  1. 1. an agent that reduces a bodily functional activity or an instinctive desire
  2. 6. Group of hormones secreted within the brain & nervous system.
  3. 7. Fear of heights
  4. 8. medical specialty in mental conditions.
  5. 9. chemical substance that alters the functioning of the brain
  6. 11. involves experiencing a loss of connection between thoughts, feelings, behavior and identity
  7. 12. mild stimulant to the central nervous system that quickly boosts our alertness and energy levels
  8. 16. a disorder that disrupts how the brain works & reaction
  9. 18. the killing of a human being
  10. 19. Loss of memory
  11. 21. extreme fear of confined spaces
  12. 22. Deals with mental and emotional disorders
  13. 23. able to endure pain or hardship
  14. 25. hallucinations
  15. 27. A delusion is a strongly held or fixed false belief that conflicts with reality
Down
  1. 2. A impulse control disorder
  2. 3. Anxiety disorder
  3. 4. feeling of well-being or elation
  4. 5. a derangement of the mind
  5. 8. ability to move about
  6. 10. type of depression occurs during certain seasons of the year—most often fall or winter
  7. 13. state of being nervous or distressed about something.
  8. 14. Mental state of abnormally elevated mood
  9. 15. having more than one disease
  10. 17. the study of mind and behavior in humans
  11. 20. unable to speak
  12. 22. intense and irrational fear
  13. 24. persistent thoughts, ideas, images, or impulses that a person feels unable to control.
  14. 26. sleeplessness/trouble sleeping.