MENTAL HEALTH
Across
- 2. involves one or more episodes of serious mania and depression
- 3. focuses on changing problematic behaviors, feelings and thoughts by discovering where their meanings and motivations are coming from
- 6. complex condition characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication and forming relationships with other people
- 10. ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development
- 11. unwanted, repeated thoughts or feelings and behaviors that drive a person to do something over and over
- 14. category of mental illness that includes anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders
- 16. medical condition that causes people to lose pleasure from daily life
- 18. short-term therapy that takes a hands-on, practical approach in problem-solving to change patterns of thinking or behavior
- 19. category of mental illness that includes adhd and autism
- 21. serious brain disorder characterized by a profound disruption in cognition and emotion
- 24. the approximate number of Americans who have a mental illness in any given year
Down
- 1. extreme, disabling and irrational fear of something that really poses little or no actual threat/danger
- 4. the approximate number of classified forms of mental illness
- 5. persistent symptoms that occur after experiencing a traumatic event
- 6. characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by means of self-starvation
- 7. goal is to improve not only from the interventions of the therapist, but also from observing and receiving feedback/support from group members.
- 8. extreme overeating, followed by depression and self-induced purging, fasting or excessive exercise
- 9. stages include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance and hope
- 12. recurring episodes of compulsive overeating, or consuming abnormal amounts of food while feeling unable to stop and at a loss of control
- 13. category of mental illness that includes ocd, ptsd and phobias
- 15. chronic, exaggerated worry about everyday life events/activities
- 17. category of mental illness that includes depression and bipolar disorder
- 20. category of mental illness that includes schizophrenia
- 22. disorders that affect mood, thinking and behavior
- 23. set of negative and often unfair beliefs society has about something