Mental Health

3. When you become so preoccupied with food and weight issues that you find it harder and harder to focus on other aspects of your life, These can cause serious mental and physical health problems.
4. is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed.
8. a condition that affects people's behavior. People with it can seem restless, may have trouble concentrating, and may act on impulse.
10. causes feelings of intense fear and distress, which become overwhelming and prevent us from doing everyday activities.
12. is a mark of disgrace that sets a person apart from others. When a person is labeled by their illness they are no longer seen as an individual but as part of a stereotyped group. Negative attitudes and beliefs toward this group create prejudice which leads to negative actions and discrimination.

1. can be defined as can be defined as the identification and labeling of a disease based on its signs and symptoms. Mental health clinicians (psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric nurse practitioners) diagnose mental disorders.
2. when someone treats you in a negative way because of your mental illness. it make mental health problems worse and stop a person from getting the help they need.
5. language that emphasizes the person, not the disability. By placing the person first, the disability is no longer the primary, defining characteristic of an individual, but one of several aspects of the whole person.
6. is a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.
7. a mental illness that causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly. People with this disorder experience high and low moods—known as mania and depression—which differ from the typical ups-and-downs most people experience.
9. refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior
11. anxiety disorder that develops in reaction to physical injury or severe mental or emotional distress, such as military combat, violent assault, natural disaster, or other life-threatening events.