Mental Health Conditions

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Across
  1. 3. One of the most common mental health conditions characterized by persistent, ongoing worries that get in the way of someone doing things they want or need to do.
  2. 5. This is who can diagnose a mental health condition
  3. 8. Period during which a child goes through hormonal (and physical) changes to begin the transition into adulthood.
  4. 11. A mental health condition characterized by extreme, unhealthy thoughts, feelings, and behaviors about food, weight, and body shape.
  5. 12. An overwhelming, frightening, or dangerous experience that is too big, fast, or hard to handle. It makes a person feel completely unsafe, helpless, or terrified, and the strong stress feelings stick around long after the event is
  6. 13. Response to worrying, challenging, or potentially harmful situations.
  7. 14. A general term encompassing conditions that impact one's emotions, moods, thoughts, and/or behaviors.
  8. 16. Skills that aid us in decision making and planning future events.
  9. 19. A form of anxiety that manifests itself as the experience of distressing, recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions that impair functioning.
  10. 21. Being very active, restless, or constantly moving, including in situations where it is not appropriate; excessively fidgeting or tapping; or talking too much.
  11. 24. A region of the brain within the frontal lobe that facilitates most of our executive functioning.
  12. 26. Quick shifts in mood and/or behavior. Common during adolescence.
  13. 27. This is who you should go to with concern regarding mental health and safety
  14. 28. Troubles staying on task, paying attention, or being organized
Down
  1. 1. A state of mind characterized by high energy and intense happiness over a sustained period of time (at least one week).
  2. 2. Includes events like death of a loved one, a separation or divorce (break up), unemployment, or loss of a friendship.
  3. 4. Area of the brain responsible for emotion processing and memory storage (part of the limbic system).
  4. 6. Purposeful, repetitive behaviors or rituals that are performed to relieve distress caused by OCD-related obsessions.
  5. 7. A mood-related mental health condition characterized by intense prolonged periods of depression and mania.
  6. 8. A mental health condition characterized by Intense fear of helplessness in the form of a variety of symptoms that cause significant distress or impairment. Occurs after a traumatic event.
  7. 9. The severe prolonged pain that can occur after loss
  8. 10. The period between childhood and adulthood, approximately age 10-19.
  9. 15. A mental health condition characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity
  10. 17. Troubles falling asleep or staying asleep
  11. 18. One's perception of and feelings about their body.
  12. 20. Hormone released during exercise that boosts mood and helps people feel happier and more relaxed.
  13. 22. The "stress hormone" that helps our bodies respond to stress.
  14. 23. How someone assess their overall worth as a person.
  15. 25. Intrusive, repetitive thoughts, images, or impulses characteristic