Mental Health Nursing Terms

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Across
  1. 4. describes a patient with a normal display of emotion
  2. 10. a mental health condition with a combo of symptoms from schizophrenia and a mood disorder such as depression or bipolar "
  3. 13. an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present
  4. 16. well known mood stabilizer medication
  5. 18. a sudden feeling of intense fear
  6. 20. Nonsensical responses is a word _______
  7. 23. A belief that the person is someone of extreme importance
  8. 25. can mimic a mental disorder but is in fact a medical disorder often suffered by geriatric patients
Down
  1. 1. patient has limited range of emotions
  2. 2. mental health condition characterized by a loss of touch with reality
  3. 3. a state of low mood
  4. 5. disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug
  5. 6. a mental state characterized by excessive excitement often exhibited by patients with bipolar disorder
  6. 7. a mental disorder with intense highs and lows
  7. 8. a person is hyper _____ when they have excessive focus on religious thoughts or behaviors
  8. 9. when speech is stopped it is known as _____ blocking
  9. 11. describes a patient with a lack of emotion, expression, or reactivity
  10. 12. Going away from a topic and not returning
  11. 14. a person may have this type of speech when they speak rapidly and urgently speak rapidly and urgently
  12. 15. describes a patient with rapidly shifting or unstable emotions
  13. 17. a mental disorder characterized by psychosis
  14. 19. the thought process of having ideas about the possibility of dying by suicide is a suicidal ___________
  15. 21. a feeling of worry or unease
  16. 22. describes thinking that is literal and focused on immediate details
  17. 24. a state of confusion or disorientation, alcoholics may suffer this with tremors