psycology vocabulary

3. a mental disorder characterized by disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotional responsiveness, and social interactions
5. a behavioral condition that makes focusing on everyday requests and routines challenging.
6. a false perception of objects or events involving your senses: sight, sound, smell, touch and taste
8. an anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms
9. a mental health condition that causes a persistently low or depressed mood and a loss of interest in activities that once brought joy
11. an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure
12. a mental health condition that involves long-lasting, all-encompassing, disruptive patterns of thinking, behavior, mood and relating to others
16. a mental health condition that causes an individual to experience physical bodily symptoms in response to psychological distress.
17. mental disorders that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity
18. repeated thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause anxiety

1. a chronic, and long-lasting condition in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts ("obsessions") and/or behaviors ("compulsions
2. a particularly challenging type of personality disorder characterized by impulsive, irresponsible and often criminal behavior.
4. repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession.
7. a mental illness that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, activity levels, and concentration
10. relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks, and may experience feelings of isolation, irritability, and guilt
13. a belief that is clearly false and that indicates an abnormality in the affected person's content of thought
14. an intense fear of an animal feeling or place
15. a resource that many different health professionals can use to assist in the diagnosis of mental disorders