Chapter 7: Understanding Mental Illnesses

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Across
  1. 1. treatment method that changes the way a person thinks, interprets information, behaves, and experiences and expresses emotions.
  2. 3. negative symptoms that develop when a person with a physical dependence stops using a substance.
  3. 6. health condition in which negative or unhelpful feelings or thoughts become so severe they interfere with daily life.
  4. 7. series of suicides in a particular community that occur in a relatively short period of time.
  5. 10. episodes of intense fear characterized by fast heartbeat, dizziness, shaking, trouble breathing, and chest pain.
  6. 13. body’s need for an increased amount of a substance to experience the effects once felt with smaller amounts.
  7. 16. mental illnesses in which people develop a psychological dependence on certain processes or behaviors.
  8. 17. people who have lost someone to suicide.
  9. 18. treatment method in which people who have faced or are facing similar challenges meet together to discuss obstacles and ways of overcoming them.
  10. 19. extreme, unrealistic fear of an object or situation.
  11. 20. intentional act of ending one’s own life.
  12. 21. mood disorder characterized by extreme highs (mania) and lows (depression).
  13. 22. mental illnesses characterized by irregular thoughts, delusions, and hallucinations.
Down
  1. 2. mental illnesses characterized by consistent patterns of inappropriate behavior.
  2. 4. mental illness in which a person continues using a substance despite negative effects on health and life.
  3. 5. copying of suicide attempts after exposure to another person’s suicide.
  4. 8. two conditions that affect health at the same time; for example, substance use disorders and other mental illnesses.
  5. 9. mood disorder characterized by feelings of intense sadness, worthlessness, and hopelessness.
  6. 11. treatment method in which family members meet together with a therapist to build positive, functional relationships and strengthen interactions.
  7. 12. substances that cause changes in the brain to reduce the symptoms of a mental illness.
  8. 14. mental illness in which feelings of worry and dread interfere with daily life.
  9. 15. healthcare professional who diagnoses mental illnesses and delivers therapy.
  10. 18. negative, false, unfair beliefs associated with a circumstance, quality, or person.