Across
- 3. is a serious brain disorder that distorts the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality
- 8. Some ________ mimic your neurotransmitters, and some even use your own brain’s neurotransmitters.
- 11. Patients with _______ disorder typically display a normal personality/behavior between episodes.
- 12. Strong voice, good eye contact, and giving facts and reasoning are the steps to being what?
- 14. is a brain disorder that often makes it hard to communicate with and relate to others.
- 16. _______ in the body help messages from your brain jump the gap between your nerve cells to travel to where they need to go.
- 17. Which eating disorder is characterized by binge eating and then purging to maintain a distorted self image?
- 18. is a condition that can develop following a traumatic and/or terrifying event.
- 19. One of the factors involved in schizophrenia is an excessive amount of which neurotransmitter?
Down
- 1. feelings of intense sadness including feeling helpless, hopeless, and worthless that lasts for many days to weeks and keep you from functioning normally.
- 2. The ability to understand the feelings of others.
- 4. Which mental illnessis characterized by hyperactivity and the inability to control impulses and having trouble paying attention?
- 5. is the acronym that is used to solve problems.
- 6. What is the opposite of empathy
- 7. Which mental illness deals with memory loss which progresses to gross memory loss, then to a decrease in thinking ability.
- 9. positive self-talk Is the #1 way to improve what?
- 10. Can create overwhelming feelings of fear, dread, or resentment to everyday objects or events.
- 13. The best way to improve self-esteem is to practice _________ self talk.
- 15. Which Neurotransmitter is believed to have a big impact on depression?