Mental Disorders

4. a mental disorder in which a person loses touch with reality
6. persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest
8. a strong, irrational fear of something specific, such as heights or social situations
9. a serious eating disorder in which you frequently consume unusually large amounts of food and feel unable to stop eating
11. an eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of weight
12. children and teens with _______________ disorder engage in destructive behaviors
13. persistent thoughts, fears, or urges (obsessions), which lead to uncontrollable repetitive behaviors (compulsions)
14. people deliberately injure themselves (cutting/burning skin or pulling out hair)
15. _______________ disorder is a condition in which real or imagined fears are difficult to control

1. extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression)
2. people with _________________ may secretly binge — eating large amounts of food with a loss of control over the eating — and then purge, trying to get rid of the extra calories in an unhealthy way
3. people with this disorder experience attacks of sudden, unexplained feelings of terror
5. this condition may develop after exposure to a traumatic event, such as a car accident, or a violent attack
7. the uncontrollable urge to steal
8. teens with ____________________ disorders are unable to regulate their emotions
10. people with ____________ feel excessively worried and tense for no reason