MENTAL HEALTH

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Across
  1. 2. involves one or more episodes of serious mania and depression
  2. 3. focuses on changing problematic behaviors, feelings and thoughts by discovering where their meanings and motivations are coming from
  3. 6. complex condition characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication and forming relationships with other people
  4. 10. ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development
  5. 11. unwanted, repeated thoughts or feelings and behaviors that drive a person to do something over and over
  6. 14. category of mental illness that includes anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders
  7. 16. medical condition that causes people to lose pleasure from daily life
  8. 18. short-term therapy that takes a hands-on, practical approach in problem-solving to change patterns of thinking or behavior
  9. 19. category of mental illness that includes adhd and autism
  10. 21. serious brain disorder characterized by a profound disruption in cognition and emotion
  11. 24. the approximate number of Americans who have a mental illness in any given year
Down
  1. 1. extreme, disabling and irrational fear of something that really poses little or no actual threat/danger
  2. 4. the approximate number of classified forms of mental illness
  3. 5. persistent symptoms that occur after experiencing a traumatic event
  4. 6. characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by means of self-starvation
  5. 7. goal is to improve not only from the interventions of the therapist, but also from observing
  6. 8. extreme overeating, followed by depression and self-induced purging, fasting or excessive exercise
  7. 9. stages include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance and hope
  8. 12. recurring episodes of compulsive overeating, or consuming abnormal amounts of food while feeling unable to stop and at a loss of control
  9. 13. category of mental illness that includes ocd, ptsd and phobias
  10. 15. chronic, exaggerated worry about everyday life events/activities
  11. 17. category of mental illness that includes depression and bipolar disorder
  12. 20. category of mental illness that includes schizophrenia
  13. 22. disorders that affect mood, thinking and behavior
  14. 23. set of negative and often unfair beliefs society has about something