Across
- 2. an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience
- 4. significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive exercise that marks bulimia nervosa
- 5. an anxiety disorder that consists of sudden, overwhelming attacks of terror
- 6. an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise
- 7. a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
- 8. an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
- 10. a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
- 11. A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness
- 12. A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.
Down
- 1. an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)
- 3. defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions
- 9. an eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves
- 10. a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind