Mental Health Disorders Review

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  1. 1. A mood disorder that causes extreme changes in mood, energy, and activity levels, including periods of depression and periods of unusually high energy or excitement.
  2. 8. Treatment that uses medical methods, such as medications or other medical procedures, to help treat mental disorders.
  3. 9. A mental health disorder that can develop after a person experiences or witnesses a traumatic or life-threatening event.
  4. 10. Medicines used to treat depression and sometimes anxiety by affecting chemicals in the brain.
  5. 11. An eating disorder in which a person refuses to maintain a healthy body weight and has a strong fear of gaining weight.
  6. 12. A severe mental disorder in which a person may lose contact with reality and experience hallucinations, delusions, or confused thinking.
  7. 13. An intense and unrealistic fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that causes strong anxiety.
  8. 15. A condition that makes it difficult for a person to focus, stay organized, control impulses, or sit still.
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  1. 2. Medications used to treat severe mental disorders that involve loss of contact with reality.
  2. 3. Treatment for mental or emotional problems that uses talking with a trained mental health professional to help a person understand thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
  3. 4. Therapy A group of people with similar problems who meet to share experiences and encourage each other.
  4. 5. An eating disorder where a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then tries to remove the calories through behaviors like vomiting or excessive exercise.
  5. 6. A form of therapy that focuses on changing unhealthy thoughts and behaviors to improve mental health.
  6. 7. A serious mood disorder involving long periods of sadness, loss of interest in activities, low energy, and feelings of hopelessness.
  7. 9. Disorder — A mental condition where a person has unhealthy patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that affect relationships and daily life.
  8. 14. mental health condition where a person experiences unwanted, repeated thoughts and feels driven to perform repetitive behaviors or mental actions to reduce anxiety caused by those thoughts.