Mental Health Terminology

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Across
  1. 1. the process in which persons are able to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities.
  2. 5. hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, or tasting things that are not real
  3. 7. outward expression of what one might be feeling on the inside. The observable components of an emotion (objective); facial expressions (anger, sadness, excitement). It is distinguished from mood because it changes more frequently and readily.
  4. 9. a phase of bipolar disorder that may take the form of either an extremely happy mood or an irritable, angry mood.
  5. 10. a feeling of fear and worry that can interfere with the individual's personal, work, or other life roles.
  6. 11. frequent and/or unpredictable changes in mood, affect, or behavior.
  7. 12. a persistent, disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling.
  8. 13. when a person does not take action, but instead lets things happen to them.
  9. 14. a cluster of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate people with mental illness.
  10. 17. a state of unease or general dissatisfaction with life.
  11. 18. a false belief a person holds that has no basis in reality.
  12. 19. careful to not show feelings or give away information.
  13. 21. any repetitive psycomotor activity (such a hair pulling and handwashing)performed by a person to relieve anxiety.
  14. 22. actions that come out of an immediate desire without thought of the possible results of said action. Difficulty exercising self-control or pausing to weigh pros & cons before taking action.
Down
  1. 2. a false sense of elation or well-being; pathological elevation of mood
  2. 3. emotionally charged aggressive behavior.
  3. 4. an excessive or irrational fear reaction.
  4. 6. abnormality of movement or behavior arising from a disturbed mental state. Can sometimes manifest a fixed posture.
  5. 8. suspiciousness that is not based on reality.
  6. 10. class of medication used to reduce or eliminate disturbances in a person's perception of reality.
  7. 15. class of medication used to treat seizure disorders that can also be effective in preventing or treating mania and depression in bipolar disorder.
  8. 16. type of affect; absence or near absence of any sign of affective expression.
  9. 20. extreme expression of emotion. Sometimes characterized by inflated self-importance and exaggerated behaviors.