Mental Health Terms

4. An organ; the master control of your body.
5. A successful or unsuccessful attempt to end one’s life.
9. A normal emotional suffering experienced by a person from a loss of a loved one.
13. ___________ skills are the strategies people often use in the face of stress and/or trauma.
14. Hearing, seeing, touching, smelling or tasting things that are not real.
15. Primarily a physical response to a situation often leading to ‘fight or flight’ mode.
17. Self ____________ is the top of Maslow’s Motivational Model.
18. People with __________ disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations.
20. Are limits people set in order to create a healthy sense of personal space.
22. A staff who has a lived experience and acts as a mentor and role model to clients.
23. A licensed professionals who treats the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional aspects of mental health and substance use conditions.
24. ___________ depression affects women after childbirth, typically within the first year.

1. Irrational fears that lead people to altogether avoid specific things or situations that trigger intense anxiety
2. Refers to the distinct ideas, opinions, attitudes, knowledge, and actions of young people as a collective body
3. A drop-in center for young people 14-25 who’s goal is to help participants successfully navigate into and through adulthood.
4. BPD is an abbreviation of ____________ Personality Disorder.
6. Occurs when a previous medical or mental health issue returns.
7. Any painful or damaging injury or event that harms a person’s physical or mental health.
8. Beliefs that have no basis in reality.
10. Clothing and shelter are 2 examples of ________ needs.
11. __________ health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
12. Means to give approval or permission to someone to do something.
13. A Staff who has a year’s experience in the mental health field who helps teach skills, supervise behaviors, and help with medication management.
16. A stimulus such as a smell, sound, or sight that triggers feelings such as stress, sadness, or fear.
19. Feelings of sadness or loneliness that become overwhelming, cause physical symptoms, or last for long periods of time.
21. A neuro-developmental condition which is usually diagnosed in the first 3 years of life. Generally parents become concerned when their child has delays in speech development, limited social relatedness, and restricted interests and activities.