Mental Illness Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. ____________Unfounded or irrational distrust of other people.
  2. 5. ____________A irrational fear of an object or event that poses little or no actual risk.
  3. 6. ____________A feeling of worry and fear that causes physical symptoms and stress.
  4. 8. ____________Mental illness in which a person loses touch with reality; often characterized by hallucinations, such as voices that other people cannot hear, and delusions.
  5. 11. ____________A mental illness that develops after a terrifying incident that involved physical harm or the threat of harm.
Down
  1. 1. ____________A mental illness that causes unusual shifts in a persons mood, energy, and ability to function; also known as manic-depressive disorder.
  2. 2. ____________Rituals that develop in response to the anxiety caused by obsessive thoughts.
  3. 4. ____________A mental illness characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness; dx most often in children.
  4. 5. ____________Symptoms of mental illness in which a person experiences thoughs and ideas that are not based on reality; include hallucinations and delusions.
  5. 7. ____________Any chemical substance that changes a person's physical or psychological state.
  6. 9. ____________Undwsirable thoughts that occur constantly, causing anxiety.
  7. 10. ____________Type of dementia that causes the death of brain cells and subsequent impairment of thinking.