Across
- 5. A relatively short period of intense fear or discomfort, characterized by terror and frightening sensations such as shortness of breath, rapid heart rate, or other distressing physical symptoms.
- 10. The separation of certain personality components or mental processes from conscious thought.
- 11. A fear of crowded, public places.
- 12. A behavior pattern or mental process that causes serious personal suffering or interferes with a person's ability to cope with everyday life.
- 14. A psychological disorder characterized by extreme sadness, an inability to concentrate, and feelings of helplessness and great sadness.
- 15. An irrational fear of social situations in which one might be exposed to the close scrutiny of others.
Down
- 1. An immobile, expressionless coma-like state associated with schizophrenia.
- 2. A mood characterized by extreme excitement, elation, hyperactivity, and chaotic behavior.
- 3. Disorders in which a person's mood changes from depression to wild elation and back again.
- 4. A type of anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions--unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again.
- 6. A cluster of symptoms that is considered a recognizable disease only within a specific culture or society.
- 7. A serious psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality and distortions in thinking, perception, emotion, and behavior.
- 8. The expression of psychological distress through physical symptoms; it comes from the Greek word for "body"
- 9. An excessive, irrational fear out of proportion to the actual danger.
- 13. A dissociative disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent feelings of detachment from one's mental processes or body.