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Across
  1. 4. a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
  2. 6. a person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy
  3. 7. abnormal self-absorption, usually affecting children, characterized by a lack of response to people and actions and limited ability to communicate
  4. 8. treatment of mental disorders and behavioral disturbances using verbal and nonverbal communication
  5. 9. therapy any non-standard process which focuses on the action instead of the result as a means of therapy
  6. 10. a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary
  7. 11. an institution for the care of people, especially those with physical or mental impairments, who require organized supervision or assistance
  8. 15. an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a normal minimal body weight, fear of gaining weight
  9. 16. lobotomy incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts
  10. 17. (obsessive compulsive disorder) a mental condition characterized by persistent, intrusive, and senseless thoughts (obsessions) to perform repetitive behaviors
  11. 18. (post-traumatic stress disorder) a disorder that occurs among survivors of severe environmental stress such as a tornado, an airplane crash, or military combat
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  1. 1. any of a group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations
  2. 2. (electroconvulsive therapy) the treatment of certain psychotic conditions by passing an electric current through the brain to induce coma or convulsions
  3. 3. an abnormal intense and irrational fear of a given situation, organism, or object
  4. 5. an inner drive that causes a person to perform actions, often of a trivial and repetitive nature
  5. 6. drug a chemical substance that affects the processes of the mind
  6. 10. a state of serious emotional and mental deterioration
  7. 12. stabilizers a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shifts
  8. 13. a state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation
  9. 14. attack an episode of acute and disabling anxiety associated with such physical symptoms as hyperventilation and sweating