The Brain and Mental Health

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Across
  1. 6. Type of disorders where behavior is inflexible and there is an unhealthy pattern of thinking and functioning.
  2. 8. Communicate information throughout the body
  3. 9. Type of disorders where abnormal eating behaviors emerge.
  4. 10. Type of disorder where the cause is not understood and could be from a variety of causes.
  5. 11. Takes the info that we see, translates it, and sends appropriate signals to the brain for processing.
  6. 14. Type of disorders where emotions become extreme and interfere with daily living.
  7. 16. Can take until age 24 to fully develop. Important in decision making and impulse control.
  8. 20. Controls decision making and higher cognitive thoughts
  9. 21. Illness that affects the mind and prevents a person from being productive, adjusting to life situations, or getting along with others
  10. 23. Treatment that helps a person change an abnormal behavior.
Down
  1. 1. MD's or medical doctors that specialize in diagnosing and treating
  2. 2. Coordinates voluntary movements like balance, posture
  3. 3. Emotion center, specifically fear and anxiety.
  4. 4. Type of disorders where fear is out of proportion to the situation or age-appropriate.
  5. 5. Type of disorders where one is disconnected from own's identity.
  6. 6. Translates signals to the brain from tangible sources; touch, temperature, pain, pressure
  7. 7. Controls the body's activities.
  8. 12. Processes what hear, important for speech
  9. 13. Acronym for helping someone who is suicidal.
  10. 15. Type of disorder that can be traced back to physical causes
  11. 17. Monitors necessary functions like sleep, hunger, and thirst
  12. 18. PhD's who recognize and treat abnormal behavior
  13. 19. Describes behaviors, feelings, or thoughts that are unusual and inappropriate in a given situation.
  14. 22. Cannot cure mental illness, but can help with symptoms.