| A | B |
|---|
| mental disorder | an illness that affects the mind and reduces a person's ability to function, adjust, or get along with others |
| symptoms of mental disorder | abnormal thoughts, feelings, or behaviors |
| causes of mental disorders | physical factors, heredity, early experiences, recent experiences |
| signs of attention deficit | doesn't pay attention, makes careless mistakes, disorganized, forgets, distracted, can't follow instructions |
| signs of hyperactivity | fidgets, can't stay in seat, runs, can't work quietly, talks too much, interrupts others |
| anxiety | fear caused by a source you cannot identify or that does not pose a threat |
| anxiety disorder | a fear that persists for a long time and interferes with daily living |
| phobia | anxiety related to a specific situation or object |
| obsession | an unwanted thought or image that takes control of the mind |
| compulsion | an unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent a feard outcome |
| post-traumatic stress disorder | flashbacks or nightmares producing intense fear or horror reminding a person of the event |
| mood disorder | extreme emotions that make it difficult to function in daily life |
| depression | an emotional state in which a person feels extremely sad and hopeless |
| schizophrenia | severe disturbances in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior meaning split mind |
| impulse control disorder | cannot resist impulse or drive to act in a certain way that is harmful |
| personality disorder | display of certain patterns of behavior that make it difficult for them to get along wtih others |
| eating disorder | mental disorder involving emotions, thoughts, and attitudes about food |
| anorexia nervosa | doesn't eat enough food to maintain a healthy weight |
| bulimia | uncontrolled eating binges followed by purging or removing food from their bodies |
| binge eating disorder | uncontollable urge to eat large amounts of food |
| clinical depression | feel sad or hopeless for months |
| cutting | use of sharp object to intentionally scratch one's body deep enough to bleed |
| suicide | intentional killing of oneself |
| cluster suicide | series of suicides occuring in a short period of time in same peer group or community |
| psychiatrist | physician who can diagnose and treat mental disorders |
| neurologist | physician who treats physical disorders of the nervous system |
| clinical psychologist | trained to recognize and treat behavior that is not normal |
| psychiatric social worker | helps people with mental disorders and their families to accept and adust to an illness |
