Mental Health 1
What is the ability to adapt and recover from disappointment, difficulty, and crisis?
resilience
What is the term for something that causes stress?
stressor
What is the act of becoming aware through the senses?
perception
What is a strong or irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation?
phobia
What is the act of taking one's own life?
suicide
What is having enough skills or the ability to do something?
competence
Who is someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for you?
role model
What is a series of reactions that may surface as an individual makes sense of how a loss affects him or her
stages of grief
What is a prolonged period of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness?
depression
What is the condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen?
anxiety
What is a firm observance of core ethical values?
integrity
What are the distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves?
character
What is a lack of strong feeling, emotion, or interest?
apathy
What is the ability to accept yourself and others, adapt to and manage emotions and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in your life?
mental/emotional health
What is a complex set of characteristics that makes you unique?
personality
What is a mark of shame or disapproval that results in an individual being shunned or rejected by others?
stigma
What is dealing successfully with difficult changes in your life?
coping
What is feeling isolated and separated from everyone else?
alienation
What are signals that tell your mind and body how to react?
emotions
What is how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself?
self-esteem
What disorder has patterns of behavior in which the rights of others or basic social rules are violated?
conduct disorder
What is the name of the ranked list of factors essential to human growth and development?
hierarchy of needs
What is the term to describe someone's sense of themselves as a unique individual?
personal identity
What is the mental process that protects individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations?
defense mechanism
What is a physical reaction that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness?
psychosomatic response