Vocabulary
A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness.
Depression
A strong, irrational fear of something specific, such as heights or social situations.
Phobia
A treatment process that focuses on changing unwanted behaviors through rewards and reinforcements.
A professional who handles personal and educational matters
Counselor
This eating disorder involves a distorted body image, with an unwarranted fear of being overweight. Obsess about weight and what they eat.
Anorexia
Feeling isolated and separated from everyone else.
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Alienation
A condition that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event. Includes flashbacks, nightmares, etc.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Treating a group of people who have similar problems and who meet regularly with a trained counselor.
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Group Therapy
A physician who specializes in physical disorders of the brain and nervous system.
Neurologist
Delusions, hallucinations, an thought disorders are associated with this mental illness.
Schizophrenia
A lack of strong feeling, interest, or concern.
Apathy
Mental disorder in which a person loses contact with reality.
Schizophrenia
Family Therapy
A professional who specializes in the assessment of learning, emotional, and behavioral problems of school children.
School Psychologist
Exposure to other teens who have died by suicide is a risk for what?
Cluster Suicides
Patterns of behavior in which the rights of others or basic social rules are violated.
Conduct Disorder
Persistent thoughts, fears, urges leading to uncontrollable repetitive behaviors.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
An ongoing dialogue between a patient and mental health professional.
Psychotherapy
A physician who diagnoses and treats mental disorders and can prescribe medications
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Psychiatrist
Apathy is most commonly a symptom of what mental illness?
Depression
A mark of disapproval that results in one's being rejected by others
Stigma
Exaggerated worry and tension for no reason.
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
A treatment method designed to identify and correct distorted thinking patterns that can lead to feelings and behaviors that may be troublesome, self-defeating, or self-destructive.
Cognitive Therapy
Clinical Psychologist
Why do mental disorders often go untreated?
Many people fail to seek treatment