Mental Health Disorders
Vocabulary Words relating to Mental Health
Health/Wellness
Emotional/Mental Health
Understanding Stress/Coping with Loss
100

The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen

What is anxiety

100
An illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of a person, preventing him or her from leading a happy, healthful, and productive life

What is mental Disorder

100

The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well being

What is health

100

Sense of belonging, sense of purpose, positive outlook, self-sufficiency, healthy self-esteem are all characteristics of ?

What is good mental and emotional health

100

Anythings that causes stress

What is a stressor

200

This is a prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness

What is depression

200

A disapproval or discrimination of a person or group of people that results in being shunned or rejected by others

What is stigma

200

A deep seated sense of meaning and purpose in life, it an aspect of mental emotional health

What is spiritual health

200

How much you value, respect and feel confident about yourself

What is self-esteem.

200
A variety of reactions that may surface as an individual makes sense of how a loss affects him or her

What is stages of grief

300

A condition that may develop after exposure to a terrifying even.  Symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, emotional numbness, guilt, sleeplessness, and problems concentating.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

300

Engaging in patterns of behavior in which the rights of others or basic social rules are violated is what disorder

What is conduct disorder
300

An overall state of wellbeing or total health

What is wellness

300

The ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels

What is empathy.

300

The person faces the reality of the loss and experiences closure

What is acceptance

400

Attack that are sudden, unexplained feelings of terror.  Panic attacks are accompanied by tumbling, increased heart rate, shortness of breath, or dizziness

What is Panic Disorder
400

Feeling isolated and separated from everyone else

What is alienation

400

An ongoing condition or illness such as heart disease, obesity or cancer

What is chronic disease

400

Initiating a meaningful conversation, showing support and asking question, and trying to persuade a person to seek help are ways 

What is how you can help

400
As the reality of the loss sets in, the person may promise to change if what was lost can be returned

What is barganing


500

Phobia, OCD, Panic Disorder, PTSD, and GAD are all examples of 

What are anxiety disorders

500

A treatment method that uses ongoing dialogue between a patient and a mental health profession is called

What is psychotherapy

500

Refers to all the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents

What is heredity

500

Direct or indirect suicide threats, an unusual obsession with death, withdrawal from friends, dramatic changes in personality,, hygiene or appearance, impulsive, irrational, or unusual behavior, Direct statements such as "I wish I were dead", Indirect statements such as "I can't take it anymore", writing poems, song lyrics, or diary entries that deal with death or all warning signs of

What is suicide

500

Involves treating a group of people who have similar problems and who meet regularly with a trained counselor

What is Group Therapy