S&MH 1
Vague unpleasant feeling that produces physical sensations; feeling nervous, unsure or scared about something
What is Anexity?
Covering up weaknesses by emphasizing a more desirable trait or by overachievement in a more comfortable area
What is Compensation?
Mental health disorder characterized by long-lasting, intense sadness leading to feeling helpless, hopeless and/or worthless
What is Depression?
The sources of stress that comes from inside the family
What is Internal Stress?
Transferring emotional reactions from one object or person
What is Displacement?
Great sadness caused by the loss of a person or thing
What is Grief?
Conditions which hinder or prevent good mental health
What is Mental Health Disorders?
Feelings that involve physical and psychological change
What are Emotions?
Act of a person ending his or her own life
What is Suicide?
Mental and emotional wellness; promotes a positive attitude and self-esteem, helps people cope with normal stresses of life, and helps people work productively
What is Mental Health?
"a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" as defined by the World Health Organization
What is Health?
Body's physical and mental response to unpleasant or difficult situations
What is Stress?
Eating disorder characterized by the obsession of control over food intake in order to be thin
What is Anorexia?
Description of how a person physically grows; differ from person to person; determined by heredity
What is Growth Pattern?
Distortion in eating accompanied and supported by an emotional problem
What is Eating Disorder?
Eating disorder characterized by binging and purging to control food intake and body weight
What is Bulmia?
Refers to how the mind reacts to stress
What is Coping?
Mental disorders which affect a person's mood; sometimes called affective disorders
What is a Mood Disorder?
Sources of stress that come from outside the family
What is External Stress?
Eating disorder characterized by regularly over-eating without purging, exercising or fasting
What is Bulmia?
A positive state of physical and mental health
What is Wellness?
Psychiatric disorders causing a person to act differently than the social norm; categorized as cluster A, B or C
What is Personality Disorder?
Proper functioning of the body and its parts
What is Physicla Health?
Mental illnesses causing physical bodily symptoms which cannot be traced to any physical cause
What is Somatoform Disorder?
An attempt to ignore unacceptable realities by refusing to acknowledge them
What is Denial?