Mental and Emotional Vocabulary Puzzle

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3. is cutting the body for pleasure.
7. is when a group of people with a similar situation or problem meet regularly with a professional therapist to discuss ways to cope and live happy and productive lives.
8. is a mental and physical disorder characterized by consumption of large amounts of food (binge) and ridding of the food and calories (purge) by fasting, excessive exercise, vomiting, or using laxatives. The behavior often serves to reduce stress and relieve anxiety created by concern with weight and self-image. It is often accompanied by depression, is serious and sometimes life-threatening.
9. is a medical doctor who specializes in the mental disorders and can prescribe mediation.
11. (PTSD) can happen after experiencing a terrifying event symptoms such as flashbacks, reliving the event, nightmares, guilt, reduced involvement with others, lack of emotional feelings, sleeplessness, problems focusing and concentrating, hyperalertness, and exaggerated startle response.
13. is indicated by continued elevated amounts of adrenaline and cortisol in the blood stream which has negative effects on the health of the body and its immune system. It is caused by conditions that are beyond a person's control.
15. are mental processes used to protect us from strong feelings and stressful emotions.
16. is a term used to describe a series of suicides that happen in a short period of time in the same geographical area.
18. is an irrational fear of something specific such as snakes, height, or social occasions.
20. is a mental disorder where a person has delusions, hallucinations, or other loses of contact with reality.
23. are chemicals produced by your glands that regulate bodily actions and cell behaviors.
24. is the skill and ability to do something.
26. is the use of drugs to treat medical disorders.
29. is the condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what might happen.
31. is the value, respect, and confidence you have for yourself.
32. is the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels.
34. is the intentional taking of one's own life.
35. is a mental state or prolonged feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, sadness, despair, apathy, and discouragement. Different than grief, which is caused by a real personal loss.
36. is the feeling associate with the loss of hope, lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
39. is unplanned stealing of stuff.
40. is when behavior interferes with the rights of others or basic rules of conduct. For example stealing, lying, aggression, violence, truancy, arson, or vandalism.
41. the process of becoming aware of information with your senses (eyes, ears, nose, skin, and tongue)
45. is a person's sense of them self as a unique individual.
47. is a professional who specializes in the study of emotional, mental, and social, aspects of school aged students and the effects they have on student learning and behavior.
52. is a person whose success and behavior is emulated.
53. is when a person is persitently (obsessive) driven (compulsive) by anxiety or fear to repeat a behavior over and over. Fear of germs, wash hands or use sanitizers...
54. is being able to achieve success
55. are illnesses of the mind that affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people and prevents them from leading happy, healthful, and productive lives.

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1. are the reactions a person may have when they experience a loss. They may be in a particular order or not. See five stages of loss and grief below.
2. therapy is discussion and interventions with professionals intended to guide and help addicted individuals stop compulsive drug use.
4. is the reaction of the body and mind to everyday opportunities, challenges, and demands.
5. is something that cause stress.
6. are illness with emotional extremes that interfere with everyday life. They include depression, bipolar, or manic-depressive.
8. is treatment behavioral problems with the focuses on changing behavior with reinforcement (reward, punishment, time-out).
10. is the act of showing sorrow, regret, and grief when someone dies.
12. is spending money to buy stuff that is not needed or not being able to pay for what is bought.
14. is the intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behaviors.
17. is continual gambling with excessive losses.
19. is sticking to core ethical values.
21. is when family members meets with a professional therapist to learn how to communicate better, understand each other, and seek solutions for problems in positive ways that bring the family together rather than tear them apart.
22. is non-hostile comments that suggest a problem, assist in resolving it, and encourage positive change.
24. is the qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
25. is a sudden unexplained feeling of fear and terror. It can cause shaking, increased heart beat, shortness of breath, and dizzyness.
27. is the most common mental disorder. It is the emotional feelings caused by real or imagined fears which are difficult to control and can cause a person to withdraw from activity, seek isolation, and develop physical illness, headaches, high blood pressure, and stomach disorders.
28. a doctor who specializes in the the brain, nerves, and nervous system.
30. are signals that effect how you feel and can consciously an unconsciously cause body reactions and behaviors.
33. is a mark or feeling of shame or disapproval that results from being isolated, shunned, or rejected by others.
37. is a professional trained to give guidance on personal, social, or psychological problems.
38. is a physical reaction that results from a mental factor such as mental conflict or stress not from a physical illness or injury. Headache, weakened immune system, high blood pressure, digestive disorders, teeth gnashing...
42. is the treatment of mental disorders with an ongoing discussion to find a cause and solution for a problem rather than by medical means alone.
43. is setting fires for pleasure.
44. is a feeling of being isolated and separated from people.
46. is a sudden and shocking situation that overwhelms all normal coping strategies that provided confidence and security. Accidents, natural disasters, violent assaults, suicides.
48. is the belief in your ability to learn, change, accomplish success or failure
49. is dealing successfully with changes in life.
50. is a complex set of characteristics that make a person unique.
51. is a mental and physical disorder characterized by loss of weight brought on by an unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation, and conspicuous distortion of body image. Health is compromised and may be fatal. Latin definition means - nervous inability to eat.
52. ability to adapt and recover from disappointment, set-backs, crisis, or other goal blocking situations.

 

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