Chapter 41 Flashcards
Mental Health Disorders
addiction
chronic disease involving substance-seeking behaviors
- compulsive / hard controla
anxiety
nervousness / fear about event / situation
compulsion
over-whelming urge to repeat certain acts / behaviors
coping
strategies to manage stress / negative emotions due to stress
defense mechanism
unconscious reaction that blocks unpleasant / threatening feelings
delusion
false belief
delusion of grandeur
exaggerated belief about one’s self
delusion of persecution
false belief one is being mistreated / abused
detoxification
process of removing toxic substances from body
flashback
reliving trauma in thoughts / as nightmares
hallucination
seeing / smelling / hearing something that isn’t real
mental health
involves person’s emotional, psychological, social well-being
mental health disorder
serious illness of persons mental function
obsession
frequent unwanted thoughts, ideas, images
panic
intense / sudden feeling of fear / anxiety
personality
set of attitudes / traits of person
phobia
irrational fear of something w/ little / no danger
psychosis
condition affecting the mind that causes person to lose grasp on reality
stress
response / change in body to external factor
stressor
event for causing stress
suicide
to end one’s life
suicide contagion
exposure to suicidal tendencies / behaviors through friends, family, social media
withdrawal symptom
physical / mental response after stopping / reducing substance use