Mental Health Disorders Flashcards
Affect
a persons feeling, moods, and emtions and the way the person demonstrates them
anxiety
a vague uneasy feeling in response to stress
anxiety disorders
a group of mental health disorders whose main symptom is anxiety, with fears and worries so disproprtionate to the situation as to the affect normal functioning
bipolar and related disorders
a group of related brain disorders that cause unusual shifts in a persons mood, energy, and ability to function
compulsion
the uncontrollable urge to perform an act
Conduct disorder
a disorder that cause the person to repeatedly violate the personal or property rights of others and the basic expectations of society
Delusion
a fixed, false belief, that is not based on reality
depressive disorders
a group of disorders in which the client has sad, empty, or irritable moods accompanied by physical and thought changes that are severe enough to affect the clients ability to function
Detoxification
a process of allowing an abused substance to exit the body naturally or of removing the substance from the body medically; the person being detoxified may go into drug withdrawl
Disruptive impulse-control and conduct disorders
disorders in which the client displays difficult, disruptive, aggressive, or antisocial behaviours
drug tolerance
the state in which the body gets accustomed to a substance, causing the individual to need largeer amounts of it to experience the same effect.
drug withdrawl
a physical reaction that occurs when a person abusing a substance stops taking it.
feeding and eating disorders
altered body images that lead to disturbances in eating behaviours and an abnormal concern with body weight and shape
hallucinations
seeing, tasting, smelling, hearing or feeling something that isnt real
major depressive disorder
a state of mind in which a person has severe feelings of worthlessness, self-blame, sadness, dissapointment, and emptiness that lasts for weeks and interfere with the person’s ability to perform activities of daily living; also known as clinical depression, although this term is not used anymore by physicians.
Mental health
a state of mind in which the person copes with and adjusts to the stressors of everday living in socially acceptable ways
mental health disorders
a disturbance in a persons ability to cope with or adjust to stress affecting the persons, thinking, moods, or behaviours and impairing functioning: also known as mental illness, mental disorder, emotional illness, or psychiatric disorder.
Obsession
A persistant thought or desire
obsessive compulsive and related disorders
mental health disorders characterized by recurrent obsessions and compulsions that interfere with a persons daily life and relationships.
Panic
an intense and sudden feeling of fear anxiety terror or dread for no obvious reason
Paranoia
extreme suspicion abut a person or a situation
personality disorders
a group of disorders involving rigid and socially unacceptable behaviours
Psychotherapy
a form of therapy in which a client explores, thoughts, feeling and behaviours with help and guidance from a mental health specialist
Reactive Depression
A term that some health care providers use to describe normal reactions, such as feelings of loss and sadness in response to what a person has just experienced.
