Social/Mental Health Quiz 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Adjustment disorder
Depression or anxiety developed in response to a stressful situation
Agoraphobia
Fear of open spaces
Alzheimer’s
A form of dementia
Anorexia
An eating disorder characterized by food restriction and an irrational fear of weight gain
Anxiety
Nervousness
Arachnophobia
Fear of spiders
Bulimia
An eating disorder characterized by regurgitation of food, particularly after eating binges
Claustrophobia
Fear of closed spaces
Dementia
Loss of memory and a decrease in other thought processes
Depression
Mental illness characterized by sadness
Manic-depressive
A mental illness characterized by wildly changing moods
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Recurrent, unwanted thoughts coupled with rituals which seem purposeless
Parkinson’s
A brain disease that causes stiffness, shaking and dementia
Passive-aggressive
Social interaction based on hidden anger
Personality disorder
Various kinds of inappropriate interactions with people and situations
Phobia
Excess fear of something
Schizophrenia
A mental illness characterized by disordered thinking, hallucinations, and reduced ability to feel normal emotions
Sociopathic
Severely inappropriate behavior, not knowing right from wrong
Tumor
An abnormal growth in the body, a lump
Personality
The total of one’s mental, emotional, physical and social characteristics