Health Flashcards
Mental Disorder
An illness that affects the mind and reduces a person’s ability to function, to adjust to change, or to get along with others.
Anxiety
A fear caused by a source you cannot identify or a source that doesn’t pose as much threat as you think.
Phobia
Anxiety that is realted to a specfic situation or object.
Obsession
An unwanted thought or image that takes control of the mind
Compulsion
an unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent a feared outcome.
Mood disorder
Extreme emotions that make it difficult to function well in their daily lives.
Depression
An emotional state in which a person feels extremely sad and hopeless.
Eating disorder
A mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behaviors related to food.
Anorexia Nervosa
A person with Anorexia Nervosa doesn’t eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight.
Bulima
Uncontrollable eating binges followed by purging/removing the food from their bodies.
Binge eating disorder
Regular uncontrollable urge to eat large amounts of food.