Module 3: Mental And Emotional Stability Flashcards
Acrophobia
fear of heights
ADD
Struggle to focus; daydreamer
ADHD
Struggle to focus or sit still; not only distracted but hyperactive
Agoraphobia
Fear of being in a group of people
Alzheimer’s disease
Dementia in young people
amino acids
building blocks of proteins
anorexia nervosa
The state of nearly constant fasting
Anosognosia
A delusion that the person isn’t mentally ill and not sleeping or leaving the house because of germs is normal
Anxiety disorder
A feeling of terror a person has in a situation most people would not sense as threatening
ASD
Distant; not make eye contact or return a smile; not low on intelligence
Asperger syndrome
Mild autism
attention span
A length of time a person can keep concentrating on a certain idea
bipolar disorder
Lifetime illness characterized by a intense high followed by depression
borderline personality disorder
Impulsive
brain reserve
An extra measure of brain function to be used to process stressful situations that arrive
Bulmia
Irrational overeating then forced vomiting
Compulsions
Needs for repetitive rituals
consciousness
Thinking
decompensation
Emotional release that occurs when stress becomes too much for a person to endure
Dehydrated
dry
Delirium
Dementia for only a short period of time
Delusions
Ideas that aren’t true
Dementia
The loss of memory
distraction
What pulls a person’s attention away from the focus
Dysthymia
Long lasting depression; a person who can function in everyday life but has lost all interest in it and is unproductive
eating disorder
Obsession with food to a life threatening degree
EEG
A test (device) that measures neuron impulses
Hallucinations
Believes they see or hear things that others can’t
Hallucinations
Seeing things that aren’t there
Major depression
A ongoing disease with seasons of normal thoughts followed by times of depressed moods
Mental illness
A medical condition in which a person losses the ability to care for daily needs and can’t cope with life’s ordinary demands
Multitasking
Doing 2 or more tasks at one time that require mental attention
Obsessions
Unwanted
OCD
Endlessly concerned about her obsession and must preform rituals to find any relief
omega-3 fatty acids
Improves memory; keeps you from being grumpy or irritable
Orthorexia
Available food doesn’t measure up so the person doesn’t eat causing malnutrition
panic disorder
Unexplainable terrified response to a normal situation
Phobias
Debilitating fears of objects or situations that would normally not produce fear
Prodomes
Feelings that predict a high or low is about to get worse
PTSD
Persistent reliving of past trauma with all the attached emotions
Ruminate
Dwelling on something
Ruminate
Dwelling on something
Rumination
Pondering a thought over and over without reaching a conclusion
SAD
Depression during the winter due to lack of sunlight
Schizophrenia
A breakdown in normal thought
Self-harm behavior
Repeated acts of self-injury
wisdom
Gathering important facts
worry
Scared of something that has happened or will happen
