Unit 12 Vocabulary B Flashcards

9244955573	mood disorders	mental disorders that have mood disturbance as their predominant feature	0
9244955574	Depression	A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness	1
9244955575	Normal Depression	A period of sadness	2
9244955576	clinical depression	feelings of hopelessness, lethargy, and worthlessness that last two weeks or more	3
9244955577	major depressive disorder	a mood disorder in which a person feels sad and hopeless for weeks or months	4
9244955578	Dysthymia	A form of depression that is not severe enough to be diagnosed as major depression	5
9244955579	suicide	the act of intentionally taking one's own life	6
9244955580	Mania	A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.	7
9244955581	bipolar disorder	severe mood swings between major depressive episodes and manic episodes	8
9244955582	anxiety disorder	a condition in which intense feelings of apprehension are long-standing and disruptive	9
9244955583	specific phobia	a severe and persistent fear of a specific object or situation	10
9244955584	social phobia	a disorder that involves an irrational fear of being publicly humiliated or embarrassed	11
9244955585	agoraphobia	fear of openness	12
9244955586	panic disorder	an anxiety disorder that consists of sudden, overwhelming attacks of terror	13
9244955587	generalized anxiety disorder	Characterized by excessive anxiety or worry about numerous things, lasting for 6 months or longer.	14
9244955588	obsessive-compulsive disorder	an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions	15
9244955589	Obessions	Thoughts	16
9244955590	Compulsions	Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that are performed to prevent or reduce anxiety.	17
9244955591	acute stress disorder	similar to PTSD but its symptoms are present for a month or less	18
9244955592	posttraumatic stress disorder	marked emotional disturbance after experiencing or witnessing a severely stressful event	19