Flashcards: Mental Health
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tymelessecho on January 1, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bipolar | Disorder in which an individual alternated between feelings of mania (euphoria) and depression. |
| schizophrenia | a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions |
| depression | The condition of feeling helpless, hopeless, and withdrawn from others. |
| psychotherapy | an ongoing conversation between a patient and a mental health professional, counseling, talk therapy |
| option | the act of choosing or selecting |
| outcome | the result of an option, positively or negatively |
| value | the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable |
| passive behavior | the holding back of your ideas, feelings, and decisions |
| assertive behavior | Expressing your personal preferences and defending your personal rights while respecting the preferences and rights of others. |
| aggressive behavior | the use of words or actions that are disrespectful toward others |
| endorphins | body's natural pain killers resulting from physical activity, laughing, crying |
| serotonin | neurotransmitter that affects sleep, arousal, mood, appetite; lack of it is linked with depression |
| metaphorical thinking | the use of analogies to help create visual or verbal understanding |
| suicide | the act of intentionally taking one's own life - leading cause is untreated depression |
| intervention | to make a change, to stop a behavior from happening |
| modality for suicide | having a plan: is it specific, lethal, available? |
| prediction | what you think will happen based on fact |
| resilient | how fast you can adjust to something that has happened in your life |
| life change | something that happens that requires you to make an adjustment in your life |
| risk | the likelyhood of an unwanted result |