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Chapter 34: Mental Health Disorders
chapter 9
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An eating disorder defined as persistently eating or mouthing substances without
nutritional value for a period of at least a month.
pica
a person's feelings, emotions, and moods and the way the person demonstrates them
affect
absence of at least three consecutive menstrual periods as normally expected to occur
amenorrhea
a group of mental health disorders in which anxiety is the main sypmtom
anxiety disorder
extreme suspicion about a person or a situation
paranoia
a period when the signs and symptoms of a disease lessen or disappear
remission
keeping (or burying) unpleasant or painful thoughts from the conscious mind
repression
a mental state in which perception of reality is impaired
psychosis
an intense and sudden feeling or fear, anxiety, terror, or dread for no obvious reason
panic
a treatment for seasonal effective disorders(SAD); involves exposure to light directed
from a box containing white fluorescent light tubes
phototherapy
shame or social disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
stigma