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Mental Health ch23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mental Disorders | Disturbances of emotional stability, as manifested in maladaptive behavior and impaired functioning. |
| Defense Mechanisms | Body's unconscious reaction to protect itself from conflicts or anxieties. |
| Psychiatry | Branch of medicine that deals with the causes, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. |
| Psychiatrist | Medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing, preventing, and treating mental disorders. |
| Mental Health | Relative state of mind in which the person who is healthy is able to cope with and adjust to the recurrent stresses of everyday living in an acceptable way. |
| Psychology | Study of behavior and the processes of the mind, especially as it relates to the individual's social and physical environment. |
| Psychologist | Professional who specializes in the study of the structure and function of the brain and related mental processes. |
| Compensation | Effort to overcome, or make up for, real or imagined inadequacies. |
| Denial | Refusal to admit or acknowledge the reality of something, thus avoiding emotional conflict or anxiety. |
| Displacement | Process of transferring a feeling or emotion from the original idea or object to a substitute idea or object. |
| Introjection | Individual unconsciously identifies with another person or with some object. -The individual assumes the supposed feelings and/or characteristics of the other personality or object. |
| Regression | A response to stress in which the individual reverts to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning. |
| Repression | An involuntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's conscious mind. |
| Projection | The act of transferring one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings on to someone else. |
| Rationalization | Attempting to make excuses or invent logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors. |
| Sublimation | Rechanneling or redirecting one's unacceptable impulses and drives into constructive activites. |
| Suppression | The voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's mind. |
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