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Health Vocab Quiz #1
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Health Care
8th Grade
09/21/2011

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Term
Counselor
Definition

A professional who helps people work through difficult problems by talking.

 

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Self-Esteem
Definition
A measure of how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.
Term
Suicidal Thinking
Definition
Thinking about wanting to take your own life.
Term
Body Language
Definition
A way of communicating by using facial expressions, hand gestures, and posture.
Term
Paranoia
Definition
The belief that other people want to harm someone.
Term
Mental Illness
Definition
A disorder that affects thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Term
Mental Health
Definition
The way people think about and respond to events in their life.
Term
Anxiety Disorder
Definition
An illness that causes unusually strong nervousness, worry, or panic.
Term
Psychiatrist
Definition
A medical doctor who specializes in how illnesses of the brain and body are related to emotions and behavior.
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Mood Disorder
Definition
An illness in which people have uncontrollable mood changes.
Term
Emotion
Definition
A feeling that is produced in response to a life event.
Term
Trigger
Definition
A person, situation, or event that influences emotions.
Term
Emotional Spectrum
Definition
A set of emotions arranged by how pleasant the emotions are.
Term
Active Listening
Definition
The act of hearing and showing that you understand what a person is communicating.
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Positive Self-Talk
Definition
Thinking about the good parts of a bad situation.
Term
Defense Mechanisms
Definition
An automatic, short-term behavior to cope with distress.
Term
Teen Hotline
Definition
A phone number that teens can call to talk privately and anonymously about their problems.
Term
Hormone
Definition
A chemical made in one part of the body that causes a change in another part; controls growth and development and other body functions.
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Depression
Definition
A mood disorder in which a person is extremely sad and hopeless for a long period of time.
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