Mental Health Vocabulary
Psychology: the science that deals with mental processes and behavior.
Characteristics: Quality belonging to a person, place or thing.
Dramatic structure: plot structure of dramatic works.
Encompasses: includes or constitutes.
Psychiatric: the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness.
FAT Triangle: illustration of feelings, actions, and thoughts.
Illustrate: explain or help make something clear.
Components: a part of a larger whole.
Impact: have a strong effect.
Eustress: good stress (graduating from high school; prom; wedding).
Distress: bad stress (trouble with family/friends).
Indicators: something that shows the level of something.
Alleviate: make less severe.
Commonality: sharing of features.
Perception: a way of regarding or interpreting something.
Critic: someone who judges or evaluates.
Irrational: without reason.
Disturbance: interfere with the function of something.
Susceptible: likely to be harmed or influenced by a particular thing.
Differentiate: to show the difference in or between.
Co-exist: occur at the same time.
Chiseled: made or shaped with or as if with a tool used to cut or shape stone, wood or metal.
Obsessed: domination of one’s thoughts.
Distorted: not representing the facts.
Persistent: continue to exist or endure over a long period of time.
Neurotransmitters: a chemical substance released in the brain.
Serotonin: neurotransmitter that plays an important role in mood.