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- Hormone produced by the body during periods of stress.
- Drugs prescribed by a doctor to treat depression.
- Extreme state of nervousness or fear.
- Way of thinking or acting.
- Uncontrollable urge to do a certain thing.
- Person who offers advice and help with special problems.
- False, persistent belief sometimes caused by mental illness.
- Mental illness in which sadness and gloom overwhelm a person's normal daily life.
- Body system in charge of producing hormones.
- Large number of cases of a disease that happen at the same time in the same area.
- Part of a body cell that carries traits from parents to children.
- A mental image of something that is not really happening, but seems real.
- Chemicals in the body that help it to grow, stay healthy, or respond to stress.
- State of high, unnatural excitement or enthusiasm.
- A form of mental illness in which a person's mood swings quickly from intense sadness to high excitability.
- Chemical that transmits messages from one cell to the next.
- Strong fixation on an idea.
- Sudden, uncontrollable fear or anxiety in a situation.
- A doctor who treats mental illness.
- The study of people's personalities, emotions, and subconscious minds, developed by Dr. Sigmund Freud.
- A person who has studied human behavior and treats problems of the mind.
- Extra pressure or demands made on the body or mind.
- The intentional killing of oneself.
- Sign or indication of something.
- The point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another.
- A person trained to help patients recover from an illness or injury.
- Treatment for a disease or condition.
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