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| affinity for, craving for |
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| Study of human behavior and thought processes - understanding how humans interact with their environment and with each other |
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| Specialist in evaluating and treating persons with mental and emotional disorders |
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| How personality develops, how people handle stress, and stages of mental development |
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| Study and treatment of behaviors that are outside of normal and are detrimental to persons or society |
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| Branch of medicine that diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders |
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| Medical physician who specializes in care of patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders |
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| Legal definition of mental disorder is "impaired judgment and lack of self-control" - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DMS) organizes mental disorders into 14 major diagnostic categories of mental disorders |
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| Persistent worry and apprehension which includes: panic attacks - intense apprehension, anxiety - feeling of dread, phobias - irrational fear, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)- performing repetitive rituals to reduce anxiety |
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| Deterioration of mental functions, also called organic mental disease which include: dementia - progressive confusion and disorientation and degenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease |
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