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GLOSSARY

ADA (EY-dee-ey) a federal law passed in 1990 psychotherapy (sye-koh-THAHR-uh-pee) a
protecting disabled workers from branch of medicine focused on treating people
discrimination with mental and behavioral issues, usually by
trying to change behavior
epidemic (ep-i-DEM-ik) a health crisis that
affects many people at once PTSD (pee-tee-ESS-dee) a form of anxiety
and depression experienced after someone
genetics (jen-ET-iks) the process of passing has seen or been part of a traumatic event;
down qualities and characteristics, such as stands for post-traumatic stress disorder
physical appearance and risk for disease, from
parents to children schizophrenia (skit-suh-FREN-ee-uh) a
major mental illness where a person may
major depressive disorder (MAY-jor hallucinate or hear voices and live isolated
di-PRE-siv dis-OR-dur) a mental illness that from others
causes feelings of sadness and loss of interest
in other people and activities; also called stigma (STIG-muh) a usually untrue or unfair
depression belief that a group of people have about
something
metropolitan (meh-truh-PAH-lih-tun)
having to do with a large city symptom (SIMP-tuhm) a sign or indication
that a person has an illness
psychiatrist (sye-KYE-uh-trist) a doctor
who treats people with mental and emotional
issues, usually by prescribing medication

INDEX

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 21 schizophrenia, 18, 29
anxiety, 6, 8, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 28, self-care, 24
29 serotonin, 19
social media, 17
bipolar disorder, 6, 19, 22, 29 suicide, 4
genetics, 29 treatment, 6, 14, 18, 28

major depressive disorder, 4
panic attack, 8, 9, 26
psychiatrists, 6, 17, 20, 26
psychologists, 20, 26
PTSD, 6, 29

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