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TERM	DEFINITION
Acute	Means that something (usually a disorder or a symptom) has come on quickly with a high degree of impact on a person.
Addiction	Is continuing to use a substance for nonmedical purposes despite wanting or trying to stop using it.
Antidepressant medicine	A medicine that is usually used to treat the symptoms of depression or anxiety disorders.
Antipsychotics	Are medicines that are often used to help treat psychosis. Sometimes they can also be used to treat mood swings or extreme behaviors.
Affect	Is the emotional experience that someone feels inside of themselves that can be recognized by others. For example: if you are looking/acting sad you can be recognized by someone else as you are feeling sad.
Antisocial personality disorder	People with antisocial personality disorder have a long pattern of violating the rights of others. It begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.
Agoraphobia	A fear and avoidance of situations where you might feel unsafe or unable to escape if you have a panic attack.
Anhedonia	Is a word used to describe a lack of pleasure. Sometimes, people suffering with depression will experience anhedonia.
Anorexia Nervosa	A type of eating disorder. The main features that a person with Anorexia will experience are: refusing to maintain a minimally reasonable body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, and an unrealistic perception of their body image
Anxiety	A type of body signal, or group of sensations. A person with anxiety experiences a variety of physical sensations that are linked with thoughts that make them feel apprehensive or fearful.
Avolition	Having little or no motivation or drive to do things.
Anxiety Disorders	A group of common mental disorders. People with Anxiety Disorder will experience things like mental and physical tension about their surroundings, apprehension about the future, and will have unrealistic fears.
Asperger’s	People with Asperger’s experience repetitive and restrictive behaviors and interests that may lead to impaired functioning at work and socially.
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)	A term used in the past to diagnose what is now called ADHD (see Attention Deficit Hyper-Activity Disorder).
Attention Deficit Hyper-Activity Disorder (ADHD)	A mental disorder that is usually lifelong and associated with a delay in how the brain matures and how it processes information. People with ADHD usually have varying degrees of difficulty paying attention, being impulsive, and being overactive which causes problems at home, in school, and in social situations.
Atypical antipsychotics	Newer types of medicines that help treat psychosis. See Antipsychotics above.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	A life-long mental disorder in which the person suffers with significant abnormal development of social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication.
Axon	The long, fibre-like part of a nerve cell (neuron) in the brain or spinal cord by which information is carried to other nerve cells.
Benzodiazepines	Medications that are used to treat a number of different mental disorders – most commonly anxiety.
Bipolar Disorder (manic depression	A mood disorder. People with Bipolar Disorder have experienced at least one full depressive episode and at least one manic episode.
Bipolar Disorder type 2 (hypo-manic depression)	People with Bipolar Disorder type 2 experience at least one full depressive episode and at least one hypo-manic episode
Borderline personality disorder (BPD)	People with BPD have difficulty in regulating their emotions and can experience intense bouts of anger, depression, and anxiety that may last from hours to days or longer.
Brain	The center of: adaptation, exploration, procreation and civilization. It is the master control of you and your body. You are what your brain is.
Amygdala	Is responsible for emotional memories, responses to fear, emotions and arousal, as well as being involved in the release of hormones that prepare the body for action.
Brain stem	Relays messages from the body to the rest of the brain and vice versa. It also helps control many of the body’s vital functions (breathing, digestion, heart rate, sleep and arousal)
Cerebellum	Is important for coordinating movement, controlling balance and muscle tone.
Cerebrum	The largest part of the brain responsible for “higher functions” such as concentration, reason and abstract thinking.