Mood & Affect Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: mood : an enduring state of mind, which can shape a person’s general expectations about the future, affect : an individual’s automatic reaction to an event or situation—the immediate, observable expression of mood, mental health : a state of well-being in which an individual is able to work productively, cope with change and adversity, engage in meaningful relationships, and realize his or her own potential, mental illness : a condition that affects emotions, thinking, behavior, or any combination of the three, depression : an abnormally lowered mood characterized by sadness, emptiness, and irritability, mania : an abnormally elevated mood that impairs functioning, euthymia : a stable range of mood that is neither elevated nor depressed, congruence : affect that matches the individual’s emotional state and the immediate situation, flat affect : the individual’s affect provides no visible cues to his emotions, stability : refers to how often and how rapidly an individual’s affect fluctuates, limbic system : an interconnected set of structures in the brain which are important in the production and regulation of mood and affect, anhedonia : a loss of interest or inability to experience pleasure with activities, common with depressive disorders, anxious distress : a combination of symptoms associated with high anxiety, including restlessness, impaired concentration due to worry, fear of impending doom, and fear of losing control, serotonin : neurotransmitter involved in the regulation of aggression, mood, anxiety, impulsivity, appetite, sleep, and sex drive, norepinephrine : neurotransmitter involved in the regulation of attention, arousal, and behavior, somatization : the phenomenon in which individuals experience or express psychologic distress through physiologic responses