Mental disorders

Mental disorder

Illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of a person preventing them from leaning a happy, healthy, productive life

Organic mental illness

A Mental illness caused by physical illness or injury that affected the brain

Functional mental illness

Psychological cause, does not involve brain injury can be tied to abuse and or trauma

Anxiety disorder

A condition were real or imagined fears that are difficult to control, and they are Characterized by chronic fear

Phobia

A strong fear of something very specific

Obsessive compulsive disorder

A person trapped in a pattern of repeated thoughts or behaviors that prevent them from living normally

Panic disorder

Can experience sudden unexplained feelings of absolute terror can have panic attacks that mimic heart attacks can occur at any time or place

Post traumatic stress disorder

Made develop weeks or months after event that threatened or caused physical harm symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, emotional numbness, sleeplessness, or guilt and Dissociation

Mood disorder

Often with organic cause involves mood extremes that interfere with every day life

Clinical depression

Feeling of hopelessness or sadness that lasts more than a few weeks and interferes with every day life Due to chemical, imbalance, hereditary life, events, or drugs that alter your Brain chemistry

Bipolar disorder

Extreme swings of Manic and depressive episode episodes That can include extreme mood changes, energy level, and behavior.

Eating disorder

An extreme eating behavior that can cause serious illness, or death symptoms: weight change, heart conditions, kidney failure

Anorexia

A person restricts their food intake due to fear of gaining weight or changing body image to the point of causing harm

Bulimia

Characterized by purging Eaton foods by voting or using laxatives before their body can absorb the nutrients

Binge eating

Consuming massive amounts of food in a short amount of time often Paired with bulimia

Pica

Consumptions of thing that have no nutritional value hair, paint, chips, dirt, etc.

conduct disorder

Pattern of behavior in which basic rights or basic social rules are violated more common and males than female females can go hand-in-hand with low self-esteem

Schizophrenia

Severe mental disorder in which a person loses contact with reality and has difficulty differentiating real and imaginary events symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia, can be caused by genetics or chemical structural changes of the brain

Personality disorder

People who think and behaving ways that make it difficult for them to get along with others often in conflict with others

Antisocial personality disorder

Client may be irritable, aggressive, impulsive, and violent. They are unable to show remorse.

Passive aggressive, personality disorder

Uncooperative being told what to do but need direction show anger, indirectly

Borderline personality disorder

Troubled relationships, engage at high risk have poor self-esteem and lash out at loved ones Because they feel like it’s a safe space

ADHD

Characterized by intention, hyperactivity and impulsivity 9% of children 4% of adults caused by genetics or environmental factors. Treatment includes medication behavior, therapy, and or self management

Autism spectrum disorder

A new disorder one and 42 boys are diagnosed and one and 109 girls are diagnosed. They stem their socials aren’t great. Eye contact isn’t great they can be nonverbal. Friends are hard, special interests, strict routines some treatment includes behavioral or educational intervention or meds.