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3 potential symptoms of a mental disorder
Abnormal thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
What is a mental disorder?
An illness that affects the mind and reduces a person’s ability to function, adjust to change, or get along with others
What 4 things can cause mental disorders?
Physical factors, heredity, early experiences, and recent experience
What is anxiety?
Fear caused by a source that you cannot identify or that is not much of a threat as you think
What is an anxiety disorder?
Anxiety over a long period of time that interferes with daily living
5 examples of anxiety disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Intense thoughts and emotions do not have a single source
Phobia
Anxiety related to a specific situation or object. Claustrophobia or arachnophobia
Panic attack
Dizziness, rapid breathing, fear of losing control.
Obsession
Unwanted thought or image takes control of mind
Compulsion
Unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent feared outcome.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Surviving or witnessing a life-threatening event
Mood disorder
Extreme emotions that make it difficult to function in daily life
Bipolar disorder
Manic episodes alternate with periods of deep depression
Depression
Emotional state in which a person feels sad and hopeless. Long and short term
Schizophrenia
Severe disturbances in thinking, mood, and behavior
Impulse control disorder
Cannot resist the impulse to act in a way harmful to self or others
Personality disorder
Rigid patterns of behavior that make it difficult to get along with others
Eating Disorder
Mental disorder, reveals itself through abnormal behavior related to food. About emotions, thoughts, and attitudes, not just food
Anorexia nervosa
Doesn’t eat enough to maintain healthy body weight. Symptom: Extreme weight loss. Health risks: Starve to death, heart stop beating.
Bulimia
Uncontrolled eating binges followed by purging or removing food from bodies. Symptoms: Eat in private, bathroom visits after eating. Risks: Dehydration, lack of vitamins/minerals, cavities
Binge Eating Disorder
Regularly have an uncontrollable urge to eat. Symptoms: Can’t stop eating when full, eat more than intended. Risks: Weight gain, unhealthy dieting, risk of illness
Clinical Depression
Sad or hopeless for months. Unable to enjoy activities once thought to be fun
What can Depression cause?
Problems at school, home, social life
What can happen if depression is untreated?
Leads to substance abuse, behavioral problems, suicide
Cutting
Using sharp object to intentionally cut or scratch body deep enough to bleed
Self-Injury
Unhealthy way to deal with emotions, stress, or traumatic events
Suicide
Intentional killing of selfR
Risk factors for suicide
Mood disorders like depression. Family history, mental and substance abuse disorder, depression
Cluster suicides
Series of suicides that occur within a short period of time in same peer group/community
How to deal with a friend or yourself with depression
Talk to someone, ask for help, work together. Can’t work through it alone
First step toward recovery
Recognize the need for help. See a mental health professional
Psychiatrist
Doctor who can identify and treat mental disorders
Neurologist
Doctor who treats physical disorders of the nervous system
Clinical psychologist
Trained to identify and treat abnormal behavior
Psychiatric Social worker
Helps those with mental disorders and families accept and adjust to the illness
Mental health counselor
Focus on specific problems or work with specific groups of people
Three methods to treat mental disorders
Psychotherapy, drug therapy, and hospitalization
Psychotherapy
People talk with therapist to understand and overcome mental disorder
Insight therapy
Helps people understand reasons for behavior
Cognitive and behavioral therapy
Helps a person identify situations, objects, or thoughts that trigger abnormal behaviors
Group Therapy
People meet with others of the same disordeers
Drug therapy
Doctors prescribe drugs to treat a mental disorder
Hospitalization
People need constant attention or are in danger of harming self. Receive therapy
4 ways to deal with setbacks
Think of a setback as isolated event, recognize that setback is temporary, become aware of self talk, take action