Mental Health

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Mental Health
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What are Mental Disorders? - Illness of the
mind that can affect thoughts, feelings,
behaviors, preventing that person from leading a
happy, productive life.
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Types of mental disorders Functional
psychological cause. May result from stress,
fear, or heredity. Organic caused by physical
illness, brain injury. ex. Tumors, drug OD
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Anxiety Disorders real or imagined fears of
something specific. - characterized by chronic
fear. - 4 main types 1. Phobias 2. Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder 3. Panic Disorder 4.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Phobias Strong and irrational fears of
something specific. ex. Spiders, closed
places, heights, etc.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) trapped in
a pattern of repeated thoughts and be behaviors.
- persistent, recurrent, unwanted thoughts ex.
Hand washing, locks, etc.
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Post Traumatic Stress - stress after exposure to
a terrifying event, flashback - ex. War, 911,
rape, etc.
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Panic Disorder sudden unexplained feeling of
terror - shortness of breath, dizziness
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Mood Disorders mood extremes Clinical
depression - feelings of helplessness, sadness,
etc. - last for more than a few weeks -
interferes with normal every day activities -
over 19 million
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Bi-Polar disorder - extreme mood changes -
high to low for no apparent reason - chemical
imbalance in the brain
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Schizophrenia - loss of contact with reality
- delusions, hallucinations - chemical
imbalance - affects 1 percent of population -
appears between 15-35 years - no real cure
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• Hypochondriac
• everything is wrong with them - so they think
• - always assume the worst

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Personality Disorders Anti-social personality
disorder - irritable, aggressive, impulsive,
and violent - usually unable to show remorse
(intense fear of scrutiny)
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Borderline personality disorder - troubled
relationships - high risk activities, poor self
esteem, - lash out at those they need the most
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Passive aggressive personality disorder -
uncooperative, resent being told what to do
but rely on others direction