Mental Mental DisordersDisorders

Illness that affects a person’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

(Many types)

Symptoms(should only be diagnosed by a licensed professional)

Too much or too little sleep

Feelings of Extreme Sadness

Unexplained Mood Changes

Personality Changes

Drug or Alcohol Abuse

Lack of Concentration

Extreme Anxiety or Irrational Fear

False Perceptions of Reality

I. Anxiety DisordersI. Anxiety Disorders• Disorders in which Disorders in which

real or imagined real or imagined fears occur so often fears occur so often they prevent a person they prevent a person from enjoying life.from enjoying life.

• Phobias are an Phobias are an example.example.

II. Panic Disorder

Sudden feeling of terror that strikes without

warning.

Putting oneself in danger by trying to escape the

situation.

III. Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder

Avoidance of experiences that could trigger memories of a traumatic experience

such as wartime experiences or abuse.

IV. Clinical DepressionIV. Clinical Depression

• Prolonged and persistent Prolonged and persistent depression. It is typically treated depression. It is typically treated with medication.with medication.

V. HypochondriaBelief of illness when none is present

VI. Bipolar DisorderVI. Bipolar Disorder

• A mood disorder in A mood disorder in which a person’s which a person’s moods vary from moods vary from being very high to being very high to very depressed. It very depressed. It is caused by a is caused by a chemical chemical imbalance and is imbalance and is uncontrollable.uncontrollable.

VII. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder VII. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)(OCD)• Behavior that is characterized Behavior that is characterized

by unreasonable thoughts and by unreasonable thoughts and actions that are rigid, inflexible, actions that are rigid, inflexible, and repetitive.and repetitive.

VIII. SchizophreniaVIII. Schizophrenia• A mental disorder A mental disorder

in which there is in which there is a split or a split or breakdown in breakdown in logical thought logical thought processes.processes.

• False perception of reality• Hallucinations and/or

delusions

IX. Addictive BehaviorIX. Addictive Behavior

• Behavior associated with repeated and Behavior associated with repeated and continual connection with an activity or continual connection with an activity or object that results in unhealthful object that results in unhealthful effects on the person.effects on the person.

• It is usually an escape from situations It is usually an escape from situations

or responsibilities that are painful or or responsibilities that are painful or difficult.difficult.

X. CodependenceX. Codependence

• A mental disorder in which a A mental disorder in which a person loses personal identity, person loses personal identity, has frozen feelings, and copes has frozen feelings, and copes ineffectively.ineffectively.

EnablerEnabler

• A person who knowingly or A person who knowingly or unknowingly supports a person who unknowingly supports a person who has an addiction by protecting them, has an addiction by protecting them, making it easy for them to continue in making it easy for them to continue in the addiction.the addiction.

InterventionIntervention

• A confrontation by people such as A confrontation by people such as parents, spouses, or friends, who wish parents, spouses, or friends, who wish to help a person with an addiction.to help a person with an addiction.

TreatmentTreatment

• Therapy that helps a person Therapy that helps a person overcome an addiction. Individual overcome an addiction. Individual therapy, group therapy, and 12-step therapy, group therapy, and 12-step programs are effective forms of programs are effective forms of therapy.therapy.

RelapseRelapse

• A return to an addiction after A return to an addiction after a period of abstaining from it.a period of abstaining from it.