Mental DisordersMental Disorders

Objectives Objectives

• Distinguish type of mental disordersDistinguish type of mental disorders

• Identify and describe the types of mental Identify and describe the types of mental disorders that affect our society.disorders that affect our society.

Mental DisorderMental Disorder

• Illness of the mind that prevent a person Illness of the mind that prevent a person living a happy, healthful, and productive life.living a happy, healthful, and productive life.

Facts about Mental IllnessFacts about Mental Illness

Has nothing to do with Has nothing to do with intelligenceintelligence

Can happen to anyoneCan happen to anyone Not contagiousNot contagious Difficult to diagnose and Difficult to diagnose and

to treatto treat Treated but not curedTreated but not cured

Anxiety DisordersAnxiety Disorders

Real or imagined fears are difficult to controlReal or imagined fears are difficult to control

PhobiasPhobias

• strong/irrational fear of somethingstrong/irrational fear of something

Arachnophobia

Claustrophobia

Nyctophobia

Acrophobia

Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderObsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Trapped in a pattern of repeated Trapped in a pattern of repeated thoughts or behavior thoughts or behavior

Panic DisordersPanic Disorders

• Sudden, unexplained feeling of terrorSudden, unexplained feeling of terror

Post Traumatic Stress DisorderPost Traumatic Stress Disorder

Exposure to terrifying event that Exposure to terrifying event that threatened or caused physical harmthreatened or caused physical harm

Mood DisordersMood Disorders

• Illness with extreme mood changesIllness with extreme mood changes

Clinical DepressionClinical Depression

• Feeling of sadness/hopelessness that Feeling of sadness/hopelessness that lasts for weekslasts for weeks

Bipolar DisorderBipolar Disordermood swings from depression to mood swings from depression to

maniamania

Eating DisordersEating Disorders

• extreme and damaging eating extreme and damaging eating behaviorsbehaviors

Anorexia NervosaAnorexia Nervosa

• self-starvation leading to extreme self-starvation leading to extreme weight lossweight loss

BulimiaBulimia• eating large amounts of food and then tries to eating large amounts of food and then tries to

remove it from the bodyremove it from the body

SchizophreniaSchizophrenia

Loses contact with realityLoses contact with reality