Mental Illnesses Edmonds School Dist. 15 Health

Mental Illness: Personality Disorders Antisocial –Disregard for other peoples rights Avoidant –Feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to what other people think Borderline –Unstable interpersonal relationships Dependent –Fear of being abandoned or separated from important individuals

Histrionic –Excessively emotional and attention seeking Narcissistic –Need for admiration and lack of empathy Obsessive-Compulsive –Preoccupied with orderliness, perfectionism, mental and interpersonal control at the expense of flexibility, openness and efficiency. Schizoid –Detachment from social relationships and restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal relationships

Paranoid –Suspicion of others Schizotypal –Social and interpersonal deficits marked by eccentric behaviors and a discomfort with close relationships Mental Illness: Mental Disorders Anorexia Nervosa –Refusal to maintain body weight within 13% of an individual’s minimal normal weight. Bulemia –A pattern of eating and purging to maintain or lose body weight

Mental Illness: Anxiety Disorders Panic Disorder –Panic attacks, feeling of terror that strike repeatedly without warning Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder –Repeated, intrusive and unwanted thoughts and or rituals that seem impossible to control Post-Traumatic Stress –After experiencing a trauma such as abuse, natural disasters, or extreme violence Phobias –Irrational fear of something that poses no actual threat General Anxiety Disorder –Chronic, exaggerated worry about everyday life events

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Although children and adolescents with ADHD may not perform well in school, the disorder does not signal a lack of intelligence

Manic-Depressive Illness AKA Bipolar Episodes of serious mania and depression. The mood usually swings from overly “high” and irritable to sad and hopeless, and back again with periods of normal mood in between

Dissociative Disorder A dissociation from or interruption of a person’s fundamental aspects of waking consciousness, triggered as a response to trauma or abuse

Depression Symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, sleep, eat and enjoy once pleasurable activities. It is more than a passing case of the blues. People with depression cannot just “pull themselves together.”

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Seasonal depression, primarily affecting women

Schizophrenia Brain Disorder which affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts. It is a disease that makes it difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and imagined experiences or to think logically

Schizo-Affective Disorder Presence of psychotic symptoms in the absence of mood changes for at least 2 weeks in a patient who has a mood disorder. A label when others don’t fit

Sleep Disorders (Insomnia) Inability to get the amount of sleep needed to function efficiently during the day. May be associated with an organic disease (arthritis, heart disorder) may be a symptom of depression, or may be caused by a person’s lifestyle. Sleep disorders are associated with increased mortality, poor career performance, overeating, and increased hospitalization.

Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) Neurological syndrome. Multiple tics that are sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic, stereotypical, purposeless movements or vocalizations

NOW WHAT??? You get to watch “What About Bob?” which is a movie filled with phobias, mental illnesses, and coping mechanisms. We will give you an assignment for watching the movie where you pick out a favorite character and write about how the character displayed the illness(es), coping mechanisms, and phobias you just learned about.