1. Health Ch. 4 Mental Disorders & Suicide

2. Section 1Mental Disorders
What are Mental Disorders?
A mental disorder is an illness that affects the mind and reduces a person’s ability to function, to adjust to change, or to get along with others.

3. Section 1 Mental Disorders
Recognizing Mental Disorders
If behaviors, feelings or thoughts are highly unusual and not appropriate to a situation, they are considered abnormal.
Example- Hand washing
Normal vs. OCD

4. Section 1 Mental Disorders
Causes (summarized in your notes
on Monday?)
Physical Factors
Heredity
Early Experiences
Recent Experiences

5. Section 1- Mental Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Have you ever been fearful without knowing why?
Anxiety is fear caused by a source you cannot identify or a source that doesn't pose as much a threat as you think.

6. Section 1- Mental Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Everyone experiences anxiety now and then.
When the anxiety persists for a long time and interferes with daily living, this is a sign of an anxiety disorder.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Phobias Panic Attacks
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Intense worry, fears or anxiety most days for at least six months
These thoughts & emotions do not have a single specific source.

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Phobias
Phobia means “fear of”
Anxiety that is related to a specific situation or object.
Overwhelming and unreasonable fear that poses little danger but provokes anxiety and avoidance.

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Phobias
Agoraphobia- fear of open spaces
Claustrophobia- fear of being closed in
Acrophobia- fear of heights
Astraphobia- fear of thunder & lightening
Pteromerhanophobia- fear of flying

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Panic Attacks- Numerous symptoms:
Fast heart rate
Choking sensation
Rapid heartbeat
Chest discomfort or pain
Fear of suffocation
Nausea or stomach distress
Belief you may be dying
Dizziness or lightheadness
Fear of losing control
Change in behavior to avoid having another attack.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Unwanted thought or image takes control of the mind is an obsession. An obsession may lead to a compulsion, an unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent a feared outcome.
Routine becomes overwhelming-
Example locking doors

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
People who survive a life threatening event may develop PTSD.
Symptoms:
-flashbacks
-nightmares
-anxiety in similar situations
-survivor guilt

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Mood Disorders
People who have a mood disorder experinece extreme emotions that make it difficult to function well in their daily life.
Bipolar Disorders (Manic-depressive Disorder)
Depression

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Schizophrenia
Can be identified by severe disturbances in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior.
Often a disconnect from reality.
Display extremes in behavior- from calm to paranoid / emotional displays.

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Impulse-control Disorder
Cannot resist the impulse or drive to act in a way that is harmful to themselves or others.
Uncontrollable urges
Examples: Gambling
Kleptomania

16. Section 1 Mental Disorders
Personality Disorders
Display rigid patterns of behavior that make it difficult for them to get along with others.
3 types (summarized in text pg. 88)
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Dependent Personality Disorder