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2. Gaining an understanding of mental health disorders builds insight and empathy.

3. mental disorder
stigma
anxiety disorder
mood disorder
conduct disorder

4. Understanding Mental Disorders
Mental disorders are medical conditions that require diagnosis and treatment.
Each year, one in four Americans is affected by some form of mental disorder.

5. Understanding Mental Disorders
A mental disorder is a medical condition that requires diagnosis and treatment just like any physical illness or injury.
Mental disorder
An illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of a person, preventing him or her from leading a happy, healthful, and productive life

6. Understanding Mental Disorders
Many people do not seek treatment for mental disorders because they are worried about the stigma associated with mental disorders.
Stigma
A mark of shame or disapproval that results in an individual being shunned or rejected by others

7. Types of Mental Disorders
Mental disorders can be identified by their symptoms.
Mental disorders sometimes require help from health professionals.

8. Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental health problems among children and teens.
Anxiety disorder
A condition in which real or imagined fears are difficult to control

9. Anxiety Disorders Phobia Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Panic Disorder
A strong, irrational fear of something specific, such as heights or social situations.
Phobia
Persistent thoughts, fears, or urges (obsessions) leading to uncontrollable repetitive behaviors (compulsions). For example, the fear of germs leads to constant hand washing.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Attacks of sudden, unexplained feelings of terror. “Panic attacks” are accompanied by trembling, increased heart rate, shortness of breath, or dizziness.
Panic Disorder

10. Anxiety Disorders Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
A condition that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event. Symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, emotional numbness, guilt, sleeplessness, and problems concentrating.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Exaggerated worry and tension for no reason. People with GAD startle easily and have difficulty concentrating, relaxing, and sleeping.

11. Anxiety Disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder may occur in the aftermath of a crisis.

12. Impulse Control Disorders
People with impulse control disorders cannot resist the urge to hurt themselves or others.

13. Impulse Control Disorders
Kleptomania
Unplanned theft of objects
Repetitive cutting on parts of the body that can be hidden
Cutting
Setting fires to feel pleasure or release tension
Pyromania
Excessive Gambling
Continuing to gamble despite heavy losses
Compulsive Shopping
Spending money on items that you can’t afford and don’t need

14. Eating Disorders
Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating commonly occur during the teen years.
Eating disorders can lead to unhealthful weight loss and death.

15. Mood Disorders
A person with a mood disorder experiences extreme moods that are more severe than the normal highs and lows everyone experiences.
Mood disorder
An illness that involves mood extremes that interfere with everyday living

16. Mood Disorders
Mood disorders include depression and bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorder, or manic-depressive disorder, is marked by extreme mood changes, energy levels, and behavior.

17. Conduct Disorder
Examples of conduct disorder include stealing, cruelty, lying, aggression, violence, truancy, arson, and vandalism.
Conduct disorder
Patterns of behavior in which the rights of others or basic social rules are violated

18. Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which a person loses contact with reality.
Symptoms include unpredictable behavior, delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorders.

19. Personality Disorders
Teens with personality disorders are unable to regulate their emotions.
They may feel distressed in social situations or may behave in ways that are distressing to others.

20. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Define the term stigma. How can a stigma affect your health?
Mark of shame or disapproval resulting in a person being shunned or rejected by others

21. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Identify the five types of anxiety disorders.
Phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder

22. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Which mental disorder can cause a person to have hallucinations?
Schizophrenia