1. MENTAL HEALTH
Chapter 5

2. Prevents him/her from leading a happy, healthy, and productive life
Mental Health
Mental Disorder: illness of the mind that can affect thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Prevents him/her from leading a happy, healthy, and productive life
Classified into two types:
Organic
Functional

3. Mental Health
Organic disorder: clearly caused by a physical illness or an injury that affects the brain
Brain tumors, alcoholism, infections (syphilis, meningitis), lupes, and stroke
Functional disorder: occurs as the result of psychological causes in which no clear brain damage is involved
Stress related, emotional conflict, fear, or poor coping skills

4. Types of Disorders - Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorder: illness in which real, imagined, or persistent fears prevent a person from enjoying life
Phobia: a fear so strong, a person goes to extreme measures to avoid the fear-producing object or activity
Person is often unable to carry out daily activities
Often related to a past experience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: trapped in a pattern of repeated behaviors or thoughts
May interfere with other daily functions

5. Types of Disorders - Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders continued:
Panic Disorder: fear or anxiety prevails and gets in the way of functioning and enjoying life
May feel anxious, fearful, and upset most of the time or for no apparent reason; “panic attacks”
Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder: experienced or witnessed a traumatic event (ex: military combat or sexual assault)
flashbacks, nightmares, emotional numbness, guilt
symptoms can appear 6 months to years after event.

6. Types of Disorders - Somatoform Disorders
Somatoform Disorders: illness in which a person complains of disease symptoms, but no physical cause can be found
Hypochondria: preoccupation with the body and fear of presumed diseases that are not present

7. Types of Disorders - Affective Disorders
Affective Disorders: illness often with an organic cause relating to emotions, and may involve mood swings or mood extremes
Clinical Depression: feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or despair that last for more than a few weeks
can affect one’s performance and lead to substance abuse

8. Types of Disorders - Affective Disorders
Affective Disorders continued:
Bipolar Disorder: psychological illness characterized by extreme mood swings between depression and extreme happiness; often inherited

9. Types of Disorders - Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders: affect a person’s ability to get along with others
Antisocial Personality Disorder: person’s constant conflict with society
May display cruel, uncaring, irresponsible, and impulsive behavior
Does not care about other or society

10. Types of Disorders - Personality Disorders
Anxiety Disorders continued:
Passive- Aggressive Personality Disorder: uncooperative with others; indirect anger over issues of control
Schizophrenia: mental disorder meaning “split mind”
Affects 1-2% of the population, most common between the ages of years
Withdraw, lose sense of time and space, hear voices, talk to themselves, neglect to take care of themselves
May be caused by a physical disorder or genetics