Transcript Mental Disorders

MENTAL DISORDERS
A.
MENTAL ILLNESS
• 1. A medical disease or disorder that prevents a
person from living a productive, happy, and healthy
life.
B.
2 TYPES OF MENTAL DISORDERS
1.
Organic: result of physical injury or illness to the
brain.
(auto accident, tumor)
2.
Functional: caused by psychological conditions
(trauma, fear, stress)
C. 3 MAIN CATEGORIES OF
FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS:
1. Anxiety disorders: real or imagined fears
prevent a person from living a normal life.
a. Phobias: extreme real fears
that hinder a person from
carrying out daily tasks.
b.
Paranoia: imagined fear
Example of Drug induced paranoia
c.
d.
Hypochondria: fear of physical illness
Anorexia: fear of becoming fat
1. Bulimia: binge eating; vomiting
Anorexia
Bulimia
e.
General anxiety: always fearful
f. Obsessive compulsive: persistent
behaviors that interfere with normal
activities.
g.
Post-traumatic stress: severe long
lasting effects from a traumatic event.
2.
AFFECTIVE DISORDERS:
a.
Depression
1.
Clinical
Long term feeling of
sadness (weeks)
2.
Manic
Extreme mood shifts
(from elation to
depression for no
reason)
3.
PERSONALITY DISORDERS:
Responding inappropriately in certain situation
Schizophrenia:
Abnormal emotional responses
Antisocial:
constant conflict with society
Passive-Aggressive:
showing resentment to authority
Psychosis:
“out of touch” with reality
4.
STIGMA:
• A negative label or mark of shame for a person .
5.
SUICIDE WARNING SIGNS
Feeling of hopelessness
Preoccupation with death
Anxiety and tension
Alcohol or other drug use
Withdrawal from family and friends
Abrupt changes in behavior
Changes in sleeping or eating habits
Statements like “I wish I were dead,” or “You’d be
better off without me.”
• Purchase of a weapon, pills, or other suspicious
item
• Giving away prized possessions
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SUICIDE, BY THE NUMBERS
• Although more women attempt suicide
then men in the United States, men are
at least four times more likely to die from
suicide.
• Suicide among the ages 10 – 19 has
increased 100%