Transcript Mental disorder - White Plains Public Schools

Health and Wellness
Self-Esteem and Mental Health
Understanding Mental Disorders
Chapter 3: Section 4
Pages 68-72
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Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will have been able to do the
following:
 Describe what mental disorders are.
 List seven signs of mental disorder.
 Summarize causes of mental
disorders.
 Identify community resources
available for mental health problems.
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Key Terms
 Mental disorder
 An illness that affects a person’s thoughts,
emotions, and behaviors
 Symptom
 A change that a person notices in his or her
body or mind and that is caused by a disease or
disorder
 Depression
 A sadness and hopelessness that keeps a person
from carrying out everyday activities
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Do Now
 Write a list of adjectives that you
associate with depression.
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What Are Mental Disorders?
 A mental disorder is an illness that affects a
person’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
 A symptom is a change that a person notices in his
or her body or mind and that is caused by a disease
or disorder.
 Mental Disorders Are Often Misunderstood
 Most mental disorders are treatable.
 9.5% of Americans suffer from depression.
 20% of children suffer from a mental disorder.
 54 million of Americans have a mental disorder.
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Types of Mental Disorders
 If you experience any of the symptoms
listed below, talk to a trusted adult.
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Too much or too little sleep
Feeling of extreme sadness
Unexplained mood changes
Drug or alcohol abuse
Inability to concentrate
Extreme anxiety or irrational fear
Personality changes
False perceptions of reality
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Depression
 Depression: sadness and hopelessness that
keep a person from carrying out everyday
activities. Symptoms include:
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Lack of energy
Withdrawal from people
Loss of appetite or overeating
Too much or too little sleep
Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
 ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed
disorder of childhood. A person who has
ADHD is frequently inattentive or
impulsively hyperactive to the point that
he or she has problems accomplishing daily
activities.
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Have problems doing school work
Is easily distracted
Have difficulty following instructions
Have difficulty completing tasks
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Mental Disorders
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Anxiety Disorders: when anxiety gets in the way of taking part in daily
activities
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Panic disorder: feeling extreme fear for one’s life even though the person is
not really in danger.
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Phobias: excessive or persistent fear of something that may or may not cause
real danger.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder: uncomfortable thoughts called obsessions
and by repetitive behaviors called compulsions.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder: anxiety over a past traumatic event.
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Hypochondria: belief of illness when none is present.
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Bipolar disorder: uncontrollable cycles of extreme happiness and then
depression.
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Schizophrenia: false perception of reality/hallucination and/or delusions.
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Anxiety Disorders
 when anxiety gets in the way of
taking part in daily activities
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Panic disorder
 feeling extreme fear for one’s life even
though the person is not really in
danger.
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Phobias
 excessive or
persistent fear of
something that
may or may not
cause real danger.
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Acrophobia
Heights
Arachneophobia
Spiders
Asterophobia
Thunder
Ceraunophobia
Lightning
Claustrophobia
Enclosed spaces
Hydrophobia
Water
Mysophobia
Dirt, Germs
Ophidiophobia
Snakes
Nyctophobia
Darkness
Pyrophobia
Fire
Xenophobia
Foreigners, Strangers
Zoophobia
Animals
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder
 uncomfortable thoughts called obsessions and by
repetitive behaviors called compulsions.
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https://ssl.search.live.com/health/article.aspx?id=articles%2fmc%2fpages%2f0%2fDS00189.html&qu=OCD
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http://www.ocfoundation.org/related-disorders.html
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Bipolar disorder
 uncontrollable cycles of extreme
happiness and then depression.
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Schizophrenia
 false perception of
reality/hallucination
and/or delusions.
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Causes of Mental Disorders
 Traumatic or stressful
experiences
 Death, an accident, or an abusive
event
 Inherited
 Injury or physical disorder that
affects the brain
 Brain tumors, alcoholism, and some
infections
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Help for Mental Disorders
 Psychotherapy
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A form of counseling received from
a licensed therapist.
 Group Therapy
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A therapist leads a group of
people who have a similar
disorder.
 Medication
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A psychiatrist may prescribe
antidepressants to treat
depression.
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Closure
 What are three signs of a mental
disorder?
 Why should a person who has
depression see a mental health
professional as soon as possible?
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