Mental Illness and Therapy - Agajanian-Psychology
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Psychological Disorders
The Most common
types of disorders
Anxiety Disorders
• A group of conditions
where the primary
symptoms are anxiety or
defenses against
anxiety.
– Individuals will suffer from
intense psychological
arousal.
– Tension
– Intense fears that something
awful will happen to them
What is Anxiety?
• A state of intense
apprehension,
uneasiness,
uncertainty, or fear.
• Everyone suffers from
anxiety, but when it
affects your daily life that
is when it becomes
a disorder.
Types of
Anxiety Disorders
• Phobias (Agoraphobia) - Strong irrational fear of
an object or situation
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Milder but
longer lasting feelings of worry, not focused on one
stimuli.
• Panic Disorder - Periodic episodes of extreme
panic without warning or cause.
• OCD - Persistent intrusion of thoughts
or images
and a compulsive need to perform certain behavioral
patterns.
• PTSD – A disorder in which victims of traumatic
events experience the original event in forms of
dreams and flashbacks.
Mood Disorders
(Affective Disorders)
A disorder that is
characterized by
extreme mood
swings that are
inconsistent with
environmental
events.
Mood Disorders
Individuals
that suffer from these
types of disorders will often suffer
from episodes of Mania (extremely
elevated mood, energy, and unusual
thought patterns) and/or
Depression (an mild to extreme
downturn in mood)
Types of Mood Disorders
Major Depressive Disorder -
Feelings of sadness, hopelessness,
inadequacy, worthlessness, and guilt
that persist for at least two weeks.
Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression) Alternating feelings of extreme
mania and depression over a period
of a few days, weeks, or years.
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