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Mental Disorders
DID YOU KNOW?
Each year, roughly 22 percent of the adult U.S.
population has a diagnosable mental disorder.
In the U.S., half of the people suffering from mental
disorders are untreated.
40% of the homeless have some form of
mental/emotional problem.
About 20% of people in prison have a mental disorder.
Mental Disorders
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.
Types of Mental Disorders
•Mental Disorders are medical conditions that can begin as
early as childhood.
•Mental disorders can be identified by their symptoms.
Anxiety Disorders
Impulse Control Disorders
Eating Disorders
Mood Disorders
Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
•A condition in which real or imagined fears are difficult to
control.
•People with anxiety disorders try to avoid situations that make
them feel anxious or fearful.
•The most common mental illness in the U.S. affecting 40 million
adults.
•Include
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Phobias
Anxiety Disorders
PHOBIAS
• A strong, irrational fear of something specific, such as heights or
social situations.
• The three classes of phobias are social phobia (fear of public
speaking, meeting new people or other social situations),
agoraphobia (fear of being outside), and specific phobias (fear
of other items or situations).
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-phobia
Anxiety Disorders
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
•Persistent thoughts, fears, or urges (obsession) leading
to uncontrollable repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
•For example, the fear of germs leads to constant hand
washing.
•http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=828555
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Anxiety Disorders
PANIC DISORDER
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Attacks of sudden, unexplained feelings of terror.
“Panic attacks” are accompanied by trembling, increased
heart rate, shortness of breath, or dizziness.
A variety of treatments are available, including several
effective medications, and specific forms of
psychotherapy.
People who experience panic attacks can use a number
of lifestyle changes like aerobic exercise, avoiding
alcohol, caffeine, and illicit drugs, as well as stressmanagement techniques to help decrease anxiety.
http://www.medicinenet.com/panic_disorder/page4.htm
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.
Anxiety Disorders
GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
•Exaggerated worry and tension for no reason. People with GAD
startle easily and have difficulty concentrating, relaxing, and sleeping.
What Causes GAD?
The exact cause of GAD is not fully known, but a number of factors -including genetics, brain chemistry and environmental stresses -- appear
to contribute to its development.
How Common Is GAD?
About 4 million adult Americans suffer from GAD during the course
of a year. It most often begins in childhood or adolescence, but can
begin in adulthood. It is more common in women than in men.
http://www.medicinenet.com/anxiety/article.htm
Impulse Control Disorders
People with impulse control disorders:
• Cannot resist the urge to hurt themselves or others.
• May cause physical, or financial harm to themselves.
• May also behave in ways that cause them to lose friends.
Impulse control disorders include:
• Kleptomania
• Cutting
• Pyromania
• Excessive gambling
• Compulsive shopping
Mood Disorders
• An illness that involves mood extremes that interfere
with everyday living.
• Most researchers believe many mood disorders are
caused by complex imbalances in the brain’s chemical
activity.
• They also believe that environmental factors can be
triggers.
• Types of mood disorders
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
Mood Disorders
DEPRESSION
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/detecting-teendepression-teenager-sad-mental-health-help-symptomswarning-signs-11636122
BIPOLAR DISORDER
• A manic-depressive disorder, marked by extreme
mood changes, energy levels and behavior.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7362711n
Eating Disorders
Can be caused by psychological pressures, possible
genetic factors, and an obsession with body image and
thinness.
Types of Eating Disorders
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Binge eating disorder
Conduct Disorders
A disorder in which a person regularly violates the rights of
others and breaks social rules.
People with conduct disorders might:
Bully others
Start fights
Be cruel to animals
Damage property, steal or start fires.
Be deceitful
These people violate rules and have little remorse
May abuse alcohol or drugs
Schizophrenia
A mental disorder in which a person loses contact with reality.
Symptoms include:
Delusions
Hallucinations
There is no known single cause of schizophrenia. It appears that
genetic factors produce a vulnerability to schizophrenia, with
environmental factors contributing to different degrees in
different individuals.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/girl-suffers-paranoidschizophrenia-10057077
http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-Schizophrenia-andthe-Brain-286302862
Treatment for Mental Disorders
Formal Intervention
Evaluation
Physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, and psychiatric social
worker.
Medication
Inpatient/outpatient treatment
Therapy
Support groups
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