Anxiety
a disorder characterized by excessive or unrealistic anxiety about two or more aspects of life, often accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, or dizziness.
feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
What is depression?
long-term patterns of thoughts and behaviors that are unhealthy and inflexible
a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
What is schizophrenia?
used for the treatment of major depressive disorder and of other conditions, including some anxiety disorders, some chronic pain conditions, and to help manage some addictions.
What is an antidepressant?
Excess fear of situations in which one may be judged, worry about embarrassment or humiliation, or concern about offending someone.
What are symptoms of social anxiety disorder?
serotonin deficiency.
What is a neurological cause of depression?
long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others without any remorse.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
What is a neurological cause of schizophrenia?
the treatment of mental disorder by psychological rather than medical means.
What is psychotherapy?
extreme or irrational fear of entering open or crowded places, of leaving one's own home, or of being in places from which escape is difficult.
What is agoraphobia?
What are signs and symptoms of depression?
What are the Cluster A personality disorders?
What qualifies someone to be diagnosed with schizophrenia?
a short-term form of psychotherapy that helps you identify self-defeating thoughts and feelings, challenge the rationalityof those feelings, and replace them with healthier, more productive beliefs.
What is rational emotive behavior therapy?
to eliminate the threat posed by an obsession
What is the goal of a compulsion?
6 months.
How long must a doctor see a patient with depression before they can be diagnosed with depression?
lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary or sheltered lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness, detachment, and apathy.
What is schizoid personality disorder?
a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
What is psychosis?
Voluntary/compulsory detention, community mental health teams, antipsychotics
What are treatments of schizophrenia?
Sudden episode of intense fear or anxiety and physical symptoms, based on a perceived threat rather than imminent danger.
What is a panic attack?
mood disorder
Genetics, childhood trauma, verbal abuse, high reactivity, peers
What are causes of personality disorders?
Firmly believing you are Christopher Columbus.
What is a delusion?
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), atypical antidepressants, tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), and monoamine oxidase inhibitors
What are types of antidepressants?