Overview
These are diagnosed based on a clinical interview conducted by a specially trained professional, such as a doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, or therapist.
Mental health Disorders
This severe mental health disorder affects about 1 in 100 people and occurs in all countries, cultures, and income levels.
Schizophrenia
This mental health disorder affects about 1 in every 100 people and causes extreme mood swings ranging from highs to lows.
Bipolar Disorder
Learning about your disorder and its symptoms gives you this kind of power and control in your recovery.
Empowerment
A negative opinion or attitude toward people with mental health symptoms is called this.
Stigma
Mental health disorders are caused by this kind of imbalance in the brain, involving chemicals that send messages.
Chemical Imbalance
This disorder affects about 1 in 200 people and includes symptoms of schizophrenia plus severe mood problems such as depression or mania.
Schizoaffective Disorder
This mental health disorder affects 10-15 percent of people and causes extremely low moods, loss of energy, and problems with sleep or poor appetite.
Depression (a depressive disorder)
Staying in charge of your progress means taking this type of role in your treatment.
Active Role
This major U.S. law makes it illegal to discriminate against people with psychiatric or physical disabilities in employment, transportation, communication, or recreation.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
This theory explains how biological vulnerability and life stress interact to influence the development of mental health disorders.
Stress-Vulnerability Model
Symptoms that make it hard to know what’s real and what’s not real are sometimes described as being like this experience.
Dreaming while wide awake
The two main types of mood episodes experienced by people with bipolar disorder are these.
Mania and depression
Working, attending school, and forming close relationships are examples of setting and working toward these.
Personal Goals
This federal law protects people with disabilities from discrimination when trying to rent or buy a home.
Fair Housing Act (FHA)
Having a biological parent or close family member with a mental health disorder can increase a person’s chances of developing one. This is known as what kind of factor?
Genetic Factor (or biological vulnerability)
This type of symptom involves hearing, seeing, feeling, or smelling something that isn’t really there—with hearing voices being the most common.
Hallucinations
During this type of episode, a person might feel unusually happy or irritable, need very little sleep, talk excessively, or make risky decisions.
A Manic Episode
Working, attending school, and forming close relationships are examples of setting and working toward these.
Relapse Prevention Plan
When a person begins to believe negative stereotypes about themselves due to their diagnosis, it is called this.
Self-stigma
Scientists believe that the causes of chemical imbalances in the brain occur at this stage of life.
before birth or very early in life
This type of symptom involves firmly held false beliefs that remain even when there’s evidence against them, such as thinking others are talking about or trying to harm you.
Delusions
This manic symptom involves feeling unrealistically confident or believing you have special powers or talents, such as thinking you’re destined for fame or fortune.
Grandiosity
Social support, stress management, coping strategies, effective medication use, and avoiding alcohol/drugs are all examples of these important actions for managing symptoms.
Recovery Strategies
Two strategies to fight stigma include joining support groups (like NAMI or the NEC) and doing this when someone says “people with mental illness are dangerous.”
Correcting Misinformation