Disorders
Mental illness characterized by difficulty paying attention, overly active behavior, and impulsiveness
What is a Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Intentional act of ending one's own life
What is suicide
Treatment method that changes the way a person thinks, interprets, behaves, and experiences and expresses emotions
What is therapy
Series of suicides in a particular community that occur in a relatively short period of time
What are suicide clusters
Mental illnesses characterized by consistent patterns of inappropriate behavior
What is family therapy
Extreme, unrealistic fear of an object of situation
What is a phobia
When should you take immediate action with someone who is experiencing a mental illness
What is when they are contemplating hurting oneself.
What are survivors
Mood disorder characterized by feelings of intense sadness, worthlessness, and hopelessness
Healthcare professional who diagnoses mental illnesses and delivers therapy
What is a therapist
When people use a substance regularly their bodies develop a what for the substance?
What is tolerance
treatment method in which people who have faced similar challenges meet together to discuss obstacles and ways of overcoming them
What is a support group
What are suicide contagion
Two conditions that affect health at the same time.
What is co-occuring disorder
Negative, false, unfair beliefs associated with a circumstance, quality, or person
What is a stigma
a personality disorder that people have an exaggerated sense of their own importance, have a deep need for excessive attention, and show lack of empathy
What is narcissistic
Medication used to treat bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder by decreasing certain activity in the brain.
What are mood stabilizers
Your genetic makeup, identity, and thoughts and feelings are what type of factors for whether a person attempts suicide
What are individual factors
Mental illnesses characterized by irregular thoughts, delusions, and hallucinations
What are schizophrenia spectrum disorder
Substances that cause changes in the brain to reduce the symptoms of a mental illness
What are mental health medications
experimentation, regular use, tolerance, dependence, and addiction
What are two barriers to mental health treatment
What are stigma and cost
During this stage of grief people often feel out of control and helpless in the face of death.
What is bargaining