Anxiety Disorders
A disorder where the individual worries excessively about many different things in their life.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
A disorder where the brain forces the person to relive through a traumatic event repeatedly and will often experience intense emotions.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
A disorder where the person often gets intrusive and unwanted thoughts and images and try to do certain things to avoid the thought.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
A disorder that involves feelings of worthlessness, loss of energy, loss of joy, and unhealthy eating and sleeping patterns.
What is depression?
A disorder where the person is dangerously underweight, idealizes thinness, and is fearful of gaining weight so they have an extremely low caloric intake.
What is anorexia nervosa?
A fear of a specific thing or situation that interferes with a person's functioning.
What is a phobia?
A disorder that has similar symptoms to PTSD but goes away within a month.
What is acute stress disorder?
A common symptom of OCD that involves involuntary movements like twitching and jerking.
What are tics?
A depressive disorder caused by lack of sun and warmth (typically develops in the winter).
What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
A disorder where a person frequently goes on eating spurts that are hard to control, eats way more than necessary, and are typically overweight.
What is binge-eating disorder?
An occurrence that causes heart palpitations, hyperventilation, dizziness, and other overwhelming symptoms that are hard to control.
What is a panic attack?
Things that a person with PTSD often tries to stay away from to try avoid thinking about a traumatic incident.
What are triggers?
Thoughts or actions that people with OCD use to provide them relief.
What are compulsions?
A mood disorder where the person finds tremendous pleasure in everything, are hyperactive, and feel as though they can do anything.
What is mania?
A practice some people go through to make up for food they have ate that often looks like forced vomiting, laxatives, and/or extreme exercise.
What is purging?
A disorder one can be diagnosed with if they have frequent panic attacks.
What is panic disorder?
A disorder that occurs when a child is unable to have a secure bond with their caregiver and experiences fearfulness and intense sadness.
What is attachment disorder?
A disorder that involves persistent negative thoughts about appearance to the point where the person wants to change the feature.
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
What is bipolar disorder?
A disorder where the person eats a large amount of food due to lack of control and then follows it with a technique that "makes up" for the caloric intake.
What is bulimia nervosa?
The fear of many things in the world, making it extremely difficult to leave one's house.
What is agoraphobia?
A disorder that typically adolescents develop when having a hard time adapting to life stress.
What is adjustment disorder?
A disorder where a person excessively pulls hair out of their body.
What is trichotillomania?
A disorder where women experience debilitating emotional reactions and pain approximately once a month.
What is premenstrual dysphoric disorder?
The type of environment where eating disorders are most prevalent.