Diagnoses
A type of disorder categorized by excessive worry.
What are Anxiety Disorders?
Perceptions of any of the five sensory modalities-- seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, or smelling something that "isn't there"
What are hallucinations?
This level of support involves talking someone through a task step by step as it is done.
(Hint: It's often used when an individual struggles with inattention or disorganized thinking)
What is coaching?
This disorder causes dramatic moods—from overly "high" and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, and then back again, often with periods of normal mood in between.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
These thoughts about death or suicide can vary in intensity and frequency, and can come and go or be extremely distracting.
What is Suicidal Ideation?
This type of therapy is based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but focuses on supporting people who experience intense emotions.
It tends to use learning exercises, metaphors, and acronyms to help learn and un-learn behaviors.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
In order to be diagnosed with this disorder, the person has to have a number of symptoms within each of the following categories:
Arousal Responses, Cognitive Responses, Intrusive Responses, and Avoidance Responses.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
The most common type of delusions; involve the theme of being followed, harassed, cheated, poisoned or drugged, conspired against, spied on, attacked, or obstructed in the pursuit of goals.
What are Persecutory Delusions?
A group of techniques that help to manage anxiety by reorienting the person to the present moment.
Some examples include focusing on bodily sensations (seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting), using guided meditations, or repeating mantras (eg; "this too shall pass")
What are Grounding Techniques?
A mental health diagnosis defined by a combination of "positive" symptoms (such as hallucinations) and "negative" symptoms (such as catatonia).
What is Schizophrenia?
Delusions with content pertaining to bodily functioning, bodily sensations, or physical appearance-- usually, a belief is that the body is diseased, abnormal, or changed.
What are Somatic Delusions?
An anxiolytic that can be given as-needed or routinely-- which has recently become more popular because it tends to have fewer side-effects than other anti-anxiety medications.
What is Buspirone?
This disorder is much like a combination of a major mood disorder (such as bipolar disorder) along with schizophrenia-like symptoms.
What is schizoaffective disorder?
A disturbance in thinking which results in inconsistent behavior or speech.
We might notice this when a person talks or behaves in a manner that is difficult to follow, such as by jumping from one topic/step to another, stopping in the middle of a sentence or task, or by making up new words.
What is Disorganized thinking?
A type of listening that involves listening to understand what the speaker is saying, then paraphrasing back what was heard.
This can help an individual feel understood and supported, and is used in verbal de-escalation.
What is Reflective Listening?