Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
What is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?
It’s when someone often has trouble paying attention or staying still, and it gets in the way of school, daily life, or development. Symptoms present before age 12.
What are common symptoms of anxiety disorders?
A LOT of fear and anxiety and behavioral issues (e.g., being avoidant).
What is the common feature of depressive disorders?
The presence of sad, empty, or irritable mood, and changes in how you feel and think.
It’s when someone has a hard time controlling their emotions and actions. This can lead to behaviors that hurt other people, break important rules, or cause problems with teachers, parents, or other adults.
What is psychosis?
A condition when someone loses touch with reality. This can include hallucinations and/or delusions.
What does it look when someone has a hard time paying attention? Name three examples.
1. Does not pay attention to detail.
2. Difficulty remaining focus on tasks.
3. May zone out when spoken to directly.
4. Difficulty following through with instructions.
5. Difficulty staying organized.
6. May avoid tasks that seem hard.
7. Often loses things.
8. Easily distracted by their environment or unrelated thoughts.
9. Forgetful
Name two different anxiety disorders.
Separation anxiety disorder
Selective mutism
Specific phobia
Social anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Agoraphobia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder
Anxiety disorder due to another medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism)
What is the common feature of bipolar and related disorders?
Depressive features AND manic or hypomanic features.
Are males or females more likely to have these diagnoses?
Males
What are hallucinations?
Sensing things that aren’t real, like hearing voices or seeing things that other people don’t see.
What does it look when someone is hyperactive and impulsive? Name three examples.
1. Often fidgets with or taps hands or feet.
2. Difficulty staying seated.
3. Runs around or feeling restless.
4. It's hard to be quiet or relax.
5. Feeling "on the go," like an energizer bunny.
6. Talks too much.
7. Blurts out stuff in conversations.
8. Inpatient, hard time waiting your turn.
9. Interrupts others or get into someone's space.
How does generalized anxiety disorder differ from social anxiety disorder?
GAD: Worry about A LOT of things and it's hard to control the worry.
Social anxiety disorder: Anxiety in social situations and fear of being judged.
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?
A depressive disorder with severe temper outbursts that keeps happening over-and-over again. The outbursts typically happen three or more times a week.
What is oppositional defiant disorder?
It’s when someone often shows a lot of anger or irritability, argues or refuses to follow rules, and sometimes acts in a way that’s meant to get back at people.
What are delusions?
Strong beliefs that aren’t true—even when there’s proof otherwise, like thinking CIA agents are after you.
What percentage of teens (ages 12 - 17) have been diagnosed with ADHD?
11 - 12%
About _ in 3 teens will experience an anxiety disorder?
1
What is major depressive disorder?
A depressive condition in which a person experiences a depressed mood or loses interest in things they used to enjoy for at least a two week period.
What is intermittent explosive disorder?
Aggressive behavioral outbursts that happen over-and-over again.
Is psychosis a diagnosis or symptom?
It is a group of symptoms that can be present in various diagnoses.
Name one ADHD medication.
Ritalin, Concerta, Focalin, Adderall, Vyvanse, Dexedrine
What are 3 symptoms of an anxiety attack?
Sudden, intense fear.
Feeling like you're losing control.
Heart racing.
Sweating.
Shaking.
Chest tightness.
Dizzy/nauseous
Feeling tingly.
Feeling like you need to escape a situation.
Feeling like you can't breathe.
What is a manic episode?
When someone feels super upbeat, overly excited, or really irritated most of the time, with a ton of energy—and it lasts pretty much all day, every day for at least a week.
What is conduct disorder?
It’s when someone keeps acting in ways that hurt other people or animals, break very important rules, or go against what’s expected for their age, and this happens over and over again.
At what age does psychosis usually start?
It OFTEN begins in late teens to mid-20s, but can happen at other ages too.