Common Mental Health Issues
Condition defined by excessive worry about multiple things, nervousness, dread about multiple, sometimes vague or unnamable things
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
In all cases, the BLANK takes an active role in therapy
What is the client?
Used to increase levels of serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain to improve mood and energy
What are Antidepressants?
What is a symptom of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD - 3 potential answers)
What are muscle tension, poor sleep, and decreased concentration?
Excessive use of something that could be detrimental to oneself, society, or both
What is Substance Use Disorders?
Helps patients understand underlying interpersonal issues that are troublesome, like unresolved grief
What is Interpersonal therapy?
Use to treat people with bipolar disorder and mood changes associated with other mental disorders by calming brain activity
What are Mood stabilizers?
What are the most commonly prescribed antidepressants called?
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)?
Low moods and other physical and behavioral changes persisting over time
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
Therapy that's based on the idea that behavior and mental well-being are rooted in childhood and past experiences
What is Psychodynamic therapy?
Help reduce symptoms such as panic attacks, extreme fear, and worry through enhancing the GABA & serotonin
What are Anti-Anxiety Medications?
A combination of what 2 factors increase the risk of depression?
What are genetic predisposition and environmental factors?
How long should excessive worry and nervousness persist to be diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
What is 6 months?
Helps people identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that are ineffective, replacing them with more accurate thoughts and functional behaviors
What is Cognitive behavioral therapy?
Helps in treating attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy
What are stimulants?
To be diagnosed with a mental health condition, they have to cause a person (2 answers):
What are distress and dysfunction?
A condition that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a distressing event(s), impacting a person’s daily functioning
What is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
A specific type of CBT that helps people regulate emotions more effectively
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
Help to manage conditions that involve some loss of contact with reality by reducing dopamine and balancing serotonin levels
What are Antipsychotics?
People seeking treatment for PTSD are how many times more likely to also be diagnosed with a substance use disorder?
What is 14?