Empathy
One means feeling bad for someone, one means that you try to walk in another person's shoes (metaphorically).
What is the difference between sympathy and empathy?
The three "Outs" of stress relief.
What are Time Out, Work Out, and Reach Out.
To much of this neurotransmitter causes schizophrenia.
What is Dopamine?
What is Bipolar Disorder?
A highly complex condition that can develop after experiencing a terrifying or traumatic event.
What is PTSD?
Generalizations used to define a group of people based only on the appearance, words, or actions of one or just a few members of that group - also an example of what happens when we lack empathy.
What are Stereotypes?
The bad kind of stress.
What is Distress?
An imbalance in this neurotransmitter, which is targeted by SSRIs, can contribute to clinical depression.
What is Serotonin?
A mental illness that can involve hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.
What is Schizophrenia?
A subtype of depression that can occur in women and men after a pregnancy.
What is Post-Partum Depression?
Discrimination or prejudices based on race - which is an example of what can occur when people lack empathy.
What is Racism?
8 to 10 hours per night.
What is the recommended amount of sleep for teenagers (14-17 y/o)?
This "calming chemical" can contribute to anxiety disorders if there is too little of it.
What is GABA?
The acronym we use to remember physiological causes to mental illness.
What is B.I.N.G.?
The diagnosis someone would qualify for if they experienced the following co-occurring symptoms: impaired concentration, fatigue or loss of energy almost every day, recurring thoughts of death or suicide, hypersomnia, and diminished pleasure in almost all activities.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
Because mental illness can strike any one of us based on our environment and other factors, because people suffering with mental illness benefit from other showing understanding and compassion, because not showing concern or care can lead someone with mental illness to feel worse, etc.
What are reasons to show empathy toward people with mental illness/mental health disorders?
The good kind of stress.
What is Eustress?
The disease that is not necessarily a mental health disorder, but results from a DECREASE in dopamine.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
Structures that form in the brain due to Alzheimer's Disease.
What are Amyloid Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles?
A type of anxiety disorder that is characterized by an intense focus on being ill or having a medical condition even though there are likely no symptoms are present.
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?
The opposite of empathy (that we discussed in class - it was on a slide, I promise).
What is Selfishness?
Our ability to bounce back from hardships or stressors.
What is Resilience?
One is a chemical messenger that is transmitted between neurons via synapses, the other is a chemical messenger that travels through the bloodstream to different tissues and organs in the body.
What is the difference between a neurotransmitter and a hormone?
Constant, intrusive thoughts or fears about potential harm, symmetry, numbers, contamination/germs, etc.
What are Obsessions (in OCD)?
A highly complex condition that can include signs/symptoms such as unstable interpersonal relationships, mood swings, unclear/shifting self-image, self-harm, impulsive/self-destructive behavior, and even loss of touch with reality.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?