Anxiety Disorders
Stigmas & Teen Mental Health
Mood Disorders
Psychotic Disorders
Eating Disorders
100
Chronic, exaggerated worry about everyday routine life events and activities, with symptoms lasting at least six months;
What is generalized anxiety disorder
100
Discrimination and negative attitudes towards people with mental illnesses
What is stigma
100
Causes people to lose pleasure from daily life, can complicate other medical conditions, and can even be serious enough to lead to suicide.
What is depression
100
Chemical imbalances in the brain that cause a variety of “positive” symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, withdrawal, and incoherent speech and impaired reasoning.
What is the cause of schizophrenia
100
Eating disorders exhibit the same types of emotional, physical and behavioral signs and symptoms. However, this group are less likely to be diagnosed with what is often considered a stereotypically disorder.
What is male eating disorder
200
Extreme, disabling and irrational fear of something that really poses little or no actual danger;
What are phobias
200
Accept people for who they are Know the facts of mental illness Educate others Support and lift each other up
What is reducing the negative stigma of mental illness
200
Those in need believe depression is not serious, that they can treat it themselves or that it is a personal weakness rather than a serious medical illness.
What is resisting or refusing medical treatment
200
This can cause a person to view the world from a unique or peculiar perspective. The individual will often focus on persecution
What are delusions
200
Onset usually occurs in this time period and tends to predominantly affect females.
What is adolescence
300
Sudden feelings of terror that strike repeatedly and without warning. Physical symptoms include: chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, abdominal discomfort, feelings of unreality, and fear of dying.
What is panic disorder
300
This is about selective perceptions that place people in categories, exaggerating differences between groups (‘them and us’) in order to obscure differences within groups.
What are stereotypes
300
The illness causes a person’s mood to swing from excessively “high” and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, with periods of a normal mood in between.
What is bipolar disorder
300
It is not unusual for some people with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia to hear voices, or to see, smell, taste, or feels imaginary things.
What are hallucinations
300
Emaciation A restless pursuit of thinness Unwillingness to maintain a normal or healthy body weight Distortion of body image Intense fear of gaining weight Eating, food and weight control become obsessions
What is anorexia nervosa
400
Anxious impulses to repeat words or phrases or engage in repetitive, ritualistic behavior, such as constant hand washing.
What is obsessive compulsive disorder
400
1-800-273-8255
What is National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
400
Markedly increased energy Poor judgment that leads to risk-taking behavior Inappropriate social behavior
What are symptoms of manic behavior
400
Onset generally occurs during young adulthood (mid-20’s for men, late 20’s for women), although earlier and later onsets can occur.
What is the age schizophrenia can start
400
Recurrent and frequent episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food Feeling a lack of control over the eating Behavior to “compensate” for the binge eating such as purging, fasting and/or excessive exercise.
What is bulimia nervosa
500
Persistent symptoms that occur after experiencing a traumatic event such as war, rape, child abuse, natural disasters, or being taken hostage.
What is PTSD
500
It is the third-leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24
What is suicide
500
A chronic, low grade depression that seems part of the person’s personality.
What is dysthymic disorder
500
A serious brain disorder and is characterized by a profound disruption in cognition and emotion, affecting the most fundamental human attributes
What is schizophrenia
500
Recurrent episodes during which a person feels a loss of control over his or her eating NOT followed by purging, excessive exercise or fasting Often overweight or obese
What is binge eating
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