Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Terms
Symptoms
Treatment
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A normal feeling people experience when faced with a threat or when stressed
What is Anxiety
100
10 percent of new mothers are diagnosed with this disorder. Mothers with this illness find it difficult to cope with everyday life.
What is Postpartum Depression
100
This is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder in childhood. Boys are more likely than girls to develop this disorder. People with this disorder are easily distracted by sights, sounds, and other things in their environment.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
100
A loss of at least 15% of body weight, refusal to maintain a normal body weight, fear of becoming fat, misperception of body image, preoccupation with the preparation of food
What is Anorexia Nervosa
100
This medication can be prescribed by a doctor to treat Anxiety Disorders and Mood Disorders (ex. Major Depressive Disorder). These medications are not addictive.
What is Antidepressants
200
Persistent feelings of intense anxiety. There are feelings of continual or extreme discomfort and tension, and this may include panic attacks.
What are Anxiety Disorders
200
This is the most common mood disorder. This can come on without any apparent cause but in some cases a distressing event might trigger this condition.
What is Major Depressive Disorder
200
This disorder has two extreme mood swings - from depression and sadness to excitement. People with this disorder experience recurrent episodes of these mood swings if untreated.
What is Bipolar Mood Disorder
200
consuming a large amount of food, person feels loss of control, avoids weight gain by self induced vomiting, strong concerns about body shape and weight.
What is Bulimia Nervosa
200
This treatment can help people understand their illness and better manage life situations.
What is Psychotherapy
300
People with this disorder worry constantly about themselves or their loved ones, financial disaster, their health, work, or personal relationships. These people experience physical symptoms.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
300

This category includes Bipolar disorder and major depression. The primary disturbance for these disorders are disturbances in emotions.

What are Mood Disorders

300
People who have this disorder experience persistent, recurrent, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts. They also try to stop the thoughts of anxiety by repeating ritualized behaviors.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
300
False belief of guilt, grandeur, under outside control, etc
What is Delusions
300
This assists people in sorting out practical problems and conflicts and helps teach people coping skills. This can help people with and without a mental illness.
What is general supportive counseling
400
This disorder is the fear that others will judge everything they do negatively. They are easily embarrassed in social situations. They may feel flawed or worthless if there is any sign of poor performance.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder
400
People with depression tend to use these: All or nothing thinking, jumping to conclusions, emotional reasoning, labeling, over-generalizing, mid reading...
What is unhelpful thinking styles
400
When someone has this disorder they experience delusions and/or hallucinations
What is Schizophrenia
400
Symptoms of this disorder can be night terrors, emotional distress, anxiety, fear, reoccurring images or thoughts.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
400

Disorder that is typically treated with mood stabilizers such as lithium

What is bipolar disorder

500
This disorder is the fear of being in places or situations that might become difficult or embarrassing to escape, or the fear that help is unavailable in the event of having a panic attack.
What is Agoraphobia
500

For severe forms of depression this treatment is safe and effective (although controversial).

What is electroconvulsive therapy

500
Impaired contact with reality and having symptoms of hallucinations and delusions
What is Psychosis
500
This is a normal response to life events. This helps us understand and adapt our behaviors.
What is Everyday Stress
500
These medications are used for temporary relief of anxiety. These medications are addictive and require a prescription and photo id.
What are Benzodiazepines
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