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Disorders
100

When asked what young adults can do to stay mentally healthy, Nurse Blue recommended this.

Find activities that make you happy.

100

This is a mood disorder in which a person alternates between periods of euphoric feelings of mania and periods of depression.

Bipolar disorder

100

The fear of spiders is known by this name.

Arachnophobia

100

This disorder is characterized by persistent unwanted thoughts, and also an irresistible urge to act in specific ways.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder
200

Mr. Fitzgerald jokes, "There are only two things in this world that make me happy." What are those two things?

Dopamine & Serotonin 

200

Our text lists three newly classified disorders in the DSM-5 that are considered controversial. Name one of them.

1) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, 2) Binge-eating disorder, 3) Hoarding.

200

The fear of confined spaces is known by this name.

claustrophobia

200

This is a broad category characterized by a disturbance in emotional experience that is strong enough to interfere in everyday living.

Mood disorder

300

This is the technical term for "multiple personality disorder".

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

300

This is the category of psychological dysfunctions characterized by the separation of different facets of a person’s personality that are normally integrated.

Dissociative Disorders

300

The fear of public speaking is known by this name

glossophobia

300

This is a personality disturbance characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

Narcissistic personality disorder

400

A form of amnesia in which the individual leaves suddenly and assumes a new identity, later finding themselves in strange places with no recollection.

Dissociative fugue / fugue state
400

How much more likely are women to experience Major Depressive Disorder than men?

twice as likely

400

fear of strangers or foreigners is known as this.

xenophobia

400

This is a major somatic symptom disorder that involves an actual physical disturbance, for example, the inability to use or move an arm or leg.

Conversion disorder

500

The top two categories for students speaking to counselors were Anxiety and Depression. Name one of the others.

relationship problems, stress, family, grief/loss, academic performance, trauma, self-esteem, sexual abuse, body image, suicide, emotional/mood, alcohol, identity, attention/concentration

500

This subset of Somatic Symptom Disorder is marked by a constant fear of illness and a preoccupation with health.

Illness Anxiety Disorder
500

If you have "heliophobia," then you are afraid of this.

the sun

500

This is a severe form of depression that interferes with concentration, decision making, and sociability.

Major Depressive Disorder

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