Anxiety Disorders
Somatoform/Dissociative Disorders
Schizophrenia
Fun Facts
Interesting Facts
100
What is a vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger?
anxiety
100
What is a condition in which there is no apparent physical cause?
somatoform disorder
100
What is a group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions?
schizophrenia
100
How much time does the average person spend on a toilet?
3 years
100
What bird is the only kind of bird that can see the color blue?
owl
200
What is an intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation?
phobia
200
What is changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function?
conversion disorder
200
What are false beliefs that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence?
delusions
200
Where was ice cream first made?
China
200
What was Google originally called?
Backrub
300
What is it when someone fears that they will embarrass themselves in a public place or social setting?
social phobia
300
What is a disorder in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness?
dissociative disorder
300
What are perceptions that have no direct external cause?
hallucinations
300
How much does a hummingbird weigh?
less than a penny
300
What was the original name for butterfly?
flutterby
400
What is an extreme anxiety that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks?
panic disorder
400
What is the inability to recall important personal events or information and is usually associated with stressful events?
dissociative amnesia
400
What is a severe form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure or interest in many activities?
major depressive disorder
400
How many people are killed by vending machines each year?
more than ten million
400
What is the only animal that cannot jump?
an elephant
500
What is a disorder in which victims of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks?
post-traumatic stress disorder
500
What is it when a person exhibits two or more personality states, each with its own patterns of thinking and behaving?
dissociative identity disorder
500
What is a disorder in which an individual alternates between feelings of mania and depression?
bipolar disorder
500
What is the object most often choked on by Americans?
a toothpick
500
What happens to hippos when they are upset?
their sweat turns red
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