Famous People
Mood Disorders
Miscellaneous Mental Health
Anxiety and Related Disorders
Substance Use and Trauma
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This famous Olympic swimmer has spoken openly about his experience with depression, saying “I remember sitting in my room for four or five days not wanting to be alive, not talking to anybody. That was a struggle for me … I reached that point where I finally realized I couldn’t do it alone”
Who is Michael Phelps?
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An estimated 16 million American adults had at least one of these in the past year.
What is a major depressive episode?
Depression can present different symptoms, depending on the person. But for most people, depressive disorder changes how they function day-to-day, and typically for more than two weeks. Without treatment, episodes may last a few months to several years.
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Medication and behavioral therapy are two of the main treatments for this disorder that may impact a teen's ability to concentrate, focus in school, complete homework, or practice patience.
What is Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
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One of the two main identifying characteristics of OCD, these repetitive acts temporarily relieve stress brought on by an unwanted or irrational thought.
What are compulsions?
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This is when someone experiences a mental illness and a substance use disorder simultaneously.
What is a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorders?
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This famous author and host of youtube's "Crash Course" wrote Turtles All the way Down to characterize his experience with which mental illness(es)?
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
“It’s not a mountain that you climb or a hurdle that you jump, it’s something that you live with in an ongoing way,” he said. “People want that narrative of illness being in the past tense. But a lot of the time, it isn’t.” -John Green, NYT 10/17/17
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Changes in sleep, changes in appetite, lack of concentration and loss of energy are symptoms of this mental disorder.
What is depression?
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While ADHD is usually diagnosed in childhood, it does not only affect children. This percentage of adults have ADHD.
What is 4%?
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While there are many types of anxiety disorders, each with different symptoms, these are the four most common types of anxiety disorders.
What are generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder, and phobias?
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines this as drinking 5 or more alcoholic drinks on the same occasion at least 1 day in the past 30 days.
What is binge drinking?
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NBA basketball player Kevin Love opens up about his experience with this saying, "It came out of nowhere. I’d never had one before. I didn’t even know if they were real. But it was real — as real as a broken hand or a sprained ankle. Since that day, almost everything about the way I think about my mental health has changed."
What is a panic attack?
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Imaging studies have shown that the frontal lobe of the brain becomes less active when a person has this disorder.
What is depression (depressive disorder)?
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This percentage of youth ages 13-18 live with a mental health condition.
What is 30%?
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Often mistaken for a heart attack, this causes powerful physical symptoms including chest pain, heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath and stomach upset.
What is a panic attack?
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This disorder impacts 3.5% of the adult population - about 8 million Americans - and includes symptoms such as intrusive memories, feeling numb, and hypervigilance.
What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
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An American president who wrote to a friend that he has a "tendency to melancholy" and wrestled with depression symptoms throughout his life, but was able to lead a troubled nation at war with itself.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
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These four basic types of bipolar disorder all involve distinct changes in mood, energy, and activity levels.
What are Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymic Disorder (or cyclothymia), and Unspecified Bipolar Disorders?
Bipolar I Disorder - an illness in which people have experienced one or more episodes of mania
Bipolar II Disorder - a subset of bipolar disorder in which people experience depressive episodes shifting back and forth with hypomanic episodes, but never a “full” manic episode
Cyclothymic Disorder - a chronically unstable mood state in which people experience hypomania and mild depression for at least two years
Bipolar Disorder, “other specified” and “unspecified” is when a person does not meet the criteria for bipolar I, II or cyclothymia but has still experienced periods of clinically significant abnormal mood elevation
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Withdrawal from these two substances can be fatal.
What are alcohol and benzodiazepines?
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More than shyness, this disorder causes intense fear about social interaction, often driven by irrational worries about humiliation (e.g. saying something stupid or not knowing what to say).
What is social anxiety disorder?
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PTSD symptoms often co-exist with these three disorders.
What are substance abuse, depression, and anxiety?
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This composer died of liver failure due to years of self-medication for likely bipolar disorder, whose "fits of mania" often produced numerous works of music. During his "down times," he composed many of his most celebrated works.
Who is Beethoven?
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This practice of learning from past episodes and spotting early warning signs is essential in treating bipolar disorder.
What is pattern recognition?
Bipolar disorder symptoms often follow very specific patterns. For example, two nights of a small sleep change or the even the repeated use of a particular phrase can be examples of early warning signs of an impending manic episode. Family and friends can help you recognize warning signs and prepare.
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This friendly therapy dog brings smiles and laughs to teens participating in IOP.
Who is Gabby?
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This related condition shares some characteristics with OCD but is also marked by a compulsive urge to pull out your own hair, including eyelashes and eyebrows.
What is Trichotillomania?
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Since 1999, overdose deaths due to this substance have increased 265% among men and 400% among women.
What are opiates?