Lesson 1
What is depression?
A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness.
What is a mental disorder?
An illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of a person preventing him or her from leading a happy, healthful, and productive life.
What is alienation?
Feeling isolated and separated from everyone else.
How many types of treatment methods are there?
6 Methods
What is a treatment of conduct disorder?
Learning to adapt to the demands of everyday life.
The condition of uneasy or worried about what may happen is called what?
Anxiety
Whats the most common mental health problem?
Anxiety Disorder
17% of teens will consider what?
Suicide
What is cognitive therapy?
Treatment method designed to identify and correct distorted thinking patterns that can lead to feelings and behaviors that may be troublesome, self- defeating, or self destructive.
What are warning signs of depression?
Loss of energy, Feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt, difficulty concentrating, recurrent thoughts of death or suicide, persistent sad irritable mood,loss of interest in activities once enjoyed, significant change in appetite or body weight, difficulty sleeping or over sleeping, physical signs of nervousness.
What percent of teens will display signs of depression?
15%
A mark of shame or disapproval.
Stigma
What is cluster suicides?
A series of suicides occurring within a short period of time and involving several people in the same school or community.
How can a counselor help with depression?
They handle personal and educational matters.
What are some impulse control disorders?
Kleptomania,Cutting,Pyromania,Excessive Gambling, Compulsive Shopping.
Whats the difference between mild and major depression?
Major depression is intense and can last for weeks or months. Mild depression has less severe symptoms but can last for years.
What is a mood disorder?
An illness that involves mood extremes that interfere with everyday living.
How can you help with someone with suicide.
Initiate a meaningful conversation, Show support and ask questions, try to persuade the person to seek help.
Where can you go when you need help with depression?
To a counselor, school psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist, clinical psychologist, psychiatric social worker, Psychotherapy, behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, family therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and drug therapy.
What are some anxiety disorders?
Phobia,Obsessive-compulsive disorder,Panic disorder,Post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), Generalized anxiety disorder(GAD).
What is the reaction to a specific life event?
Adjustment Disorder
What are 3 of the 5 examples of impulse control disorders?
Kleptomania, Cutting, Pyromania, Excessive Gambling, Compulsive Shopping
Taking ones life is called what?
Suicide
Who are some mental health professionals?
Counselor, school psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist, clinical psychologist, psychiatric social worker.
How many people are affected with some form of mental health disorder.
57.7 million people