Anxiety Disorders
Irrational, excessive fear of an object, event, or situation.
What is Specific Phobia (Phobia)?
Most commonly diagnosed depressive disorder where one experiences extreme sadness and loss of interest in activities.
What is Major Depressive Disorder (depression)?
Recurring thoughts that cause anxiety.
What are obsessions?
True or False: Only soldiers/veterans who have seen combat are at risk for PTSD.
False
False beliefs
What are delusions?
Constant irrational and excessive fear or worry without any specific cause.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Disorder in which one cycles between episodes of depression and episodes of mania.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Behaviors that are completed to lower anxiety that comes with obsessive thoughts.
What are compulsions?
Name 2 traumatic events (besides war) that can cause PTSD.
What are:
Accidents
Natural disasters
Losing a loved one
Sexual abuse/assault
Catastrophes
False sensory experiences (ex: seeing things that aren't really there)
What are hallucinations?
Excessive anxiety related to being in a social situation where one might be judged- ex: public speaking
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Name 2 treatments most effective at treating depression.
What are antidepressants and cognitive-behavioral therapy?
Name a common treatment for OCD that we saw in the show Obsessed.
Name 3 symptoms of PTSD.
What are
Anxiety
Flashbacks
Insomnia
Nightmares
Irritability
Difficulty concentrating
Depression
What is the best treatment for people with schizophrenia?
Which gender is most likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder?
Who are women?
What is the best medication to treat someone with Bipolar Disorder?
What is Lithium?
Name 3 other mental illnesses that are common for people with OCD to also be diagnosed with.
What are
Anxiety disorders
Depression
Tourette's syndrome
Eating disorders
Substance Abuse
Name an effective treatment for PTSD.
What are
Exposure therapy
Virtual reality therapy
Antidepressants
Name 2 symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder.
What are
Impulsiveness
Mood swings
Explosive behaviors
Struggle with self-identity
Unstable relationships
Emotional instability
Name 2 treatments that are most effective at treating anxiety disorders.
What are:
Antianxiety medications
Antidepressants
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Which gender is most likely to be diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder?
What is neither?
Name 2 common types/themes of OCD.
What are
Cleanliness/germs/contamination
Bad things happening
Order and symmetry
PTSD originated during and after WWII when soldiers coming home were not the same as they were before the war. What was the original name for PTSD during this time?
What is shell shock?
Name 1 famous person who has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Who are
Brandon Marshall
Pete Davidson
Vincent Van Gogh