Definitions
This is a general mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
What is depression?
This is a basic kind of treatment that doesn't involve professional help. It involves things you as an individual can do, such as increased organization, physical exercise, meditation, separating work space from bedroom, and changes in the consumption of caffeine.
Hint: There's no specific vocabulary term for this type of treatment.
What are lifestyle changes?
With this specific mental health disorder, if you try to resist your temptation with repetitive behaviors it causes distress (negative stress). However if you give in to your temptation, it creates temporary ease of stress and an increased temptation to repeat those behaviors in the future.
What is OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)?
The difference between these two terms is that Term 1 involves negative stress (i.e.: Peer or parental pressures, death in a family, drama with friends, school assignments and assessments, sibling struggles) whereas Term 2 involves positive stress (i.e.: tryouts, planning big events, starting a new job, presentations, making new friends, signing up for new clubs)
What is distress and eustress?
This specific mental health disorder is a type of depression that occurs in mothers following childbirth . It can be caused by dramatic drop of hormones like estrogen and progesterone leaving you feeling tired and emotional.
What is Postpartum Depression?
Maniac depression is also known as this specific mental disorder.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
This treatment is also known as "talk therapy" and can be performed individually or during group therapy.
What is psychotherapy?
This general mental health disorder involves symptoms of guilt, loss of interest in activities, immense sadness, agitation, increased irritability, social isolation, appetite fluctuations, irregular sleep patterns, headaches or cramps , thoughts of suicide, and weight fluctuations.
What is depression?
This is the difference between Social Anxiety Disorder and Social Phobia.
What is nothing, there's no difference, or they are the same.
This specific mental health syndrome is when everything appears to be “dollhouse sized” or as if looking through a fisheye lens. It typically only affects children and it tends to go away as individuals age and mature.
What is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
This is a specific neurodevelopmental illness that causes increased impulsive and hyperactive behaviors. The awareness month for this disorder is in October and is represented by the color orange.
What is ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)?
This treatment is commonly used for Seasonal Depression and is involves a continual and gradual introduction of light in a given area to stimulate positive emotions that would otherwise be associated with sunlight.
What is Light Therapy?
Symptoms such as fear of judgement or humiliation, intense fear of social interaction, purposefully avoiding social scenes or interactions, and/or continuously expecting the worst outcome are associated with this specific mental health disorder.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder (or Social Phobia)?
The difference between Disorder 1 and Disorder 2 is that Disorder 1 experience a full maniac episode, however episodes tend to have a shorter duration than Disorder 2. Disorder 2 is characterized by one depressive episode, one hypomanic episode, and episodes tend to be longer.
What is Bipolar 1 Disorder and Bipolar 2 Disorder?
This specific mental health disorder involves, unexpected, rapid changes in self-identity/self-image, risky, impulsive behavior (threatening), and inappropriate behavior.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
This specific mental health disorder is 4x more common in females than males and is more common with individuals with a depressive or bipolar disorder.
What is Seasonal Depression?
Anti-anxiety agents, anti-depressants (SSRIs or SNRIs), antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and stimulants are examples of this kind of treatment.
What is psychotropic medication?
This specific mental health disorder is characterized long- term stress that can occur for weeks or months at a time and involves increased adrenaline and cortisol levels. It can lead to physical and mental health problems if not dealt with properly, like severe issues including high blood pressure, memory disorders, heart disease, depression, and anxiety.
What is Chronic Stress Disorder?
The difference between Social Anxiety Disorder and SAD is this.
What is the acronym "SAD" refers to Seasonal Affective Disorder?
This specific mental health disorder is characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct personality states but can be more.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
This type of emotion is associated with more than six mental health disorders. Those with this any of the mental disorders associated with this emotion are 6x as likely to be hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder.
What is anxiety?
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Panic Disorder, PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, etc.
This treatment involves evaluating the patient's approach and response to triggering stimuli in order challenge and improve their response to the stimuli. The goal is to train the patient to approach the situation in a calmer, safer manner in real life.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This specific mental health disorder is characterized by intense stress and “ life or death” feelings when in mundane and relatively relaxed situations, seemingly as if the individual is overdramatic. It's common in “Type A” individuals, who tend to be perfectionists, overly-ambitious, and status conscious.
What is Episodic Stress Disorder?
The main difference between Acute Stress Disorder and this mental health disorder, is that Acute Stress Disorder has a shorter onset, duration, treatment and less severe symptoms in comparison to this mental health disorder.
What is PTSD?
Acute Stress Disorder- Onset (0-28 days after trauma), Duration (3 days-4 weeks), Treatment (short-term psychotherapy and antidepressants), Symptoms (depersonalization or derealization).
PTSD- Onset (~1 month after trauma), Duration (few months, years, or persistent throughout entire life), Treatment (long-term psychotherapy, different psychotropic drugs), Symptoms (avoidance, heightened awareness, changes in mood or cognition).
This specific mental health disorder involves the irresistible and compulsive need to pull hair, often leaving multiple bald spots or patches.
What is Trichotillomania?