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Symptoms of Depression?
- Feelings of loneliness, helplessness, emptiness, worthlessness, guilt, tiredness, and low energy.
- Loss of interest in hobbies and activities
- Problems thinking clearly
- Change in sleeping and/or eating patterns
- Thoughts or plans of suicide
Depression is an overreaction to stress in life. True or False?
False.
Symptoms of Anxiety?
Constantly feeling:
- Nervous, restless, or tense.
- Sense of impending danger, panic or doom
- Trouble concentrating
- Easy irritation
- Changes in eating / sleeping patterns
Anxiety is easy to snap out of, true or false?
False. Anxiety is uncontrollable. Manageable, but impossible to stop.
Attention
Deficit
Hyperactivity
Disorder
Symptoms specifically in children?
- Becoming withdrawn
- Anxiety
- Issues with school
Factors of causing Depression?
Multiple factors
- Biological [ genetics ]
- Environmental
- Psychological
Symptoms in children?
- Headaches / Stomachaches
- Fatigue
- Withdrawing or being extremely shy
- Irritability
Causes?
- Trauma
- Stress
- Genetics
- Drug use
- Other mental health conditions
BONUS! Factors of causing ADHD?
It’s mostly genetic, however it can also be caused by external factors.
Mood Disorder or Mental Illness?
Both.
Percentage of adults it affects?
Around 21% of adults globally live with depression.
Type of disorder?
Common mental health disorder
Percentage of people it affects?
Globally, 3.6%
BONUS! Percentage of people ADHD affects?
2.8% Globally
Most common treatment?
In most cases, the combination of psychotherapy and medications is used to treat depression.
Short term or lifelong?
Both. Depression can be a temporary episode, though it can also be a lifelong disorder.
Most common treatment?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [ CBT ] aswell as medications.
Short term or lifelong?
Like depression, anxiety is a normal feeling and can be a very short-lived episode, however it can also be a lifelong disorder.
BONUS! You can grow out of ADHD, true or false.
False. Symptoms become easier to manage as life goes on, and though it is more commonly diagnosed with children, it’s not curable and cannot be grown out of.
One disorder or multiple types?
There’s multiple types.
Bonus points if listed-
- Clinical- Major depressive disorder
- Bipolar
- Persistent depressive disorder
- Seasonal affective disorder
Affects women or men more?
Women
One disorder or multiple types?
Bonus if listed:
Generalized
OCD
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Affects women or men more?
Women
BONUS! What is the type of medication used to treat ADHD?
Stimulants