Celebs with Mental Health Disorders
This actor struggled with depression and died by suicide. Later found one of the significant factors to his death was Lewy Body dementia. Known for his roles in Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, Night at the Museum.
What is Robin Williams?
This disorder is characterized as "feeling sad" and has over 280 million people living with it. Usually followed by a loss of interest in daily activities or hobbies one may have, symptoms may include difficulty concentrating, suicidal thoughts, poor concentration, and more.
What is Depression?
This is the term for a sudden, intense episode of fear that peaks within minutes and includes symptoms like palpitations and shortness of breath.
What is a panic attack
These types of medications are used to treat depression by increasing levels of serotonin on the brain?
What are antidepressants?
As of 2021, this most common mental disorder affects 359 million people, bearing the acronym "GAD"
What is Anxiety?
This rapper struggles with Bipolar disorder. He has legally changed his name and once tried running for President. He used to be married to a famous reality TV star.
What is Ye (Kanye West)?
This disorder affects 1 out of 345 people around the world. Characterized as a impairment of perception to reality, which can cause changes in behavior. Symptoms may include hallucinations, persistant delusions, and extreme agitation.
What is Schizophrenia?
This disorder may be diagnosed after experiencing a traumatic event and involves intrusive symptoms like flashbacks, avoidance, and hyperarousal.
What is PSTD
This professional can prescribe medication for mental health conditions, unlike most therapists.
Who is a psychiatrist?
This mental illness can happen to anyone, including those who've lived through abuse, severe loss, or tragedy
What is Depression?
This singer had a tough battle with bullimia, bipolar disorder, and drug addiction. She released a documentary on mental health called, “Beyond Silence.” Some of her more popular songs including “Skyscraper,” “Heart Attack,” and “Cool for the summer.”
What is Demi Lovato?
This disorder is commonly developed in adolescence. Known best for the unhealthy focus on weight and food intake. Can shift between working out compulsively and a lack of eating, although binge eating can occur. Physical problems like kidney failure, low blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, and even poor circulation are all symptoms of this disorder.
What is Anorexia?
These thoughts or attempts are a serious warning sign and a required symptom for diagnosis in the most severe cases of Major Depressive Disorder.
This type of testing can check how someone thinks, remembers or pays attention.
What is a cognitive test?
Regarded as "scrupulousity" in the 14th-18th centuries, this disorder is commonly misbelieved to make people live to clean
What is OCD
This person was the lead singer for the band Nirvana. He committed suicide due to depression. He also struggled with addiction.
What is Kurt Cobain?
This rare but severe disorder is characterized by alternating identities, memory gaps, and dissociation, and often linked to extreme prolonged childhood trauma.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
These are sensory experiences, like hearing voices, that occur in the absence of an external stimulus.
What is hallucinations
When someone shows signs of both anxiety and depression, they may have this.
What is a dual diagnosis?
This disorder can cause hallucinations, and is present in serial killers such as Ed Gein and David Berkowitz
What is Schizophrenia?
This actor silently battled obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He’s known for his famous roles in Titanic, The Great Gatsby, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
What is Leonardo DiCaprio?
A 9-year old boy has trouble sitting still in class, blurts out answers in class without raising his hand, and often forgets to bring his homework. His teachers say that he is very smart but cannot stay focused or organized. What is most likely the diagnosis?
What is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
These are firmly held, irrational beliefs not based on reality, such as paranoia that others are spying on you.
What are delusions
A 16 year old swings between feeling “on top of the world” with no sleep needed and feeling very low and tired for weeks at a time. What condition might this be?
What is bipolar disorder?
This disorder sees those inflicted go through a series of unpredictable highs and lows in personality
What is BPD?