Causes
Repeated harassment from one's peers, which may include violence.
What is bullying?
Lack of enthusiasm or emotion.
What is apathy?
Talk designed to make one feel better, often from friends or family.
What is encouragement?
Caused by traumatic events.
What is PTSD?
A medical professional who studies mental health.
What is a psychologist?
A situation which has a strong possibility of injury or death.
What is trauma?
Examples include grades dropping or failing to meet deadlines at work.
What is lowered performance?
Telling other people about your problems and getting support from them.
What is venting?
Brings occasional outbursts of intense fear.
What is panic disorder?
The base cause of most mental health disorders.
What is stress?
Arbitrary attacks or punishment received from family members.
What is domestic abuse?
Change in sleep patterns.
What is insomnia?
Getting out of the situation.
An ongoing feeling that all is not right.
What is general anxiety disorder?
TRUE/FALSE: mental health disorders can affect one's physical health.
TRUE
Absence of a positive influence on the victim.
What is loss/death/etc?
A bad opinion of oneself that can have further degrading effects on mental health.
What is low self-esteem?
Getting out to interact with others.
What is socializing?
A crippling fear of being judged by other people.
What is social phobia?
The most common mental health disorder.
What is general anxiety disorder?
Perceived inability to perform an important task.
What is failure
Change in appetite.
What is anorexia/bulimia?
A medical professional who specializes in mental health.
What is a psychiatrist?
Repeated, uncontrollable urges to perform a task that one often does not want to perform.
What is OCD?
A double edged sword that can improve mental health disorders or worsen them.
What is medication?