How are you feeling?
A patient with bipolar disorder has an elevated mood, increased energy, and impulsive behavior lasting several days, but able to go about their ADLs
Hypomania
This early 20th‑century scientist linked activation of the sympathetic nervous system to the stress response known as fight or flight.
Walter-Cannon
This is often a warning sign for suicide.
Giving away valued posessions.
This disorder is characterized by chronic, excessive worry lasting at least 6 months
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This term refers to altered cognition and perception with an impaired ability to determine what is real.
Psychosis
Lasting at least one week, this episode may include grandiosity, rapid speech, racing thoughts, and risky decision‑making.
Manic episode or mania
This state occurs when a person experiences an acute disruption of psychological balance and needs immediate support to prevent harm.
Crisis
The acronym "IS PATH WARM" is used to identify this.
Risk for suicide.
This disorder is characterized by chronic low mood for at least 2 years
Persistent Depressive Disorder (dysthymia)
This chronic mental disorder involves disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotions, and social functioning.
What is schizophrenia?
An uncomfortable emotional experience accompanied by biochemical, physiological, and behavioural changes during difficult or demanding situations
Stress
In Hans Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome, these are the three stages the body goes through in response to prolonged stress.
What are alarm, resistance, and exhaustion?
These are the three components of Menninger’s Suicide Triad.
What are the wish to die, the wish to be killed, and the wish to kill?
This disorder is characterized by intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Seeing, hearing, or feeling something that is not actually present is known as this positive symptom.
Hallucination
This term refers to potentially traumatic events in childhood, such as abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction, that can affect long‑term health.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Thoughts ranging from fleeting death wishes to detailed suicide plans
Suicide Ideation
Often associated with mood disorders or schizophrenia, this condition may include stupor, rigidity, or waxy flexibility.
What is catatonia?
A patient feels detached from themselves but knows the feeling is not real.
Depersonalization or derealization disorder
This type of hallucination is the most common in schizophrenia and often involves voices commenting or conversing.
What are auditory hallucinations?
This assessment is most important during a crisis
The patient's perception of the event.
This emotional state, marked by a belief that things will not improve, is a strong risk factor for suicide.
Hopelessness
Cutting, burning, or scratching oneself for emotional regulation—without suicidal intent—are examples of this behavior.
Non-Suicidal-Self-Injury (NSSI)
This condition is described as a spectrum because symptoms and levels of support needed vary widely among individuals.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Voices that direct a person to act—sometimes to harm self or others—are considered a psychiatric emergency.
Command-Hallucinations