Mental Disorders
People with this type of disorder feel extreme and constant anxiety about parts of their lives that they cannot control.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
True or False, the most common reason that people of any age attempt suicide is severe depression.
What is True?
This type of medication makes certain brain chemicals, such as serotonin, more available, which can help reduce depressive symptoms.
What are antidepressants?
What are the symptoms of social media anxiety disorder?
Neglecting academic work to spend time on social media, interrupting social activities to check phone, lying about social media usage, constantly checking phone and feeling anxiety if unable to check social media.
People with this type of disorder experience reoccurring episodes of intense fear.
What is panic disorder?
True or False, people with OCD can control their recurring obsessions.
What is False?
This type of medication slows down the central nervous system, which makes people feel calmer and more relaxed.
What are anti-anxiety medications?
What are the physical symptoms of anxiety?
headaches, lightheadedness, dizziness, rapid breathing, shortness of breath, pounding heart, chest pain, stomach pain, nausea, digestive issues, weakness or fatigue, muscle tension or pain, feeling hot or flushed.
Males with this disorder tend to have a hard time sitting still, exhibit physical aggression, and are impulsive, while females with this disorder show inattentiveness, low self-esteem, and verbal aggression.
What is Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
True or False, phobias are completely realistic fears.
What is False?
These types of medications are used to treat ADHD.
What are stimulants?
What are the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder?
Need for excessive attention, lack of empathy, exaggerated sense of own importance.
This disorder, also known as clinical depression, is characterized by intense sadness, worthlessness, and hopelessness.
What is major depressive disorder?
True or False, substance abuse disorder and addictive disorder are the exact same thing.
These types of medications are used to reduce symptoms of psychosis, including hallucinations.
What are antipsychotics?
What are the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder?
This type of disorder, which can grow into anti-social personality disorder in adulthood, is characterized by hostile, violent behavior. People with this disorder may engage in cruel behavior and are more likely to engage in theft, vandalism, and arson.
What is Conduct Disorder?
True or False, the terms mental illness and mental disorder have different meanings.
These types of medications decrease certain activity in the brain to help control extreme high and low moods.
What are mood stabilizers?
What are the symptoms of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders?
Experiencing delusions and hallucinations. Inappropriate emotional reactions.