5-Star General Knowledge
When asked what young adults can do to stay mentally healthy, Nurse Blue recommended this.
Find activities that make you happy.
This is a mood disorder in which a person alternates between periods of euphoric feelings of mania and periods of depression.
Bipolar disorder
The fear of spiders is known by this name.
Arachnophobia
This disorder is characterized by persistent unwanted thoughts, and also an irresistible urge to act in specific ways.
Mr. Fitzgerald jokes, "There are only two things in this world that make me happy." What are those two things?
Dopamine & Serotonin
Our text lists three newly classified disorders in the DSM-5 that are considered controversial. Name one of them.
1) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, 2) Binge-eating disorder, 3) Hoarding.
The fear of confined spaces is known by this name.
claustrophobia
This is a broad category characterized by a disturbance in emotional experience that is strong enough to interfere in everyday living.
Mood disorder
This is the technical term for "multiple personality disorder".
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
This is the category of psychological dysfunctions characterized by the separation of different facets of a person’s personality that are normally integrated.
Dissociative Disorders
The fear of public speaking is known by this name
glossophobia
This is a personality disturbance characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
Narcissistic personality disorder
A form of amnesia in which the individual leaves suddenly and assumes a new identity, later finding themselves in strange places with no recollection.
How much more likely are women to experience Major Depressive Disorder than men?
twice as likely
fear of strangers or foreigners is known as this.
xenophobia
This is a major somatic symptom disorder that involves an actual physical disturbance, for example, the inability to use or move an arm or leg.
Conversion disorder
The top two categories for students speaking to counselors were Anxiety and Depression. Name one of the others.
relationship problems, stress, family, grief/loss, academic performance, trauma, self-esteem, sexual abuse, body image, suicide, emotional/mood, alcohol, identity, attention/concentration
This subset of Somatic Symptom Disorder is marked by a constant fear of illness and a preoccupation with health.
If you have "heliophobia," then you are afraid of this.
the sun
This is a severe form of depression that interferes with concentration, decision making, and sociability.
Major Depressive Disorder