Bipolar
What are the three categories of symptoms for bipolar disorder?
Manic, depressive, psychotic.
What are the two categories of symptoms for depressive disorder?
Depressive and psychotic.
Schizoaffective disorder has three categories of symptoms. What are they?
Schizophrenic, depressive, and manic.
What is stigma?
Negative opinions and attitudes toward people who have symptoms of a mental health disorder.
What do scientists believe cause mental illness?
A chemical imbalance.
What are the three psychotic symptoms?
Hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder
What are the three psychotic symptoms for depressive disorder?
Hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder
Name 2 schizophrenic symptoms of schizoaffective.
Hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, cognitive difficulties, decline in social/occupational functioning, disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms
True or false: Everyone experiences mental health symptoms exactly the same way.
False.
Who can diagnose you with a mental health disorder?
Psychologist/psychiatrist, doctor, nurse.. etc.
What are three depressive symptoms?
Sad mood, eating/sleeping too much/too little, thoughts of helplessness..., feeling tired/low energy, feeling guilty for things that are not your fault, suicidal thoughts/behaviors, trouble concentrating/making decisions
What are 3 depressive symptoms?
Sad mood, eating/sleeping too much/too little, thoughts of helplessness..., feeling tired/low energy, feeling guilty for things that are not your fault, suicidal thoughts/behaviors, trouble concentrating/making decisions
Name 2 depressive symptoms of schizoaffective.
Sad mood, eating too much or too little, sleeping too much or too little, feeling tired or having low energy, thoughts of helplessness, hopelessness, or worthlessness, feeling guilty for things that aren't your fault, suicidal thoughts or behaviors, trouble concentrating and making decisions
True or false: there is no help for people with a mental health disorder.
False.
What causes the chemical imbalance?
Neurotransmitters.
What are three manic symptoms?
Euphoria, decreased need for sleep, feeling irritable, making bad decisions, grandiosity, talking a lot, racing thoughts, easily distracted, increased goal-directed behavior
Name 2 manic symptoms of schizoaffective.
Feelings of euphoria or extreme happiness, feeling irritable, grandiosity or feeling unrealistically self-confident, decreased need for sleep, talking a lot, having racing thoughts, becoming easily distracted, increased goal-directed behavior, making bad decisions
(Not Stigma) Name 2 ways to help combat symptoms.
Educate yourself, take meds, avoid alcohol/drugs, social support, relapse recovery plan, managing stress, etc.
What is the difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder?
People with schizoaffective disorder have experienced serious depression or manic episodes for a significant period of time.
(Schizo/schizoaffective) What three symptoms does schizophrenia have listed but not in the schizophrenia portion of schizoaffective?
Anxiety, depression (depressive symptoms), suicidal thoughts/behviors (under depressive symptoms)
Name 3-5 symptoms of schizophrenia.
Hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, cognitive difficulties, decline in social/occupational functioning, disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts.
Name 2 things you can do to fight stigma.
E.g.- educate yourself about psychiatric disorders, join a support group, correct misinformation without disclosing anything about your own experience, selectively disclose your experience, become aware of your legal rights
What is the difference in bipolar disorder and depressive disorder?
People with depressive disorder do not experience manic symptoms, unlike people with bipolar disorder.