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A physician who treats physical disorders of the nervous system.
What is a Neurologist?
Someone other than a physician who focuses on specific problems or works with groups of people.
What is a Mental Health Counselor?
A physician who can diagnose and treat mental disorders by prescribing medications.
What is a Psychiatrist?
Helps people with mental disorders and their families accept and adjust to an illness.
What is a Social Worker?
A physician who is trained to recognize and treat behavior that is not normal.
What is a Clinical Psychologist?
The response of your body and mind to being challenged or threatened in some way.
What is Stress?
When individuals meet with other people who have similar disorders.
What is Group Therapy?
Identify situations, objects, or thoughts that trigger abnormal behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Helps people better understand the reasons for behavior.
What is Insight Therapy?
Feelings of sadness and hopelessness that last for 6 months or more.
What is Clinical Depression?
A body image disorder characterized by a hyper-focus on a perceived flaw of oneself or others, seeing a distorted image.
What is Body Dysmorphia?
An illness that affect’s a person’s behavior, mood and especially their mind. It also reduces a person’s ability to function, adjust to change, and/or get along with others.
What is a Mental Health Disorder?
Does not eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight, self-starvation.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
A sudden onset of fear related to a particular object or situation that results in at least 3 specific symptoms.
What is a Panic Attack?
Regularly have an uncontrollable urge to eat large amounts of food to the point of discomfort.
What is Binge-Eating Disorder?
Alarm Stage
Resistance Stage
Exhaustion Stage
What are the three stages of stress?
The “fight-or flight” response.
What is the Alarm Stage?
Physical factors
Heredity
Early Life Experiences
Recent Experiences
Other Disorders
What are Causes for Mental Disorders?
Changes in sleep
Changes in appetite
Lack of concentration
Loss of energy
Lack of interest
Low self-esteem
Hopelessness
Changes in movement
Physical aches and pains
What are Symptoms of Depression?
Medication can be effective to restore normal brain functioning.
Various types of therapy and even exercise can aid in coping.
Support from family and friends during this difficult time.
What are Treatments for Depression?
The body adapts to the continued presence of a stressor but uses a lot of energy.
What is the Resistance Stage?
The body can no longer keep up with the demands caused by the stress.
What is the Exhaustion Stage?
Major life changes
Catastrophes
Everyday problems
Environmental problems
What are Causes of Stress?
Time management
Mental rehearsal
Reducing tension
Changing thinking
Building resilience
Reaching out for support
What are ways to control stress?
Diet -----> Hunger -----> Eat -----> Binge -----> Purge -----> Repeat
What is the Binge-Purge Cycle?