Mental Disorders

Chapter 4

  1. Mental Disorders
  1. Disorder – A disturbance in the normal function of a part of the body.
  1. There are ______types of mental disorders.
  2. _____ in ______children and adolescents may suffer from a mental disorder.
  1. Anxiety Disorders

Disorder in which ______anxiety or ______keeps a person from functioning normally.

  1. Phobia – An exaggerated ______of a specific situation or object.
  2. Panic Attack – Intense real ______
  1. Rapid breathing, ______, fast heart rate, and ______.
  1. Obsessive Compulsive disorders – Compulsions are ______repeated behaviors. Doing something ______and over again.
  2. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – People who ______a life threatening event.
  3. General Anxiety Disorder – People who tend to ______about everything.
  1. Mood Disorder

When people undergo changes in mood that seem inappropriate or ______.

  1. Bipolar Disorder

1. Dramatic ______for no apparent reason

2. Increased energy during the up-swing. ______during low swing.

B. Major Depression - People lose interest in life and can no longer find enjoyment in anything.

1. ______of teens suffers from depression.

C. Schizophrenia - People lose contact with ______.

1. They ______things happening to them that aren’t real.

IV. Eating Disorders

A. Anorexia Nervosa – Irrational fear of becoming overweight.

  1. ______
  2. ___out of every ______teenage girls may suffer from anorexia.
  3. ______
  4. SIDE EFFECTS:
  1. Lower ______, lower ______, lower ______, lower breathing rate, and loss of menstrual cycle for women.

B. Bulimia – Eating large amounts of food followed by ______.

  1. Symptoms – Dehydration, ______, acid irritates ______and erodes the ______of the teeth.

C.Binge Eating – Uncontrollable urge to eat large amounts of food.

1. SYMPTOMS – ______.

  1. Depression and Suicide
  1. Teenage Suicide
  1. ______leading cause of death among 10-14 year olds.
  2. People have a ______that there is no way to cope
  3. Self-injury - Burning or cutting to express emotions.
  1. Health Care Specialists for Mental Health
  1. Therapy - An approach that teaches you different ways of thinking or ______.
  1. Therapy gets to the root of your emotional and mental problems and helps you work to find a ______.

B. Individual therapy – The individual and therapist meet ______for sessions.

C. Group Therapy – Meeting with a ______with similar problems.

D. Family Therapy –Meeting with family members who ______their problems.

E. Drug Therapy – Use of ______to reduce a mental disorder.

VIII. Mental Health Providers

  1. PSYCHOLOGIST – Mental health ______who is trained and ______by the state to perform therapy.
  2. Clinical Social Worker – Licensed, Certified ______professional with a ______degree in social work.
  3. PSYCHIATRIST - ______with a specialty in the treatment of mental health problems.