Common Behavioral Health DisordersBehavioral health is just as important as physical health. In fact, did you know

behavioral illnesses can actually cause or worsen serious medical illnesses? It’s true. Many behavioral health problems are medical problems just like

cancer or heart disease. They can be treated. Below are a few of the most common disorders. Even if you are diagnosed with one of these, some of your

symptoms may be different than our list. Every person is different. So, you need a treatment plan just for you that meets your needs. Be sure to talk to your provider. Work on your plan together. There are many famous people

who have these disorders. We have named a few.

Bipolar DisorderOnce known as “manic-depressive” disorder. This is a mental illness. It affects mood and behavior. A person with this disorder will often change from one extreme mood to the other. These extremes are called depression and mania.

Symptoms that may be present in Bipolar Disorder• Agitationandbeingrestless• Lessneedforsleep• Moretalkative–speakingtoofast• Startingmanythingsatonce• Riskyactions(suchasspendingmoney,sexualactivity,etc)• Uncontrollablelaughter• Can’tconcentrate• Racingthoughts• Grandiosethoughts• Depressedfeelingswhenmanicperiodends

Treatment for Bipolar Disorder• Medicinetostabilizemood• GroupTherapy• IndividualandFamilyTherapy• CognitiveBehavioralTherapy• ECT(ElectroconvulsiveTherapy)

Famous People with Bipolar Disorder• NedBeatty,Actor• LudwigvanBeethoven,GermanComposer• WinstonChurchill,FormerBritishPrimeMinister• FrancisFordCoppola,Director• PeterGabriel,Musician• ErnestHemingway,Writer• SirIsaacNewton,ScientistandMathematician• OzzyOsbourne,Singer

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OzzyOsbourne,Singer

Attention-Deficit/HyperactivityDisorder(ADHD)This typically appears during preschool and school years. This can impact children’s school and social functioning.

Symptoms that may be present in ADHD• Impulsivity• Inattention• Hardtoconcentrateand/orfollow

directions• Difficultycompletingtasksstartto

finish• Extraenergy;restless• Hardtowaityourturn• Hardtokeeptrackofschoolwork

Treatment for ADHD• Medicine• ParentTraining• BehaviorTherapy• SocialSkillsTraining

Famous People with ADHD• BillCosby,Actor&Comedian• PabloPicasso,Artist• AlbertEinstein,Scientist• AbrahamLincoln,FormerUSPresident

AbrahamLincoln,USPresident

Symptoms that may be present in Schizophrenia• Delusions• Hallucinations• Paranoia• ConfusedSpeech• Isolation• Emotionsthatdon’tmatchthesituation• Angeroutbursts• Catatonicbehavior

Treatment for Schizophrenia• Medicine• Individualandfamilytherapy• Socialandvocationalrehabilitation

Famous People with Schizophrenia• LionelAldridge,NFLPlayer• SydBarrett,Musicianand

MemberofPinkFloyd• JohnNash,

Mathematician&NobelPrizeWinner

• PeterGreen,MusicianofFleetwoodMac

• MaryToddLincoln,WifeofAbrahamLincoln

• VaclavNijinsky,FamousRussianDancer

• JackKerouac,Author

SchizophreniaSchizophreniaisamentalillness.Itaffectsaperson’s thoughts and behaviors. A person with this condition will have at least two of the symptoms below. They will last at least one month

JackKerouac,Author

Eatingdisordershavetwotypes.TheseareAnorexiaNervosaandBulimiaNervosa.Eatingdisordersaffectaperson’stotalhealth.

Symptoms that may be present in Anorexia Nervosa• Thinorunderweight• Constantthoughtsaboutweightorbodyimage• Constantthoughtsaboutfood• FoodRefusal• Fearofgainingweight• Nomenstrualcycle(females)• Abnormalbloodlevels• Toomuchexercising

Symptoms that may be present in Bulimia Nervosa• ToomuchDieting• Goingtotherestroomrightaftereating• Toomuchexercise• Toomuchlaxativeuse• Dehydration• Nomenstrualcycle(females)• Soresonhands,knuckles,mouth,andthroat.• Poorbodyimage

Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa• Maybehospitalizedduetomalnutrition• IndividualTherapy• FamilyTherapy

• SupportGroups• NutritionalCounseling• Medicines

Famous People with Anorexia Nervosa• KarenCarpenter,Singer• TraceyGold,Actress• Mary-KateOlsen,Actress• JessicaAlba,Actress

Famous People with Bulimia Nervosa• PaulaAbdul,Singer• PrincessDiana,PrincessofWales• JoanRivers,TVPersonality• JaneFonda,Actress&Activist

Eating Disorders

PrincessDiana, PrincessofWales

JessicaAlba,Actress

DepressionDepression is a mental illness. It affects a person’s moods and thoughts, and actions. Symptoms must be present every day for two weeks to be true depression. Symptoms are not caused by physical illness. They are not caused by a medical condition.

Symptoms that may be present in Depression• Largeweightlossorweightgain• Lookingandfeelingsad• Lookingandfeelingtired• Cryingspells• Nointerestinfavoriteactivities• Toomuchsleep.Toolittlesleep• Frequentthoughtsofdeathorsuicide• Feelingworthless• Hardtoconcentrate• Hardtoremembertodoroutinetasks

Treatment for Depression• Medicines• Individualandfamilytherapy• ECT(ElectroconvulsiveTherapy)

Famous People with Clinical Depression• JohnQuincyAdams,FormerUSPresident• BuzzAldrin,Astronaut• DrewBarrymore,Actress&Director• JoseCanseco,MajorLeagueBaseballPlayer• DrewCarey,Comedian&Actor• JimCarrey,Comedian&Actor• RayCharles,Musician&Singer• KurtCobain,LeadSingerofNirvana• SherylCrow,Singer&Musician

BuzzAldrin,Astronaut

Constant feelings of anxiety, worry and fear. These feelings happen when faced with everyday situations. There are severaltypesofanxietydisorders.TheseincludePostTraumaticStressDisorder,GeneralizedAnxietyDisorderandObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder.ThiscanalsoincludePanicDisorderandSocialPhobia.

Symptoms that may be present in Anxiety Disorders• Feelingofdreadandfear• Racingheart• Worrythatsomethingbadisgoingtohappen• Fearofdying• Ritualisticbehavior

(repeatedlycheckinglocksorwashinghands)• ObsessiveThoughts• Fearofbeinginsocialsituations

Treatment for Anxiety Disorders• Medicine

(antidepressantmedications andanti-anxietymedications)

• Individualtherapy• CognitiveBehavioralTherapy

Famous People with Anxiety Disorder• EarlCampbell,NFLPlayer• KimBasinger,Actress• SigmundFreud,Psychiatrist• NikolaTesla,Inventor• JohnSteinbeck,Writer

SigmundFreud,PsychiatristAnxiety Disorder