Mental Illness

Anxiety DisordersAnxiety Disorders

Personality DisordersPersonality Disorders

Mood DisordersMood Disorders

Anxiety DisordersAnxiety Disorders

• A condition in which intense anxiety or fear keeps a person from functioning normally.

General Anxiety Disorder

• Restlessness, tiredness, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance.

Panic Disorder

• Pounding heart, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, nausea, fear of losing control.

Phobia

• Intense and exaggerated fear of a specific situation or object

• Examples: fear of animals, heights, flying

Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder

• Obsessions such as a need to perform behaviors over and over, compulsions such as hand washing, counting, arranging possessions

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Withdrawal or depression after a distressing experience such as physical abuse, natural disaster, accident, or witnessing violence.

Personality Disorders

• A variety of psychological conditions that affect a person’s ability to get along with others.

Schizophrenia

• A severe mental disorder in which people lose contact with reality.

• They may have hallucinations(hearing or seeing things that are not really there)

• or delusions(a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence)

Mood Disorders

• A disorder in which a person undergoes changes in mood that seem inappropriate or extreme.

Bipolar Disorder(manic-depressive)

• Someone suffering from this disorder go from feeling upbeat and energetic to feeling down and tired for no apparent reason.

Clinical Depression(major depression)

• A mood disorder in which people lose interest in life and can no longer find enjoyment in anything.

Warning Signs of Clinical Depression

• Depressed Mood

• Lack of Energy

• Inability to Concentrate

• Withdrawal

• Change in Sleep Patterns

Warning Signs Continued

• Feelings of Worthlessness

• Indifference

• Pessimism

• Irritability or Anger

• Thoughts of Suicide

5% of teens, each year, experience clinical depression

A teen who has three or more of A teen who has three or more of these symptoms for more than these symptoms for more than two weeks should be checked for two weeks should be checked for clinical depression.clinical depression.