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MENTAL ILLNESS

MENTAL ILLNESS. The term mental illness/disorder is used to describe many different types of emotional & mental problems. ORGANIC DISORDERS. Disorders that are caused by a physical illness or injury that affects the brain. Examples: Meningitis Syphilis Traumatic brain injury.

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MENTAL ILLNESS

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  1. MENTAL ILLNESS The term mental illness/disorder is used to describe many different types of emotional & mental problems.

  2. ORGANIC DISORDERS Disorders that are caused by a physical illness or injury that affects the brain. Examples: • Meningitis • Syphilis • Traumatic brain injury

  3. Disorder that occurs as a result of psychological causes/trauma in which no brain damage is involved Four Categories: Anxiety Somatoform Affective Personality FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS

  4. ANXIETY • Disorder in which real or imagined fears prevent a person from enjoying life • Phobia: when a person goes to extreme measures to avoid a fear • General anxiety disorder: feels anxious, fearful, and upset most of the time, but for no specific reason. (panic attacks)

  5. OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) Unreasonable need to act & think in a certain way OBSESSIVE: Persistent thoughts/ideas/voices that cause a great deal of anxiety COMPULSIVE: Urgent/repeated behaviors that when done, give a brief feeling of relief.

  6. Common Obsessions • Washing – hands, house cleaning, etc… • Repeating – actions: locking door, turning lights on & off, etc… • Checking – power of appliances, locks, lights, etc… • Counting – generally in multiples of 5, but not always

  7. A person has experienced an extremely traumatic event & feels severe and long lasting after effects (i.e. flashbacks) Examples of causes: War Rape Child Abuse Witnessing a car accident (or anything in which a person is severely injured or killed) POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

  8. SOMATOFORM Describes a condition in which a person complains of disease symptoms, but no physical cause can be found. Example: • Hypochondria

  9. DEPRESSION Feelings of hopelessness last for more than a few weeks and interfere with daily living #1 cause of suicide is untreated depression MANIC DEPRESSION A person “sways” from a depressed state to a manic state “Cycling” is unique to each person…for some it happens in weeks, some, years AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

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