Disorders

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Disorders!!
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Anxiety Disorders

• Anxiety increased heart rate, rapid breathing,
  sweating, dry mouth, sense of dread.
• When it becomes intense Anxiety Disorder
• PHOBIA strong, irrational fear. Phobic usually
  realizes what is going on.
• Social Phobia
• Agoraphobia

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Anxiety Disorders

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder long lasting free
  floating anxiety. Cannot pinpoint source for
  feelings of anxiety
• Panic Disorder panic attacks are suffered.
  Sometimes leads to people constantly worrying
  about panic attackscan lead to agoraphobia
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) persistent,
  often upsetting thoughts that may produce strong
  urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic
  behaviors. They are constant intrusions and may
  severely impair daily activities.

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Somatoform Disorders

• Symptoms of a disorder w/o physical cause.
  Appear to be psychological disorders taking
  physical form.
• Conversion Disorder (hysteria) appears to be,
  but is not blind, deaf, paralyzed, etc
• Tend to appear only under severe stress
• They often help reduce that stress by removal
  from the stressful situation
• Person shows little concern about the problem.
• Symptoms may be organically impossible/improbable

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Somatoform Disorders

• Hypochondriacs strongly, but unnecessarily, fear
  illness, often reporting vague symptoms.
• Pain Disorder severe, constant pain with no
  physical cause. Often develops after a physical
  trauma. Pains intensity often increases when
  under stress. Prevents one from engaging in
  activitiesespecially disliked activities.

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Dissociative Disorders

• Rare, marked by temporary disruptions in memory,
  identity, or consciousness
• Dissociative fugue one suddenly loses all
  autobiographical memory, often assuming a new
  identity in a new locale.
• Dissociative Amnesia sudden memory loss, one
  usually retains some autobiographical memory
• Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) person
  displays more than one identity, each of which
  may speak, act, and write differently. Each
  personality has its own memories, wishes,
  impulses, and even distinct biological features.
  Shifts are often sudden, dramatic, and often
  stress related (Split Personality)

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Mood Disorders

• Also called Affective Disorders, involve extremes
  of mood, especially if the mood extremes are
  inconsistent with the events around the person
• Major Depression sad or hopeless for long
  periods of time often one loses all interest in
  activities. Symptoms feelings of guilt,
  inadequacy, worthlessness changes in eating
  habits, body weight, sleep problems, poor
  concentration.

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Mood Disorders

• Dysthymia one has sad mood, lack of interest,
  and loss of pleasurein a milder form and spread
  out for at least two years. Can still function
  reasonably well.
• Bipolar Depression (bipolar I) (Manic
  Depression) alternating appearance of two
  emotional extremes. Major depression Mania

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Schizophrenia

• Causes severely disturbed thought, emotion,
  perception, and behavior. Can dramatically
  impair ones ability to communicate with others
  or engage in daily functioning.
• About 1 of the populationequal among men and
  women. Tends to strike in adolescence or young
  adulthood.

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Schizophrenia

• split occurs between mental faculties, so that
  ones emotions may be at odds w/ ones thoughts
  or perceptions
• Display disordered thought
• Auditory Hallucinations
• Flat affect-little or no emotion
• Some appear agitated
• Low motivation, poor social skills, poor personal
  hygiene are common
• Has a genetic component
• YouTube

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Types of Schizophrenia

• Paranoid Schizophrenia delusions of persecution
  or grandeur accompanied by anxiety, anger,
  superiority, argumentativeness, or jealousy.
  Most cases a person can complete school, hold a
  job and family, before problems become too
  severe.
• Disorganized Schizophrenia unrelated delusions
  and hallucinations, incoherent speech, flat
  affect, and neglected personal hygiene

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Personality Disorders

• Long-standing, inflexible ways of behavingcan
  create problems for those who display them or for
  others.
• Schizotypal personality disorder some of the
  odd, eccentric features of schizophreniabut
  not disturbed enough to be diagnosed
• Avoidant P.D. anxious, fearful similar to
  social phobia, but they desire to be with
  othersextra-sensitive to criticism
• Narcissistic P.D. exaggerated sense of
  self-importance and lack of empathy for others
• Anti-Social Personality long term pattern of
  irresponsible, impulsive, behavior beginning
  early in life. Includes superficial charm,
  poise, verbal skill, lack of guilt or shame,
  absence of any real feelings.