Emotional Disorders

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Emotional Disorders
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Signs of mental health problems

• Sadness over specific event for no reason
• Hopelessness
• Violent or erratic mood swings
• Inability to concentrate or make decisions
• Fear and anger at the world

• Trouble getting along with others
• Severe sleep disturbances
• compulsive self-destructive behavior
• Frequent physical ailments

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• Emotional problems describe patterns of
  thinking and behavior that cause a person
  significant emotional pain or prevent normal
  functioning.
• Emotional problems affect any one or more of
  three important areas
• 1. social or family relations
• 2. performance of tasks (including schoolwork)
• 3. leisure time activities

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• Emotional problems can run in families learned,
  inherited, or both
• Emotional problems can be caused by brain damage
  from drugs, injuries, and diseases. (syphilis)
• Emotional problems can be caused by unbalance
  brain chemistry.
• Environmental factors can aggravate emotional
  problems pressure from society

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Two types of mental disorders

• 1- ORGANIC DISORDER When a disorder is caused
  by a physical illness or injury that affects the
  brain.
• ex brain tumors, alcoholism,
• infections syphilis, meningitis, stroke
• 2- FUNCTIONAL DISORDER occurs as a result of
  psychological causes in which no brain damage is
  involved.

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• Functional disorders result from conditions such
  as
• Stress
• Emotional conflict
• Fear
• Poor coping skills

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MAIN CATEGORIES OF FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS!

• 1. Anxiety Disorders
• 2. Somatoform Disorders
• 3. Affective Disorders
• 4. Personality Disorders

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ANXIETY DISORDERSCategory 1

• Disorders in which real or imagined fears
  prevent a person from enjoying life
• Phobias
• Obsessive-compulsive
• General Anxiety
• Post-traumatic Stress

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PHOBIAS

• When a person goes to extreme measures to avoid a
  fear and reacts in a way that limits normal
  functioning
• ( lady with bugs, snake, bird, roach)

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Phobias that start with the letter A!!!!!!
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• Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or
  bathing.Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the
  insects that cause itching.Acerophobia- Fear of
  sourness.Achluophobia- Fear of
  darkness.Acousticophobia- Fear of
  noise.Acrophobia- Fear of heights.Aerophobia-
  Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne
  noxious substances.Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open
  high places.Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting
  secondary to airsickness.Agateophobia- Fear of
  insanity.Agliophobia- Fear of pain.Agoraphobia-
  Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded,
  public places like markets. Fear of leaving a
  safe place.Agraphobia- Fear of sexual
  abuse.Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild
  animals.Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing
  the street.Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or
  pointed objects.

• Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia. (muscular
  incoordination)Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or
  untidiness.Atelophobia- Fear of
  imperfection.Atephobia- Fear of ruin or
  ruins.Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton
  or ignored or forgetting.Atomosophobia- Fear of
  atomic explosions.Atychiphobia- Fear of
  failure.Aulophobia- Fear of flutes.Aurophobia-
  Fear of gold.Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern
  lights.Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a
  vile odor.Automatonophobia- Fear of
  ventriloquist's dummies, animatronics creatures,
  wax statues - anything that falsly represents a
  sentient being.Automysophobia- Fear of being
  dirty.Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of
  oneself.Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of
  flying.

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• Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.Albuminurophobia-
  Fear of kidney disease.Alektorophobia- Fear of
  chickens.Algophobia- Fear of pain.Alliumphobia-
  Fear of garlic.Allodoxaphobia- Fear of
  opinions.Altophobia- Fear of heights.Amathophobi
  a- Fear of dust.Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a
  car.Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.Amnesiphobia-
  Fear of amnesia.Amychophobia- Fear of scratches
  or being scratched.Anablephobia- Fear of looking
  up.Ancraophobia- Fear of wind.
  (Anemophobia)Androphobia- Fear of
  men.Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or
  wind.(Ancraophobia) Anginophobia- Fear of
  angina, choking or narrowness.Anglophobia- Fear
  of England or English culture, etc.Angrophobia -
  Fear of anger or of becoming angry.Ankylophobia-
  Fear of immobility of a joint.Anthrophobia or
  Anthophobia- Fear of flowers..

• Anthropophobia- Fear of people or
  society.Antlophobia- Fear of floods.Anuptaphobia
  - Fear of staying single.Apeirophobia- Fear of
  infinity.Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being
  touched. (Haphephobia)Apiphobia- Fear of
  bees.Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with
  amputations.Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut
  butter sticking to the roof of the
  mouth.Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of
  spiders.Arithmophobia- Fear of
  numbers.Arrhenphobia- Fear of men.Arsonphobia-
  Fear of fire.Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or
  weakness.Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of
  thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia,
  Keraunophobia)Astrophobia- Fear of stars or
  celestial space.Asymmetriphobia-

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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

• A person who has an unreasonable need to think
  and act in a certain way

Compulsions becomes so repetitive that the person
can not lead a normal life.
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GENERAL ANXIETY DISORDER

• The person feels anxious, fearful, upset most of
  the time for no specific reason

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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

• A condition in which a person who has experienced
  a traumatic event feels severe and long-lasting
  after effects.
• Ex Vietnam, rape

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• Post traumatic stress can affect people who have
  gone through bombings, rape, floods, fires,
  torture, child abuse, kidnapping or hurricanes.
• These events could lead to anxiety attacks
  sudden, extreme, disabling attack of panic that
  often comes on for no apparent reason. Includes
  dizziness, rapid heart rate, sweating, extreme
  alertness, rapid breathing

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SOMATOFORM DISORDERSCategory 2

• Describes a condition in which a person
  complains of disease symptoms, but no physical
  cause can be found
• hypochondria

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AFFECTIVE DISORDRESCategory 3

• Mood swings which are severe, from extreme
  happiness to extreme sadness, and last for a long
  period of time

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CLINICAL DEPRESSION

• When feelings of sadness or hopelessness last
  for more than a few weeks and interfere with
  daily activities and interests

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• Ten million U.S. citizens suffer from depression
  each year.
• 5 of every 100 teenagers suffer its most severe
  form.
• DEPRESSION can be difficult to diagnose.
• HERE ARE SOME WARNING SIGNS

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Symptoms of depression

• constant feelings of sadness, irritability, or
  tension
• decreased interest or pleasure in usual
  activities or hobbies
• loss of energy, feeling tired despite lack of
  activity
• a change in appetite, with significant weight
  loss or weight gain
• a change in sleeping patterns, such as difficulty
  sleeping, early morning awakening, or sleeping
  too much
• restlessness or feeling slowed down
• decreased ability to make decisions or
  concentrate
• feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, or guilt
  
• thoughts of suicide or death

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Lord Byron described his mental state as a chaos
of the mind.
Edgar Allen Poe alcoholic which is common in
bipolar depression. What made Poe write is what
made Poe drink.
Robert Schumann son of a bipolar author, German
composer who wrote 130 songs in one year. He died
in an asylum.
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Vincent Van Gogh he once wrote of his illness,
the weakness increase from each generation.
Virginia Woolf She filled her pockets with
stones and drowned herself. I have a feeling I
shall go mad, she wrote. I can not go on
longer
Ernest Hemingway Born into a family plagued by
suicide, the writer-haunted by manic enthusiasms
and depressions-shot himself.
Curt Cobain Seattle grunge rocker took his band
Nirvana to the top with Nevermind (one song
Lithium) but took his life at 27.
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True story of depression

• When I realized that something was wrong with
  me I just wasnt motivated to even get out of bed
  and face the world and nothing in particular was
  bothering me, I just didnt feel like dealing
  with anything. I think that was the biggest, the
  hardest part for me, was actually getting
  motivated, getting up, to even seek help to get
  up and go to therapy, or get up to go to the
  doctor to see what was going on.
• -Kareema
• Oh, the things with depression that bother
  me the most are feeling like youre encased in
  cement, where you just cant drag your body out
  of bed, where the simplest of tasks is just
  daunting and you have to force yourself to
  re-focus and to pick yourself up and to take that
  shower, get to the grocery store, get the kids
  off to school, get to the office, get through
  your day.
• -Bonnie

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MANIC-DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

• When a person's moods shift dramatically form one
  emotional extreme to another for no apparent
  reason
• Bipolar depression
• 2.3 million women and men suffer from bipolar
  depression in the United States.
• Does not include kids under 18 years of age.

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IS YOUR CHILD BIPOLAR?(a check list)

• Is easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
• Has periods of excessive, rapid speech
• Is willful and refuse to be subordinate
• Displays periods of hyperactivity
• Displays abrupt, rapid mood swings
• Has irritable moods states
• Has elated or silly, giddy mood states
• Has exaggerated ideas about self or abilities
• Exhibits inappropriate sexual behavior
• Feels easily rejected
• Has periods of low energy
• Has periods of self-doubt, poor self esteem

• Is excessively distressed when separated from
  family
• Exhibits excessive anxiety ro worry
• Has difficulty arising in the a.m.
• Is hyperactive and excitable in the p.m.
• Sleeps fitfully or has difficulty getting to
  sleep
• Has night terrors and wakes in the middle of the
  night
• Is unable to concentrate at school
• Has poor handwriting
• Has difficulty organizing tasks
• Has difficultly making transitions
• Has many ideas at once
• Is very intuitive and very creative

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• Is intolerant of delays
• Relentlessly pursues own needs
• Argues with adults or bosses others
• Defies or refuses to comply with rules
• Blames others of his or her mistakes
• Is easily angered when people set limits
• Lies to avoid consequences of actions
• Has protracted explosive temper tantrums or rages

• Has destroyed property intentionally
• Curses viciously in anger
• Makes moderate threats against others or self
• Has made clear threats of suicide
• Is fascinated with blood and gore
• Has seen or heard hallucinations.

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PERSONALITY DISORDERS

• These
• disorders
• have no apparent distinct signs or symptoms!

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ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

• Characterized by a persons constant conflict
  with society-
• The person my display behavior that is cruel,
  uncaring, irresponsible, and impulsive

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PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER

• These people are often uncooperative with others
• They resent being told what to do
• They show their anger indirectly

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SCHIZOPHRENIA

• A mental disorder meaning split mind
• This disorder affects 1-2 percent of the
  population
• Appearing most in people between the ages of 15
  and 35.

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• A person with schizophrenia lose the ability
  to distinguish fantasy from reality, and become
  less and less able to function.
• Brain imaging shows signs of brain tissue
  shrinkage in those suffering from schizophrenia.
  Fluid-filled spaces exist in some areas where
  working brain tissue is normally found.

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True Stories of Split Personalities

• The Three Faces of Eve A doctor is treating Eve
  White when he discovers that her headaches and
  occasional blackouts are actually the result of
  -- -- multiple personalities! Under hypnosis, a
  whole new set of personalities emerge, such as
  nice-girl Jane and wild, fun-loving Eve Black.

• Sybil
• A girl with 16 different personalities. It
  was based on a true story about a young woman
  whose childhood was so disturbing she developed
  all these vastly different personas. Here, split
  personality is used as a metaphor for what people
  do to survive and the plight of abused children.

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TYPES OF THERAPY

• Therapy any activity that has healing-promoting
  effect
• Counselor a helping person
• Psychiatrist MD who after completing medical
  school receives specialized training and is
  licensed to prescribe drugs.
• Psychoanalyst a psychiatrist who specializes in
  seeking the root causes

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• Psychologist graduate degree in psychology.
• Social worker person with a graduate degree in
  social work includes training in counseling
• Drug therapy Prozac, lithium

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• Codependent helper" that allows the troubled
  person to avoid facing problems.
• Enabling misguided attempt to help, supports the
  continuation of the inappropriate behavior