Mental and emotional problems

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6.Self-Concept

7.Pressures

8.Empathy

9.Confidence

10.Positive Stress

1.Positive

2.Stressors

3.Personality

4.Emotions

5.Heredity

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MENTAL ANDEMOTIONALPROBLEMS

LESSON 3, CHAPTER 5

WHAT ARE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS?

Mental and emotional disorders: illnesses that affect a person’s thoughts,feelings, and behavior.

Most mental disorders are characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, orbehaviors that make people uncomfortable with themselves or at odds withothers.

Abnormal = describes behaviors, feelings, or thoughts that are highly unusualand inappropriate in a given situation.

(Example: Linda washes her hands 100 times a day)

CAUSES OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS

Physical factors:

•Drug use

•Diseases

•Accidental injuries to the brain

•Heredity

Other mental and emotional disorders do not have physical causes.

•Some may come from repeated emotional stressors

If mental and emotional disorders are identified early, they can be treated sothat they don’t become lifelong problems.

TYPES OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS

Anxiety Disorders: extreme fears of real or imaginary situations that get in theway of normal activities.

Panic Disorder

- People experience intense feelings of fear for a short time…sometimes, forno reason.

- During a panic attack, the body prepares for fight or flight, even duringordinary situations (waiting in line)

Phobias

- An exaggerated or unrealistic fear of something specific (tight spaces,spiders, public places)

TYPES OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

- have unwanted thoughts that may not make sense

- A person with OCD may feel that he or she must perform acertain activity several times (washing hands)

- Doing these activities can make the anxiety go away for a shortwhile, but it quickly returns

Post-Traumatic stress disorder

- A reaction to a traumatic event (war, natural disaster)

- Bad or negative memories of the event remain for a long periodof time

TYPES OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS

Mood Disorder: a mental and emotional problem in which a person undergoes mood swings thatseem extreme, inappropriate, or last a long time.

Depression

-A person feels a strong sense of hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness, guilt, and extremesadness.

-These feelings can continue for weeks

-A person who is depressed may lose interest in activities that used to be fun

-If a person who is depressed begins to feel hopeless, they may consider ending their lives

Bipolar Disorder

-Extreme mood swings for no apparent reason.

-A person with bipolar disorder usually experiences alternating periods of excessive activity,called mania, and then depression.

-During times of mania, the person has an unrealistic belief in his or her abilities, leading topoor judgement and even dangerous risk taking.

SIGNS OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS

•Loss of appetite

•Failing to take care of their personal appearance

•Some may have nightmares or have problems falling asleep

•Hearing voices that no one else can hear

•Thinking that others are trying to harm them

•Long-lasting feelings of sadness

WARNING SIGNS OF SUICIDE

Signs ofSuicide

Wanting to beleft alone

Talking aboutSuicide

Saying finalgood-byes tofriends andloved ones

Giving awaypossessions

Engaging inrisky behaviorsuch as druguse or recklessdriving

Interest indeath orviolence

Suicide: the act of killingoneself on purpose.