1. MENTAL DISORDERS – an illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of a person, preventing him or her from leading a happy, healthful, and productive life. ANOREXIA NERVOSA – a life threatening eating disorder defined by a refusal to maintain body weight within 13 percent of an individual’s minimal normal weight.

2. PANIC DISORDER – characterized by panic attacks, panic disorder results in sudden feelings of terror that strike repeatedly and without warning. OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) – is characterized by repeated, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or rituals that seem impossible to control (compulsions).

3. POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER – persistent symptoms of this disorder occur after experiencing a trauma such as abuse, natural disasters, or extreme violence. PHOBIAS – is a disabling and irrational fear of something that really poses little or no actual danger. GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER – chronic, exaggerated worry about everyday, routine life events and activities that lasts at least six months.

4. Characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Although children and adolescents with ADHD may not perform well in school, the disorder does not signal a lack of intelligence.

5. Also known as bipolar disorder, this is a brain disorder involving episodes of serious mania, and depression. The person’s mood usually swings from overly “high” and irritable to sad and hopeless, and then back again, with periods of normal mood in between.

6. a dissociation from or interruption of a person’s fundamental aspects of waking consciousness, triggered as a response to trauma and abuse. A major depression, or unipolar depression, is manifested by a combination of symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, sleep, eat, and enjoy once- pleasurable activities. It is more than a passing case of the “blues.” People with depression cannot just “pull themselves together.”.

7. A serious brain disorder, which affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts. It is a disease that makes it difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and imagined experiences, or to think logically

8. The inability to get the amount of sleep needed to function efficiently during the day. May be associated with an organic disease. ( ex. Arthritis, heart disorder), may be a symptom of depression, or may be caused by a person’s lifestyle. Sleep disorders are associated with increased mortality, poor career performance, overeating, and increased hospitalization. A neurological syndrome. The essential features of Tourette’s are multiple tics that are sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic, stereotypical, purposeless movements or vocalizations.

9. SIGNS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS Prolonged sadness for no specific reason Hopelessness – the sense that one’s life is out of control Violent or erratic mood shifts Inability to concentrate or to make decisions about daily life. Overwhelming fear, anxiety, or anger at the world Severe sleep disturbances – nightmares, insomnia, fitful sleep

10. MORE SIGNS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS Compulsive behaviors such as repeated hand washing. Self – destructive behaviors such as overeating, starving oneself, drinking, or other drug use. Frequent physical ailments for which no medical cause can be found.

11. 1.PSYCHOTHERAPY – an ongoing dialogue designed to get to the root of the problem and find a solution. 2.MEDICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY – the use of medications to treat or reduce a mental disorder. 3.PSYCHOANALYSIS – analysis of the patient’s past, particularly early life, to determine the early roots of a mental problem.

12. 1.PSYCHIATRIST – MD with specialization in diagnosing and treating mental disorders; knowledge of prescription medications for such disorders. Deal with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders of the mind. 2.NEUROLOGIST – MD with specialization in organic disorders of the brain and nervous system.

13. 1.CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST – Psychologist with experience and training in treating emotional and behavioral disorders. (CAN NOT PRESCRIBE MEDICATIONS) 2.PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER – social worker with concentration on psychiatric casework, doing fieldwork in a mental hospital, mental clinic, or family service provides guidance and treatment for clients with emotional problems.