1. Mental & Emotional Disorders

2. 1) Emotionally healthy people handle life’s problems without any help.
Quick Write:
True Or False
1) Emotionally healthy people handle life’s problems without any help.
2) Anxiety is always a sign of a serious mental problem.

3. Mental Disorder is…
Disorders of thought, emotion or behavior that cause distress and reduce a person’s ability to function

4. Identifying Mental & Emotional Problems
Mental and emotional problems vary in severity and duration.

5. Warning Signs-Need Help
Sudden, noticeable change in personality
Difficulty performing day-to- day tasks
Inability to cope with problems
Thoughts of suicide or homicide.

6. Generalized Anxiety Disorders
Overall fear that something is or will go wrong.

7. Panic Attacks Experience sudden, unexplained attacks of terror.
pounding heart
shortness of breath
Sweating
dizziness

8. Phobias
Extreme, irrational fear of an object or situation.

9. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Uncontrollable fixation on specific thoughts and behaviors.
Ex: repeated, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) about germs or dirt.

10. Post-Traumatic Stress
Experience a serious stress reaction in response to a terrifying event.
Ex: 9/11, war, serious accidents, violent crimes, abuse and natural disasters.

11. Clusters in families (inherited)
Causes
Clusters in families (inherited)
Chemical imbalance (hormones such as serotonin)
Learned Behavior

12. Treatment
Drug Therapy (Dr’s Care)
Counseling (Behavior Therapy)