1. Mental and Emotional Health
8th Grade

2. Mental health
The 1)state of being comfortable with 2)yourself, with others and with your 3)surroundings
You can learn from your 4)mistakes and recognize your 5)achievements

3. Emotional health How you 6)react to events in your 7)life
You need to take the time to 8)relax, and you need to 9)share your feelings with others

4. Mental Disorders
An 10)illness that affects the mind and 11)reduces a person’s ability to function or 12)adjust to change

5. Causes of Mental disorder
13)Physical Factors
Heredity
14)Early Experiences
15)Recent Experiences

6. Physical factors Damages to the 16)brain may cause mental disorder
The damaged could be caused by:
17)Tumor Growth
Injury
18)Infection
Poison
19)Alcohol
Drugs

7. Phineas Gage

8. Heredity A person may 20)inherit a tendency toward mental 21)disorder
This does not 22)mean the will 23)develop the disorder
It means that a person has a 24)greater chance of developing it

9. Early experiences
Extremely 25)negative experiences that occur in 26)life can lead to mental illness:
27)Abuse
28)Neglected
Witness or being involved in a 29)traumatic event

10. Recent experiences More recent events like:
30)Death of loved one
Traumatic event
31)Continually high 32)stress situations
These can 33)trigger a disorder

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12. Anxiety This is a feeling of:
34)Fear
35)Unease
36)Worry
The source of these 37)symptoms is not always 38)known

13. Anxiety disorder
When 39)anxiety persists for a long period of 40)time and starts to interfere with 41)daily activities it becomes classified as a 42)disorder

14. Anxiety disorder Some of the 43)most common anxiety disorders include:
44)Generalized Anxiety
Phobias
45)Panic attacks
Obsessive-Compulsive disorders (OCD)
46)Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

15. Generalized Anxiety disorder
A person with this disorder displays 47)intense:
48)Worry
49)Fear
Most days for at least 50)6 months

16. Generalized Anxiety disorder
Warning signs include:
51) Restlessness
52) Fatigue
53) Trouble Falling asleep
54) Trouble concentrating

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18. Phobias
An 55)anxiety that is related to a specific 56)situation or object is classified as a 57)phobia
Most people are 58)fearful of certain things but a phobia is 59)uncontrolled fear of a object or situation

19. Phobias Some of the most 60) common phobias include:
61)Arachnophobia (spiders)
62)Aviophobia (Flying)
63)Acrophobia (high places)

21. Phobias Agoraphobia (Open public spaces)
64)Claustrophobia (Small closed in places)
65)Ophidiophobia (Snakes)

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23. Panic Attacks
66)Panic disorder is a type of anxiety disorder in which you have 67)repeated attacks of 68)intense fear that something 69)bad will happen

24. Panic Attacks The symptoms include: 70)Fast heart rate
71)Rapid breathing
72)Sweating
73)Trembling or Shaking

25. Panic Attacks 74)Chest pain Choking sensation 75)Nausea Dizziness
76)Fear of losing control
Believes they are 77)dying

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27. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
An 78)obsession is a unwanted thought or 79)image that takes control of the 80)mind
A 82)compulsion is the need to 83)behave in a certain way to 84)prevent a feared outcome

28. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
a type of 85)anxiety disorder that can 86)occur after you have gone through an 87)extreme emotional trauma that involved the threat of 88)injury or death.

29. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Those with PTSD suffer from 89)flashbacks of the event and have a hard time 90)staying asleep
91)Concentration is difficult due to their 92)mind always going back to the 93)event

30. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Those with 94)PTSD can suffer from 95)depression from feeling guilty for 96)surviving when others had died during the 97)event
Many attempt 98)suicide at least once after the event

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32. Mood disorders
These 99)people experience extreme 100)emotions that make it 101)difficult to function
The two primary types of moods are 102)depression and 103)mania
Most mood disorders fall under one of the following:
104)Depressive disorders
105)Bipolar disorders

33. Depressive disorders
These disorders are mental illnesses 106)characterized by a profound and 107)persistent feeling of 108)sadness
It can also 109)include the feeling of 110)despair
Loss of 111)interest in things that once were 112)pleasurable
Disturbance occurs in:
113)Sleep
114)Appetite

34. Depressive disorders All depression types are 115)not the same
116)Major depression (clinical depression)
117)Chronic depression (dysthymia)
These are the most 118)common types

35. Depressive disorders
However there are also other types of depression with 119)unique signs, symptoms, and 120)treatment

36. Depressive disorders
These disorders are 121)characterized by a long-term 122)depressed mood (two years or more)
123)Chronic depression is less 124)severe than major depression

37. Depressive disorders
There are 125)times (few days a year) you may feel:
126)Sad
127)Lonely
128)Hopeless
Major depression lasts 129)longer and is 130)disabling
It can prevent you from 131)functioning normally

38. Depressive disorders
An 132)episode of clinical depression may occur 133)only once in a person's 134)lifetime
More often, though, it 135)recurs throughout a person's 136)life

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40. Bipolar Bipolar disorder is associated with 137)mood swings
they range from the 138)lows of depression to the 139)highs of mania

41. Bipolar
Mood 140)shifts may occur only a few 141)times a year, or as often as 142)several times a day
In some cases it causes symptoms of 143)depression and 144)mania at the same time

42. Bipolar This 145)disorder tends to run in 146)families
Research has shown that 147)people with certain 148)genes are more likely to develop 149)bipolar disorder than others

43. Bipolar
Children with a 150)parent or sibling who has 151)bipolar disorder are more likely to 152)develop the illness than the general 153)population
Most 154)children with a family 155)history of bipolar disorder will 156)not develop the 157)illness

44. Bipolar
People with bipolar 158)disorder may also abuse 159)alcohol or drugs
Many have 160)relationship issues
They tend to 161)perform poorly in school or at 162)work

45. Bipolar
This 158)condition develops in a person's late 159)teens or early adult 160)years
At least 161)half of all cases start before age 162)25

46. Bipolar
Some 163)people have their first 164)symptoms during 165)childhood
Others develop 166)symptoms late in 167)life

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48. schizophrenia
People with the disorder may 168)hear voices other people 169)don't hear
They may believe:
Other people are 170)reading their minds
171)Controlling their thoughts
Plotting to 172)harm them

49. schizophrenia
This can 173)terrify people with the illness and make them 174)withdrawn or extremely 175)agitated

50. schizophrenia
People with this disorder may not make 176)sense when they 177)talk
They may sit for 178)hours without moving or 179)talking
Sometimes people seem 180)perfectly fine until they talk about what they are 181)really thinking

51. schizophrenia
182)Treatment helps relieve many symptoms of 183)schizophrenia
But most people who have the disorder 184)cope with symptoms throughout their 185)lives

52. schizophrenia
186)Scientists have long known that 187)schizophrenia runs in 188)families
The illness occurs in 189)1 percent of the general 190)population

53. schizophrenia
However it occurs in 191)10 percent of people who have a 192)first-degree relative with the disorder (parent, 193)brother, or sister)

54. schizophrenia
People who have 194)second-degree relatives (aunts, uncles, 195)grandparents, or cousins)
Also develop 196)schizophrenia more often than the 197)general population 

55. schizophrenia It affects 198)men and women 199)equally
It occurs at 200)similar rates in all 201)ethnic groups around the 202)world
Symptoms such as 203)hallucinations and 204)delusions usually start between ages 205)16 and 30

56. schizophrenia
Men tend to 206)experience symptoms a little earlier than 207)women
Most of the 208)time people do not get schizophrenia after age 209)45
It 210)rarely occurs in 211)children

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58. Impulse-control disorders
People with the disorder 212)cannot resist the 213)impulse, or drive to act in a way that is 214)harmful to themselves or others
215)75 million people in the US 216)suffer from these disorders

59. Impulse-control disorders
These are the most common disorders:
217)Pathological gambling
218)Pyromania
219)Kleptomania

60. Personality Disorders
Personality refers to a 220)distinctive set of traits, 221)behavior styles, and patterns that make up our 222)character or individuality
How we perceive the 223)world, our attitudes, thoughts, and feelings are all part of our 224)personality

61. Personality Disorders
People with 225)healthy personalities are able to cope with normal 226)stresses and have no trouble forming relationships with:
227)Family
228)Friends
229)Co-workers

62. Personality Disorders
Those who 230)struggle with a personality disorder have great 231)difficulty dealing with other people
They tend to be:
232)Inflexible
233)Rigid
unable to respond to the 234)changes and demands of 235)life

63. Personality Disorders
They feel that their 236)behavior patterns are “237)normal”
People with these disorders tend to have a 238)narrow view of the world and find it 239)difficult to participate in 240)social activities

64. Personality Disorders
A personality disorder must fulfill several criteria. A 241)deeply ingrained, inflexible pattern of:
242)Relating
243)Perceiving
244)Thinking
That is serious enough to cause 245)distress or impaired functioning is a 246)personality disorder

65. Personality Disorders
These disorders are usually recognizable by 247)adolescence or earlier
It continues throughout 248)adulthood
It become less obvious throughout 249)middle age

66. Personality Disorders
Some 250)experts believe that events occurring in 251)early childhood exert a 252)powerful influence upon behavior later in 253)life
Others indicate that people are 254)genetically predisposed to personality 255)disorders

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68. Eating Disorders
An 256)eating disorder is an illness that causes serious 257)disturbances to your everyday 258)diet
Eating 259)extremely small amounts of food
Severely 260)overeating

69. Eating Disorders
Severe 261)distress or concern about body weight or 262)shape may also signal an eating disorder
Common eating disorders include:
263)Anorexia nervosa
264)Bulimia nervosa
265)Binge-eating

70. Anorexia nervosa
People with 266)anorexia nervosa see themselves as 267)overweight, even when they are clearly 268)underweight
Food and 269)weight control become 270)obsessions
People typically 271)weigh themselves repeatedly

71. Anorexia nervosa
Some people with anorexia nervosa may also engage in 272)binge-eating followed by:
extreme 273)dieting
excessive 274)exercise
self-induced 275)vomiting
misuse of:
276)Laxatives
Diuretics
277)Enemas

72. Anorexia nervosa The disorder displays the following 278)symptoms:
Extreme 279)thinness
A relentless 280)pursuit of thinness
Unwillingness to maintain a 281)normal or healthy weight

73. Anorexia nervosa Intense 282)fear of gaining weight
283)Distorted body image
Denial of the 284)seriousness of low body weight
Lack of 285)menstruation among girls and 286)women

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75. Bulimia nervosa
This is an 287)eating disorder characterized by 288)frequent episodes of 289)binge eating
It then followed by 290)frantic efforts to avoid gaining 291)weight
It affects women and men of all 292)ages

76. Bulimia nervosa
When you’re 293)struggling with bulimia, life is a constant 294)battle between the desire to lose weight or stay 295)thin
It also brings on the 296)overwhelming compulsion to binge 297)eat

77. Bulimia nervosa People 298)don’t want to binge
They feel 299)guilty and ashamed 300)afterwards
During an average binge people 301)consume from 3,000 to 302)5,000 calories in one 303)hour
After it ends, 304)panic sets in and they turn to drastic measures to “305)undo” the binge

78. Bulimia nervosa
They take 306)laxatives, inducing vomiting, or going for a 307)ten-mile run
All the while they feel 308)increasingly out of control

79. Bulimia nervosa
It’s important to note that 309)bulimia doesn’t necessarily involve 310)purging
If you make up for your 311)binges by:
312)Fasting
313)Exercising to excess
314)Crash diets
these also 315)qualifies as bulimia

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