1. Mental Disorders

2. Objectives Distinguish type of mental disordersDistinguish type of mental disorders Identify and describe the types of mental disorders that affect our society.Identify and describe the types of mental disorders that affect our society.

3. Mental Disorder Illness of the mind that prevent a person living a happy, healthful, and productive life.Illness of the mind that prevent a person living a happy, healthful, and productive life.

4. Facts about Mental Illness  Has nothing to do with intelligence  Can happen to anyone  Not contagious  Difficult to diagnose and to treat  Treated but not cured

5. Anxiety Disorders  Real or imagined fears are difficult to control

6. Phobias strong/irrational fear of somethingstrong/irrational fear of something

7. Arachnophobia

8. Claustrophobia

9. Nyctophobia

10. Acrophobia

11. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Trapped in a pattern of repeated thoughts or behavior

12. Panic Disorders Sudden, unexplained feeling of terrorSudden, unexplained feeling of terror

13. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder  Exposure to terrifying event that threatened or caused physical harm

14. Mood Disorders Illness with extreme mood changesIllness with extreme mood changes

15. Clinical Depression Feeling of sadness/hopelessness that lasts for weeksFeeling of sadness/hopelessness that lasts for weeks

16. Bipolar Disorder  mood swings from depression to mania

17. Eating Disorders extreme and damaging eating behaviorsextreme and damaging eating behaviors

18. Anorexia Nervosa self-starvation leading to extreme weight lossself-starvation leading to extreme weight loss

19. Bulimia eating large amounts of food and then tries to remove it from the bodyeating large amounts of food and then tries to remove it from the body

20. Schizophrenia Loses contact with reality