Unit 1: Models of Health and Mental Disorder Flashcards

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Anxiety Disorders

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Excessive fear or anxiety

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Affective Disorders

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Mental conditions that affect a persons general emotional state

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3
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Dissociative Disorder

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Having 2 or more personalities

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OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)

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Unwanted or repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations that drive them to do a compulsive behavior

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Hypochondria

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Anxiety with ones health, with an unwarranted fear that one has a serious disease

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Bi-polar

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Extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression)

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PTSD

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A mental health condition triggered by a terrifying event

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Clinical Depression

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Mood disorder It causes severe symptoms that affect how a person feels, thinks, and handles daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working.

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Phobias

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An extreme or rational fear of or an aversion to something

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Trichotillomania

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Hair pulling frenzy

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ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)

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Attention difficulty, hyperactivity, impulsivness

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Munchausen Sydrome

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A parent or caregiver misleading others to believe that a person is sick

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Alzheimers

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A progressive disease that destroys memory and other mental functions

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14
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Pedophilia

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When adults engage in sexual activity with children younger than 13

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Psychiatrist vs Psychologist

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Psychiatrist treats mental illness and can prescribe meds

Psychologist studies and treats mental illness, can prescribe with certain license

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16
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Eustress vs Distress

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Eustress positive stress

Distress negative stress

17
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3 effective ways to deal with stress

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Exercise meditate sleep

18
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Social Worker

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treats mental illness among individuals and families

19
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S.A.D (seasonal affective disorder)

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feelings of sadness due to lack of sunlight

20
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Autism

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conditions characterized challenges with social skills, repetitive actions

21
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Asperger Syndrome

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A developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction

22
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Type A and B personality

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Type A Competitive, rushed, structured

Type B Laid back, relaxed, not easily frazzled

23
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Characteristics of someone with low self-esteem

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Walk with head down, bullying, pessimism

24
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Signs of depression

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Giving possessions away, drop in grades