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Thursday, February 27 “A” Day Chapter 3 Quiz Read pp. 82-88 Answer questions

1-6 on page 88 in your notes.

Review Section 1 Go over Mental

Illness Project

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Objectives

Explain how mental disorders are recognized.

Identify four causes of mental disorders.

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Describe five types of anxiety disorders and four other types of mental disorders.

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For each of your responses, explain why you gave the answer you did.

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Quick Quiz Which of the following statements are always true? Which are sometimes true? Which are always false?

It is easy to identify a person with a mental disorder.

Mental disorders are caused by emotional problems.

Mental disorders affect a person’s ability to function.

People who have a mental disorder are dangerous.

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A mental disorder is an illness that affects the mind and reduces a person’s ability to function, to adjust to change, or to get along with others.

What are Mental Disorders?

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• Mental health experts see abnormal thoughts, feelings, or behaviors as signs, or symptoms,of a mental disorder.

Recognizing Mental Disorders

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one example of a mental disorder.

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Some factors that can cause mental disorders areCauses of Mental Disorders

• physical factors• heredity• early experiences• recent experiences

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• Physical Factors Damage to the brain may cause a mental disorder.

Causes of Mental Disorders

• Heredity A person may inherit a tendency toward a mental disorder.

• Early Experiences Extremely negative experiences that occur early in life can lead to mental illness.

• Recent Experiences Some mental health experts think that recent experiences are more likely than early experiences to trigger a mental disorder.

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• Anxiety is fear caused by a source you cannot identify or a source that doesn’t pose as much threat as you think.

Anxiety Disorders

• When the anxiety persists for a long time and interferes with daily living, this is a sign of an anxiety disorder.

• In any six-month period nearly ten percent of Americans have an anxiety disorder.

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• A person with this disorder displays intense worry, fears, or anxiety most days for at least six months.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Anxiety that is related to a specific situation or object is called a phobia.

Phobias

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder• A type of anxiety disorder. It can occur after you've seen or

experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death.

• an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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• People who have a mood disorder experience extreme emotions that make it difficult to function well in their daily lives.

Mood Disorders (Also called Affective)

• Depression is an emotional state in which a person feels extremely sad and hopeless.

• Mania is an abnormally elated mental state, typically characterized by feelings of euphoria, racing thoughts, diminished need for sleep.• Bipolar is a mental illness characterized by extreme

mood swings, from mania to depression.

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• Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder identified by serious disturbances in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior.

Psychotic Disorders

• People with an impulse-control disorder cannot resist the impulse, or drive, to act in a way that is harmful to themselves or to others.

Impulse-Control and Addiction Disorders

• Some examples of impulse-control disorders are• kleptomania (taking items not needed or wanted)• gambling• uncontrolled shopping (buying many unnecessary things)

• Some examples of addictions are• Alcohol and Drugs

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People who have a personality disorder display rigid patterns of behavior that make it difficult for them to get along with others.

Personality Disorders

• Antisocial Personality Disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal.

• Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder: is a condition in which a person is preoccupied with rules, orderliness, and control. People with OCD have unwanted thoughts, while people with OCPD believe that their thoughts are correct.

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Mental Disorders Review Questions1. What is a mental disorder? How are mental

disorders recognized?An illness that affects a person’s ability to function;

abnormal thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.

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2. List four possible causes of mental disorders.Physical factors, heredity, early experiences, recent experiences

3. What is an anxiety disorder? What is the key difference between a phobia and generalized anxiety disorder?Anxiety that persists and interferes with daily living; a phobia is related to a specific object or situation, generalized anxiety disorder has no specific source

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Mental Disorders Review Questions4. What is a compulsion? How does a compulsion

differ from an obsession?An unreasonable need to behave in a certain way; a

compulsion involves an action, while an obsession is a thought or image.

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5. What are some symptoms of a mood disorder?Extreme emotions that make it difficult to function

6. Explain how someone who has frequent unexpected panic attacks might develop a phobia.They fear situations that trigger attacks

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Mental Disorders Review Questions7. Eric spends about six hours a day playing video

games. He resents being called away from the computer for supper. He has lost interest in most other activities and his grades are dropping. What type of mental disorder might Eric have? Explain.Eric may have an impulse-control disorder; he

cannot resist the impulse to play.

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Mental Illness Research Project

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