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Objectives Objectives
• Distinguish type of mental disordersDistinguish type of mental disorders
• Identify and describe the types of mental Identify and describe the types of mental disorders that affect our society.disorders that affect our society.
Mental DisorderMental Disorder
• Illness of the mind that prevent a person Illness of the mind that prevent a person living a happy, healthful, and productive life.living a happy, healthful, and productive life.
Facts about Mental IllnessFacts about Mental Illness
Has nothing to do with Has nothing to do with intelligenceintelligence
Can happen to anyoneCan happen to anyone Not contagiousNot contagious Difficult to diagnose and Difficult to diagnose and
to treatto treat Treated but not curedTreated but not cured
Anxiety DisordersAnxiety Disorders
Real or imagined fears are difficult to controlReal or imagined fears are difficult to control
Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderObsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Trapped in a pattern of repeated Trapped in a pattern of repeated thoughts or behavior thoughts or behavior
Panic DisordersPanic Disorders
• Sudden, unexplained feeling of terrorSudden, unexplained feeling of terror
Post Traumatic Stress DisorderPost Traumatic Stress Disorder
Exposure to terrifying event that Exposure to terrifying event that threatened or caused physical harmthreatened or caused physical harm
Clinical DepressionClinical Depression
• Feeling of sadness/hopelessness that Feeling of sadness/hopelessness that lasts for weekslasts for weeks
Bipolar DisorderBipolar Disordermood swings from depression to mood swings from depression to
maniamania
Eating DisordersEating Disorders
• extreme and damaging eating extreme and damaging eating behaviorsbehaviors
Anorexia NervosaAnorexia Nervosa
• self-starvation leading to extreme self-starvation leading to extreme weight lossweight loss
BulimiaBulimia• eating large amounts of food and then tries to eating large amounts of food and then tries to
remove it from the bodyremove it from the body