Co-Occurring Disorders (Week 6) Flashcards
Depression
- Experiencing a despairing mood for most of the day.
- Must persist for at least two weeks to receive a diagnosis.
- The “Common Cold” of mental illness.
- Most commonly combined with alcohol use disorder.
Generalized Anxiety
- Frequent worry about everyday things.
- Trouble relaxing and controlling worries.
- Easily startled and has a hard time concentrating.
- Experiences frequent unexplainable pains.
- Tired all the time from constant stress.
- Most commonly combined with benzodiazepine (produces serotonin) misuse.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Disorder that is the result of a shocking or traumatic event.
- Core features: flashbacks and nightmares.
- Results in a behaviour shift in order to avoid triggers of that trauma.
- One may be easily startled, feeling on edge, and/or have trouble sleeping.
- May experience feelings of guilt and negative thoughts.
- There are two types: Bipolar I and Bipolar II.
Bipolar Disorder
A mental illness that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy, activity levels, and concentration.
There are three states: high, low, and well.
- Experience intense shifts between mania (high), depressive episodes (low), and then regular self (well).
Mania
A period in time where one with bipolar disorder is experiencing high levels where one feels…
- Continuously happy and euphoric.
- Irritable, angry, and aggressive.
- Overly confident, decreased need for sleep, and speeded up activity and speech.
Depressive Episode
A period in time where one with bipolar disorder is experiencing…
- Depressive mood.
- Loss of pleasure and energy.
- Feelings of worthlessness, guilt, and apathy.
- Thoughts of suicide.
Bipolar I
- A type of bipolar disorder where one experiences intense manic episodes.
Bipolar II
- A type of bipolar disorder where one experiences a pattern of manic episodes and depressive episodes.
- Manic episodes are of medium intensity (so never full mania).
Schizophrenia
A serious mental health condition that affects how people think, feel, and behave.
Each individual can experience many different symptoms that can go hand in hand.
Three categories:
- Psychotic: hallucinations, delusions, and movement disorders.
- Negative: flat affect, lack of pleasure, and reduced speaking.
- Cognitive: poor decision making, trouble focusing, and reduced attention.
Most commonly combined with cannabis use disorder.
Personality Disorders
- Significantly impaired functioning and one pathological personality trait.
- Stable across time and situations.
- Three Clusters: A (Weird), B (Wild), and C (Worried).
- Most commonly combined with opioid addictions.
Cluster A of Personality Disorders (Weird)
- The first cluster of personalty disorders.
- Individuals exhibit odd, bizarre, and eccentric behaviour (weird).
- Includes, paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personalty disorders.
Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD)
- Cluster A (weird) personality disorder.
- Marked by a pattern of distrust and suspicion of others without adequate reason to be suspicious.
- Individuals are always on guard, believing that others are constantly trying to demean, harm or threaten them.
Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Cluster A (weird) personality disorder.
- Characterized by a detachment from social relationships and a limited range of emotional expression in interpersonal settings.
Individuals are often described as aloof, emotionally blunted, isolated, disengaged, and distant, and frequently avoiding social interactions.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder (STPD)
- Cluster A (weird) personality disorder.
- A consistent pattern of intense discomfort with relationships and social interactions.
- Individuals typically have unusual thoughts, speech and behaviours, which usually hinder their ability to form and maintain relationships.
Cluster B of Personality Disorders (Wild)
- Personality disorder where individuals exhibit behaviours that are considered dramatic and erratic.
- Has the BiGGEST LINK with substance use disorder.
- Includes antisocial, narcissistic, borderline, and histrionic personalty disorder.