health 110 test 2 disorders Flashcards
Mental Illness Defined..
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“alterations in thinking, mood, or behaviour (or a combination of these) associated with significant distress, dysfunction, and impaired functioning
endogenous
biochemical origin
exogenous
external event
categories of mental health disorders
Mood Disorders
◦ Clinical Depression ◦ Bipolar Disorder
◦ SAD
clinical depression
caused by environmental conditions
- excoginogist-trauma is the cause - external event
- biochemical imbalance in neurotransmitters-genetic or substance use(chicken or the egg)
symptoms
- fatigue
- sleep- too much or insomnia
- loss of appetite
- libido loss
- loss of activity or too much
- nonspecific pain
who is more at risk of depression?
- minorities
- women
- seniors
- people with chronic illness
- teenagers
how to diagnose it?
5 or more symptoms for 2 or more weeks
treatment
exogenous vs endogenous
Substance Use and Depression
• Strong relationship between substance use
and depression
• Alcohol
• Depressive symptoms common in withdrawal
from substance use eg. cocaine, crystal meth
• When brain is repairing itself from damage of
alcohol or drug use, often symptoms of depression are experienced
seasonal effective disorder
Causes
anxiety disorders
isorders characterized by persistent feelings of threat and anxiety in coping with everyday problems.
Major types:
generalized anxiety disorder
Excessive worry and anxiety which interferes with daily life
social anxiety
Excessive fear of embarrassment/humiliation or being evaluated negatively by other people
PTSD
Potential reaction to severe trauma
obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessions – unwanted ideas, thoughts, images, impulses that occur over and over again and create discomfort or distress (anxiety, guilt, shame)
panic disorder
In a spontaneous panic attack, your body goes through exactly the same physiological fight/flight reaction that it does in a truly life-threatening situation.
Symptoms:
schizophrenia
Biological brain disease
anorexia
Fear of weight gain
bulimia
Eating a lot of food in a short period of time
binge-eating disorder
Eatalotoffoodinashortperiodoftimeona regular basis