Mental Disorders Flashcards
Causes delusions, hallucinations + confusion in the brain
Schizophrenia
Disease effecting a person’s memory
Alzheimer’s Disease
Intentional starvation, as to look “thin”
Anorexia
Binging and purging to maintain one’s weight
Bulimia
Loss of motor skills / jittery body, due to low levels of dopamine
Parkinson’s Disease
A category of loss memory
Dementia
Neurodegenerative genetic disorder / Brain cell + nerve deterioration
Huntington’s Disease
Motor gestures and phonic sounds made uncontrollably
Tourette Syndrome
Having trouble sleeping
Insomnia
Sudden drops in cognitive processes causing random sleeping
Narcolepsy
Purposely inflicting self-harm for medical attention, as the inflicted “enjoys” medical attention
Munchausen Syndrome
Disorder of movement, due to damage caused to the brain before/during/after birth
Cerebral Palsy
Effecting the development of a fetus during pregnancy due to drinking while pregnant
Fetal Alcohol Snydrome (FAS)
One who has the constant belief that they have some sort of physical illness;
Believe to have all of the symptoms, and thus seek medical attention
Hypochondria
Immune system slowly deteriorates the nerve system’s myelin sheaths, causing paralyzation
Guillian Barre
Reoccurring obsessions and compulsions
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Depression that occurs during a given season
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of certain situations/objects that induce such illogical fear
Phobia
Depression that occurs after giving birth
Postpartum Depression
Episodes of debilitating anxiety + fear arise frequently and without reasonable cause
Panic Disorder
Mental health condition (depression) triggered by experiencing or seeing a terrifying event
Post Traumatic Depression Syndrome (PTSD)
Communication / social impairment;
May also involve routine habits
Autism
A learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading
Dyslexia
A mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Narcolepsy that is triggered by strong emotions
Cataplexy
Compulsive desire to pull out (and sometimes eat) one’s own hair
Trichotillomania
