Module 5 Flashcards
______ is defined as a persons mental health condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.
Mental Health
________ is an illness that impacts a persons thoughts, and perception of reality.
Mental illness
Mood disorder, schizophrenia, dementia, anxiety disorder, and eating disorder are five categories of what?
Mental Illness
Depression and bipolar are examples of what?
Mood disorders
A major depressive syndrome is defined as a depressed mood or loss of interest of at least ____ weeks.
2 weeks
What mental illness involves mania and depression?
Bipolar Disorder
Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that impacts the way a person thinks. T or F
True
Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized, and abnormal motor behavior are characteristic ____________.
Schizophrenia
Symptoms of schizophrenia typically manifest between the ages of ___ and ___.
16 and 30
Flat affect is decreased emotional expressiveness. T or F
True
______ is an umbrella term used to describe a decline in memory.
Dementia
________ are a group of mental disturbances characterized by anxiety as a corp symptom.
Anxiety disorder
List the three most common eating disorders.
Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-Eatin
_______ and tranquilizers produce the most dangerous physical withdrawals.
Alcohol
________ is an illness involving a distortion of reality.
Psychosis