Mental Illness Disorders Mental Illness Classifications Anxiety Disorders

Mental Illness Classifications • Anxiety Disorders: Extreme fears of real or imaginary situations that

Specific Phobias There are over 700 specific phobias documented. More than ten percent (10%)

Classifications (cont. ) • Personality Disorders: A personality disorder is a type of mental

Classifications (cont. ) • Mood Disorders: A problem in which a person undergoes mood

Classifications Cont. Eating Disorders - Anorexia Nervosa: An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation leading

Health Check-Up Activity • Prepare a “door hanger” that describe myths about mental disorders

This is a 2 part game… • Part I. - try and name the

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Mental Illness & Disorders

Mental Illness Classifications • Anxiety Disorders: Extreme fears of real or imaginary situations that interfere with normal life. - Panic Disorder: A disorder characterized by a fear of losing control followed by sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, and nausea. - Obsessive Compulsive: A disorder characterized by obsessions such as a need to perform behaviors over and over accompanied by compulsions such as hand washing, counting, hoarding, and arranging possessions. - Post Traumatic Stress: A disorder characterized by a withdrawal or depression after a distressing experience such as an accident, witnessing a violent act, natural disaster, etc. - Phobias: A disorder characterized by an intense and exaggerated fear of a specific situation or object.

Specific Phobias There are over 700 specific phobias documented. More than ten percent (10%) of the U. S. population has some form of phobia. It is the most common mental disorder in the United States. Phobias frequently begin in childhood and affect females more than males. • • • • Achluophobia: Darkness Acrophobia (6): Heights Aerophobia (3): Flying Agoraphobia (4): Open Places Agyrophobia: Crossing Streets Aichmophobia: Sharp Objects Alchiphobia: Failure Apiphobia: Bees Arachnophobia (1): Spiders Automysophobia: Being Dirty Ballistrophobia: Being Shot Barophobia: Falling Bibliophobia: Books Bogyphobia: Bogeyman Bromidrosophobia: Body Smells Brontophobia (9): Thunderstorms • • • • Carcinophobia (8): Cancer Catagelophobia: Ridicule Claustrophobia (5): Small Spaces Coulrophobia: Clowns Cynophobia: Dogs Emetophobia (7): Vomiting Epistemophobia: Places of Learning Erythrophobia: Red Color or Blushing Gatophobia: Cats Gephyrophobia: Crossing Bridges Gerascophobia: Growing Old Glossophobia: Public Speaking Hemophobia: Blood Hydrophobia: Water

Classifications (cont. ) • Personality Disorders: A personality disorder is a type of mental illness in which you have trouble perceiving and relating to situations and people — including yourself. Paranoid Personality Disorder: A disorder characterized by a distrust or suspiciousness of others. Schizophrenia: A severe mental disorder in which people lose contact with reality. Anti-social Personality Disorder: When you have antisocial personality disorder, you typically have no regard for right and wrong. You may often violate the law and the rights of others, landing yourself in frequent trouble or conflict. You may lie, behave violently, and have drug and alcohol problems

Classifications (cont. ) • Mood Disorders: A problem in which a person undergoes mood swings that seem extreme and last a long time. - Seasonal Affective Disorder: A disorder characterized by a mild form of depression occurring during certain seasons of the year. - Clinical Depression: A disorder characterized by a loss interest in life and no longer being able to find enjoyment in anything. - Bipolar Disorder: A disorder characterized by periods of extreme mania (hyperactivity) and depression.

Classifications Cont. Eating Disorders - Anorexia Nervosa: An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation leading to extreme weight loss these folks constantly see themselves as overweight and can be obsessed with standing on the scale. - Bulimia Nervosa: Bulimia nervosa is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder. People with bulimia nervosa may binge and purge, eating large amounts of food and then trying to get rid of the extra calories in an unhealthy way.

Health Check-Up Activity • Prepare a “door hanger” that describe myths about mental disorders AND provide facts that might encourage your friends, classmates, or peers to seek help for mental health issues.

This is a 2 part game… • Part I. - try and name the famous celebrity • Part II - name the disorder they have… if they have one at all

David Beckham

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Ben Stiller

Bipolar Disorder

Drew Barrymore

Clinical Depression

Michael Phelps

ADHD

Demi Lovato

Bulimia

Johnny Depp