10-22-2010, 05:17 PM
Mental Disorders
1. Organic Disorder: physical illness/injury that affects the brain. (ex. tumors, infections, etc.)
2. Functional Disorder: psychological cause, not brain damage. (ex. heredity, fear)
3. Phobia: strong, irrational fear of something specific. (ex. gunman coming to school, spiders, etc.)
4. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): trapped in a pattern with repeated thoughts or behavior: persistent. (ex. tapping, can't sit still.)
5. Panic Disorder: sudden unexplained feelings that can't be helped. (ex. taking the bus because you think if you take a plane, it will crash.)
6. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): exposure to a terrifying event that threatened or caused physical harm.
7. Mood Disorder: mood extremes that interfere with everyday living. (ex. sad one day, the next angry.)
8. Bipolar Disorder: extreme mood changes, levels and behavior.
9. Clinical Depression: feeling of sadness, hopelessness, despair that is lasting for weeks and interfere with daily living.
10. Eating Disorder: obesession with bodily image and thinness, to a point that you will not eat for weeks to get skinny.
11. Conduct Disorder: right of others or basic social rules are violated.
12. Schizophrenia (most severe): a person losses contact with reality and usually commits suicide.
13. Anti Social Personality Disorder: irritable, aggressive, impulsive and violent.
14. Border-Line Personality Disorder: engages in high risk activities.
15. Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder: uncooperative, resent being told what to do, angers over issues of control.
I hope this helps.
Thanks to me and my 9th grade Health Teacher (Ms.Roll). She put this together. I took the notes. I spent alot of time doing this, so i hope this helps.
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