Mental
Illnesses
There are many different types of
mental disorders. In fact there are probably too many to fit on
this page. But I will do my best.
A quick brief list: ANxiety
disorders, Mood Disorders, Psychotic
Disorders, Addiction disorders, Personality disorders, Dissociative
Disorders, Somatoform Disorders, Tic Disorders.
A Lengthier, More
extensive, and descriptive list:
Anxiety Disorders: Anxiety
disorder: A chronic condition characterized by an excessive and
persistent sense of apprehension with physical symptoms such as
sweating, palpitations, and feelings of
stress. Anxiety disorders have biological and environmental causes.
May include: panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post
traumatic stress
disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and generalized
anxiety disorder.
Mood Disorders:
Mood
disorders: These disorders, also called affective disorders,
involve persistent feelings of sadness or periods of feeling overly
happy, or
fluctuations from extreme happiness to extreme sadness. The most common
mood
disorders aredepression,
mania and bipolar disorder.
Psychotic
Disorders:
Psychotic disorders:
Psychotic disorders involve distorted awareness and thinking. Two of
the most
common symptoms of psychotic disorders are hallucinations -- the
experience of
images or sounds that are not real, such as hearing voices -- and
delusions --
false beliefs that the ill person accepts as true, despite evidence to
the
contrary. Schizophrenia is an
example of a psychotic disorder.
Addiction Disorders: Impulse
control and addiction disorders: People with impulse control
disorders are unable to resist urges, or impulses, to perform acts that
could
be harmful to themselves or others. Pyromania (starting fires),
kleptomania
(stealing) and compulsive gambling are examples of impulse control
disorders.
Alcohol and drugs are common objects of addictions. Often, people with
these
disorders become so involved with the objects of their addiction that
they
begin to ignore responsibilities and relationships.
Personality Disorders: Personality
disorders: People with personality disorders have
extreme and inflexible personality traits that are distressing to the
person
and/or cause problems in work, school or social relationships. In
addition, the
person's patterns of thinking and behavior significantly differ from
the
expectations of society and are so rigid that they interfere with the
person's
normal functioning. Examples include antisocial personality disorder,
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and paranoid personality
disorder.
Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative
disorders: People with these disorders suffer severe
disturbances or changes in memory, consciousness, identity, and general
awareness of themselves and their surroundings. These disorders usually
are
associated with overwhelming stress, which may be the result of
traumatic
events, accidents or disasters that may be experienced or witnessed by
the
individual. Dissociative identity disorder, formerly called multiple
personality disorder, or "split personality", and depersonalization
disorder are examples of dissociative disorders.
Somatoform Disorders: Somatoform
disorders: A person with a somatoform disorder, formerly
known as psychosomatic disorder, experiences physical symptoms of an
illness
even though a doctor can find no medical cause for the symptoms.
Tic
Disorders: Tic
disorders: People with tic disorders make sounds or display body
movements that are repeated, quick, sudden and/or uncontrollable.
(Sounds that
are made involuntarily are called vocal tics.) Tourette syndrome is an
example
of a tic disorder.
Wanna
know where I got this info???
So that's a lot to absorb.
Don't worry we will just be focusing on...
Psychotic
Disorders
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