Mental Mental DisordersDisorders

I. Anxiety DisordersI. Anxiety Disorders• Disorders in which real or imagined Disorders in which real or imagined

fears occur so often they prevent a fears occur so often they prevent a person from enjoying life.person from enjoying life.

• Phobias are an example.Phobias are an example.

II. Clinical DepressionII. Clinical Depression

• Prolonged and persistent Prolonged and persistent depression. It is typically treated depression. It is typically treated with medication.with medication.

III. Bipolar DisorderIII. Bipolar Disorder

• A mood disorder in which a A mood disorder in which a person’s moods vary from being person’s moods vary from being very high to very depressed. It is very high to very depressed. It is caused by a chemical imbalance.caused by a chemical imbalance.

IV. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder IV. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)(OCD)

• Behavior that is characterized Behavior that is characterized by unreasonable thoughts and by unreasonable thoughts and actions that are rigid, inflexible, actions that are rigid, inflexible, and repetitive.and repetitive.

V. SchizophreniaV. Schizophrenia

• A mental disorder in which A mental disorder in which there is a split or breakdown there is a split or breakdown in logical thought processes.in logical thought processes.

VI. Addictive BehaviorVI. Addictive Behavior

• Behavior associated with repeated and Behavior associated with repeated and continual connection with an activity or continual connection with an activity or object that results in unhealthful object that results in unhealthful effects on the person.effects on the person.

• It is usually an escape from situations It is usually an escape from situations

or responsibilities that are painful or or responsibilities that are painful or difficult.difficult.

VII. CodependenceVII. Codependence

• A mental disorder in which a A mental disorder in which a person loses personal identity, person loses personal identity, has frozen feelings, and copes has frozen feelings, and copes ineffectively.ineffectively.

VIII. EnablerVIII. Enabler

• A person who knowingly or A person who knowingly or unknowingly supports a person who unknowingly supports a person who has an addiction by protecting them, has an addiction by protecting them, making it easy for them to continue in making it easy for them to continue in the addiction.the addiction.

IX. InterventionIX. Intervention

• A confrontation by people such as A confrontation by people such as parents, spouses, or friends, who wish parents, spouses, or friends, who wish to help a person with an addiction.to help a person with an addiction.

X. TreatmentX. Treatment

• Therapy that helps a person Therapy that helps a person overcome an addiction. Individual overcome an addiction. Individual therapy, group therapy, and 12-step therapy, group therapy, and 12-step programs are effective forms of programs are effective forms of therapy.therapy.

XI. RelapseXI. Relapse

• A return to an addiction after A return to an addiction after a period of abstaining from it.a period of abstaining from it.