We are living in a world where mental health is being treated with a lot more respect than ever before, but that means we all need to do our parts to educate ourselves on the symptoms, so we can identify them when one of us or our peers begin to show the signs. Let’s start with anxiety!
APA clinical handbook
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV)
Physicians desk reference
Encyclopedia of psychological disorders
Mood disorders
Schizophrenia
Substance use disorders
Anxiety disorders
Emotional disturbances of varied kinds that may spill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and thought processes
Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and deterioration of adaptive behavior
Physical ailments that cannot be fully explained by organic conditions
Feelings of excessive apprehension and worry
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Hypochondriasis
Excessive-complusive disorder
Phobic disorder
OCD
Major depressive disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Panic disorder
Schizophrenic disorder
Phobic disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Agoraphobia
OCD
Generalized anxiety disorder
Bipolar disorder
Recurrent, sudden, and unexpected attacks of overwhelming anxiety
Enduring psychological disturbances attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event
A chronic high level of anxiety
A persistent and irrational fear of an object or stimulation
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Panic disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Phobic disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
OCD
An elevator phobia
A spider phobia
Focus excessive attention on perceived threats
Have a pessimistic explanatory style
Selectively recall information that seems threatening
Misinterpret harmless situations as threatening
Emotional disturbances of varied kinds that may spill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and thought processes
Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and deterioration of adaptive behavior
Physical ailments that cannot be fully explained by organic conditions
Feelings of excessive apprehension and worry
Fugue
Bipolar disorder
Panic disorder
Conversion disorder
Fugue
Major depressive disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Bipolar disorder
Major depressive disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Cyclothymic disorder
Minor depressive disorder
Bipolar disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenic disorder
Major depressive disorder
Is stronger for bipolar disorder than for major depressive disorder
Is stronger for major depressive disorder than for bipolar disorder
Is equally strong for major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder
Is not associated with bipolar disorder
GABA and serotonin
Serotonin and norepinephrine
Norepinephrine and dopamine
Dopamine and GABA
Prefrontal cortex
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Corpus colosseum
Anxiety disorders
Dissociative disorders
Schizophrenic disorders
Depressive disorders
Emotional disturbances of varied kinds that may spill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and thought processes
Delusions, hallucinations,. disorganized speech, and deterioration of adaptive behavior
Physical ailments that cannot be fully explained by organic conditions
Feelings of excessive apprehension and worry
Disturbed or irrational thought processes
An absence of or flattening of emotions
Hallucinations
Noticeable deterioration in the quality of routine functioning and work, social relations, and personal care
Inappropriate emotions
A lack of or flattening of emotions
Either a lack of or inappropriate emotions
At times a lack of emotions and at other times inappropriate emotions
Negative symptoms
Positive symptoms
Perceptual symptoms
Behavioral symptoms
Dopamine
GABA
Norepinephrine
Serotonin and epinephrine
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