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Local and National Mental Health Agencies

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Local and National Mental Health Agencies

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Psychotic disorders are a group of serious illnesses that affect the mind. They make it hard for someone to think clearly, make good judgments, respond emotionally, communicate effectively, understand reality, and behave appropriately

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People with this illness have changes in behavior and other symptoms -- such as delusions and hallucinations -- that last longer than 6 months. It usually affects them at work or school, as well as their relationships.

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PTSD - A form of anxiety from Module 1

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In general, CBT teaches you different ways of thinking, behaving, and reacting to the obsessions and compulsions.

Exposure and Response Prevention (EX/RP) is a specific form of CBT which has been shown to help many patients recover from OCD. EX/RP involves gradually exposing you to your fears or obsessions and teaching you healthy ways to deal with the anxiety they cause.

Medication

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and/or behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over.

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Obsessions are repeated thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause anxiety. Common symptoms include:

Fear of germs or contamination

Unwanted forbidden or taboo thoughts involving sex, religion, or harm

Aggressive thoughts towards others or self

Having things symmetrical or in a perfect order

Compulsions are repetitive behaviors that a person with OCD feels the urge to do in response to an obsessive thought. Common compulsions include:

Excessive cleaning and/or hand-washing

Ordering and arranging things in a particular, precise way

Repeatedly checking on things, such as repeatedly checking to see if the door is locked or that the oven is off

Compulsive counting

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A Mood Disorder can be characterized by as highs and lows a person’s mood goes through, such as depression or bipolar disorder.

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Major Depressive Disorder - Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal day-to-day activities, and sometimes you may feel as if life isn't worth living
Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder that causes periods of depression and abnormally elevated moods. The elevated mood is significant and is known as mania, or hypomania if less severe and symptoms of psychosis are absent. During mania, an individual behaves or feels abnormally energetic, happy, or irritable. Individuals often make poorly thought out decisions with little regard to the consequences

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IEP vs. 504 Plans

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IEP vs. 504 Plan: What Is the Difference Between IEP and 504 Plan?

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A mental disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms are violated. These behaviors are often referred to as "antisocial behaviors."

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A frequent and persistent pattern of anger, irritability, arguing, defiance or vindictiveness toward you and other authority figures.

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A brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development.

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Anxiety comes in the form of worry, apprehension, dread, fear or distress. Occasional nervousness and fleeting anxieties occur when a child is first faced with an unfamiliar or especially stressful situation.

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There is no one cause for anxiety. Genetics alone can't cause anxiety, because within one family you may have a child who seems to be born anxious, while his or her sibling could use a little more caution because they seem to be fearless. Exposure to a stressful environment can be a pathway to developing anxiety, but even with exposure to a traumatic event, only about 1/4 of all children develop a post-traumatic stress disorder. It is best to understand the causes of anxiety as resulting from a combination of an increased vulnerability to anxiety-- because of genetic or physiological makeup-and exposure to a specific trauma or acute or ongoing stressor.

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy:
Teaching kids to challenge their anxious thoughts and understanding of situations, rather than accepting anxious thoughts as the truth, CBT encourages kids to generate more realistic versions of situations and their ability to cope with them. Ready with a new mindset, children then gradually face their fearful situations breaking the challenges down into small, manageable steps. Overtime, children are able to more quickly tap into non-anxious interpretations of situations, and understand that avoidance of feared situations, only makes matters worst, instead the only way to get past anxiety is to face it head on and approach situations until they become used to them.

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An eating disorder is a condition characterized by irregular or abnormal eating habits. Eating disorders are actually serious and often fatal illnesses that are associated with severe disturbances in people’s eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions.

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Eating disorder characterized by binge eating, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.

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A disorder involving frequent consumption of large amounts of food without stopping.

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Eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of weight. People with anorexia place a high value on controlling their weight and shape, using extreme efforts that tend to significantly interfere with their lives.To prevent weight gain or to continue losing weight, people with anorexia usually severely restrict the amount of food they eat.