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Another great resource for helping veterans.

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Veterans Charity - Non Profit Organization for Veterans | WWP

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Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit organization that helps veterans and active duty service members. Learn more about our programs or how you can support wounded warriors.

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I found the PFA training to be truly informative.  I particularly liked how they broke down not only the cultural nuisances that should be considered when administering aid immediately after a crisis event.

Breaking down how to interact with children versus adults during crisis was helpful.

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I appreciate the simplicity of the ABC model to crisis intervention.  The fist step is establishing a relationship.  An individual who has experienced crisis may find it hard to open up to a stranger.  This step is crucial to establish trust and a safe environment.

The next step in the model is to understand the problem.  Being able to understand what your client has gone through and how it has impacted them is important. Using empathy statements can be helpful.

The final step is to take action.  Working with the client to implement a plan and assisting with resources to execute the plan.

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Just like any organization the Armed Forces is made up of personnel from many different backgrounds and beliefs.

When working with service members who have experienced trauma it is important to take into consideration their background and beliefs. This can have a huge impact in regards to how they react to not only how they respond to the trauma but also their perspectives regarding counseling.

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Support services for Veterans in need is crucial. 31.7 per 100,000 veterans in 2020 committed suicide . Resources for those struggling from trauma is a starting point. For those feeling hopeless they need to be able to reach out, even if it starts with a phone call.

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Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.

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Documentary about Operation Surf and how it has helped veterans cope with PTSD.

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Resurface | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

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Developmental Discussion on Trauma

This topic was helpful to me as I am dealing with my own trauma of having recently loosing my mother during this course.   It was helpful to read and learn about the many different ways trauma can impact us and how each individual can have very different reactions in regards to how they process trauma.  I really enjoyed watching my chosen documentary Resurface (Short 2017).  Incorporating water sports into the treatment of PTSD is something that resonates with me.  I would like to learn more about nature and water therapy.  I am interested in how I can incorporate into my treatment plans as a therapist.

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Trauma therapy, or trauma-focused therapy, can help you deal with the physical, emotional, and psychological effects of a traumatic event. Learn about how it works.

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This is a great go to resource for all counselors.

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Reference Guide to Mental Health Disorders

This module was a great refresher to some of the DSM-5 disorders that I have studied in prior classes.  What I particularly found helpful was all the resources that are available for each of the disorders.  The internet has brought its share of challenges, especially if you are a youth being raised in the world of social media, but this is one arena where the vast amount of information is truly helpful.  Being able to at the tap of a button locate vast amounts of research and resources has really helped to grow the field of mental health.

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This alphabetical Mental Disorders list, also called Psychological Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, and Mental Illnesses has been gathered from a wide variety of sources including the DSM-IV, DSM 5, ICD-10 Chapter V, and online resources including the Wikipedia page on mental disorders and the American Psychiatric Association.

While we have attempted to make this a complete alphabetical list of mental illnesses, including those that are no longer recognized in either the DSM 5 or ICD-10 Chapter V; there are often local disorders that we are not aware of. Please consult with our local mental health professionals.

There are also older disorders and mental health conditions that we have made educated guesses based on our own research. If you see that we're missing something, please contact us and let us know. List of Psychological Disorders | Substance Abuse Disorders | Childhood Disorders

Alphabetical List Of Mental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, And Neurological Disorders Including:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Types of Mental Health Disorders / Psychiatric Disorders / Neurological Disorders Starting With A

Absence seizure: Also called the less common Petit Mal Seizure, these seizures typically cause a short period of "blanking out" or staring into space. Like other kinds of seizures, they are caused by abnormal activity in a person's brain. [Epilepsy Foundation, Mayo Clinic]

Abulia: A pathological inability to make decisions or take action.

Acute Stress Disorder: Also known as Acute Stress Reaction and sometimes called Shock, this is a psychological condition caused by experiencing or witnessing a terrifying or traumatic event, such as a severe automobile accident, violent crime, or death. It should not be confused with the unrelated circulatory condition of shock, or the concept of shock value. Acute Stress Reaction may develop into PTSD if untreated. [PsychCentral, VA.gov]

Adjustment Disorders: Adjustment Disorder is defined as a maladaptive response to a normal, psychosocial stressor that has occurred in the past three months, and is not caused by another mental illness.

Adverse effects of medication NOS

Age-related Cognitive Decline: (now known as Dementia and Neurocognitive Decline)

Agoraphobia: This is a condition where an individual doesn't wish to go to places or face situations where they could become exposed to panic attacks.

Akiltism: [Note from MHM Staff ] We were unable to find any solid information about this disorder. Our best guess is that this disorder was once used as a catch-all for unknown diagnoses, it seems to be based on the word "akilter" meaning off-kilter or unbalanced. Our further assumption is that it was dropped as more understanding was gained and because of the extreme stigma it carried. [Merriam-Webster]

Alcohol Addiction: According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, approximately 17.6 million adults abuse alcohol or are physically dependent on it.

Alzheimer's Disease: Approximately 19 million Americans have a family member who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. There are seven stages of Alzheimer's ...

Amnesia: (also known as Amnestic Disorder) a person suffering from memory amnesia lost parts or all of his memory. It's not your plain everyday forgetfulness, instead, it is the complete eradication of any or all events and relations.

Amphetamine Addiction: Amphetamines are some of the most addictive drugs in the world. The best way to overcome an amphetamine addiction is to get help from a professional treatment center.

Anorexia Nervosa: This is an eating disorder. The symptoms of Anorexia tend to be that the sufferer will eat very little, or not eat at all for a number of days, for fear of gaining weight.

Anterograde Amnesia: The loss of ability to create new memories after an amnesia event. The inability to recall recent past events, but retaining long-term memories from before the event.

Antisocial personality disorder: (also known as Sociopathy) "is A psychiatric condition in which a person manipulates, exploits or violates the rights of others ... this behavior is often criminal.

Anxiety Disorder: (Also known asGeneralized Anxiety Disorder) A condition in which people experience a constant state of high anxiety, which does not seem to be attributed to any particular cause. Learn more about Anxiety Treatment, Therapy and Counseling here.

Anxiolytic-related disorders: A number of different disorders that result from the abuse of a class of medications known as sedatives, hypnotics, and anxiolytics (SHA).

Asperger's Syndrome: (now part of Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD) Asperger's is characterized by social impairment, communication difficulties, and restrictive, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior.

Attention Deficit Disorder: (Also known as ADD) Children with this condition generally have challenges paying attention to or concentrating on a given task. They also tend to move constantly and are impulsive.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: (Also known as ADHD) This is a neurodevelopmental disorder, meaning that the disorder is present at the time of birth. There are 3 types of ADHD:

Inattentive type

Hyperactive/Impulsive type

Combination type

Autism Spectrum Disorder: (also known as Autism) Autism is classified as one of the pervasive developmental disorders of the brain. It is not a disease. People with classical autism s`how three types of symptoms ...

`Autophagia: A disorder where a person compelled to inflict pain upon oneself by biting and/or eating portions of their own body.

Avoidant Personality Disorder: Marked social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and extremely sensitive to criticism.

Disorders Starting With B

Barbiturate related disorders: The use of Barbiturates can lead to some of the following: Addiction to stimulants like amphetamines or methamphetamines; antisocial personality disorder; anxiety, bipolar and conduct disorders; depression, insomnia, and schizophrenia.

Benzodiazepine-related disorders: Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs prescribed due to their effectiveness in treating anxiety, and insomnia. Addiction can occur. Withdrawal symptoms include trouble sleeping, feelings of depression, and sweating.

Bereavement: A period of mourning after a loss, especially after the death of a loved one. There is no right way to experience bereavement.

Bibliomania: A passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books.

Binge Eating Disorder: Binge eating disorder is an illness which resembles bulimia nervosa. It differs from bulimia because its sufferers do not purge their bodies of excess food.

Bipolar disorder (also known as Manic Depression, includes Bipolar I and Bipolar II):

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: This is a mental disorder where an individual can't stop thinking about perceived defects or flaws in their appearance.

Borderline intellectual functioning: Also known as borderline mental retardation. A person has below average cognitive ability (IQ of 70-85), but not as severe as an intellectual disability (IQ below 70).

Borderline Personality Disorder: A psychological illness involving unstable moods, behavior, and relationships.

Breathing-Related Sleep Disorder: Characterized by abnormal breathing during sleep. Symptoms include snoring, apneas or daytime sleepiness.

Brief Psychotic Disorder: A psychosis that lasts less than one week that is a reaction to severe stress.

Bruxism: A condition in which you grind, gnash or clench your teeth.

Bulimia Nervosa: A type of eating disorder where a person frequently eats a large amount of food then tries to prevent weight gain with self-induced vomiting.

Caffeine Addiction: refers to a condition where individuals develop a dependency on caffeine, leading to withdrawal symptoms when consumption is reduced or stopped.

Cannabis Addiction: also known as cannabis use disorder, involves a problematic pattern of using cannabis, leading to negative effects on various aspects of life and difficulty in controlling its use.

Catatonic disorder: A subtype of schizophrenia characterized by extreme changes in motor activity, ranging from excessive and purposeless movement to immobility and rigidity

Catatonic schizophrenia: A subtype of schizophrenia where individuals experience prominent catatonic symptoms, such as motor immobility or excessive, purposeless movement, along with other symptoms like hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.

Childhood amnesia: Also known as infantile amnesia, refers to the phenomenon where adults have difficulty recalling early memories from their early childhood years, typically before the age of 3 or 4, due to the ongoing development of cognitive and neural processes during that period.

Childhood Disintegrative Disorder: (now part of Autism Spectrum Disorder) Also known as Heller's syndrome, is a rare condition where a child experiences a significant loss of previously acquired skills and developmental milestones, leading to regression in multiple areas such as language, social interactions, and motor abilities.

Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder: Formerly known as stuttering, is a communication disorder characterized by disruptions in the normal flow of speech, often involving repetitions, prolongations, or blocks of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases.

Circadian Rhythm Disorders: A group of conditions in which an individual's internal body clock becomes out of sync with the external day-night cycle, leading to disturbances in sleep-wake patterns and other physiological processes

Claustrophobia: An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense fear of confined spaces or situations where escape might be difficult, causing individuals to experience anxiety, panic attacks, and avoidance behaviors when faced with such situations.

Cocaine related disorders

Communication disorder

Conduct Disorder

Conversion Disorder

Cotard delusion

Cyclothymia (also known as Cyclothymic Disorder)

Disorders Starting With C

Delerium

Delusional Disorder

dementia (now known as dementia)

Dependent Personality Disorder (also known as Asthenic Personality Disorder)

Depersonalization disorder (now known as Depersonalization / Derealization Disorder)

Depression (also known as Major Depressive Disorder)

Depressive personality disorder

Derealization disorder (now known as Depersonalization / Derealization Disorder)

Dermotillomania

Desynchronosis

Developmental coordination disorder

Diogenes Syndrome

Disorder of written expression

Dyspareunia

Dissocial Personality Disorder

Dissociative Amnesia

Dissociative Fugue

Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder)

Down syndrome

Dyslexia

Dyspareunia

Dysthymia (now known as Persistent Depressive Disorder)

Disorders Starting With D

Disorders Starting With E

Factitious Disorder

Female Sexual Disorders

Fetishistic Disorder

Folie à deux

Fregoli delusion

Frotteuristic Disorder

Fugue State

Disorders Starting With F

Ganser syndrome

Gambling Addiction

Gender Dysphoria (formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

General adaptation syndrome

Grandiose delusions

Disorders Starting With G

Disorders Starting With H

Impulse control disorder

Impulse control disorder NOS

Inhalant Addiction

Insomnia

Intellectual Development Disorder

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Disorders Starting With I

Disorders Starting With J

Kleptomania

Korsakoff's syndrome

Disorders Starting With K

Lacunar amnesia

Language Disorder

Learning Disorders

Disorders Starting With L

Major Depression (also known as Major Depressive Disorder)

Major depressive disorder

Male Sexual Disorders

Malingering

Mathematics disorder

Medication-related disorder

Melancholia

Mental Retardation (now known as Intellectual Development Disorder)

Misophonia

Morbid jealousy

Multiple Personality Disorder (now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder)

Munchausen Syndrome

Munchausen by Proxy

Disorders Starting With M

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcolepsy

Neglect of child

Neurocognitive Disorder (formerly known as Dementia)

Neuroleptic-related disorder

Nightmare Disorder

Non Rapid Eye Movement

Disorders Starting With N

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (also known as Anankastic Personality Disorder)

Oneirophrenia

Onychophagia

Opioid Addiction

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Orthorexia (ON)

Disorders Starting With O

Pain disorder

Panic attacks

Panic Disorder

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Parkinson's Disease

Partner relational problem

Passive-aggressive personality disorder

Pathological gambling

Pedophilic Disorder

Perfectionism

Persecutory delusion

Persistent Depressive Disorder (also known as Dysthymia)

Personality change due to a general medical condition

Personality disorder

Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)

Phencyclidine related disorder

Phobic disorder

Phonological disorder

Physical abuse

Polysubstance related disorder

Postpartum Depression

Post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED)

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Premature ejaculation

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Psychogenic amnesia

Psychological factor affecting medical condition

Psychoneurotic personality disorder

Psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified

Pyromania

Disorders Starting With P

There Are Currently No Disorders Starting With Q

Disorders Starting With Q

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Reading disorder

Recurrent brief depression

Relational disorder

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Restless Leg Syndrome

Retrograde amnesia

Retts Disorder (now part of Autism Spectrum Disorder)

Rumination syndrome

Disorders Starting With R

Sadistic personality disorder

Schizoaffective Disorder

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Schizophrenia

Schizophreniform disorder

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic Addiction

Selective Mutism

Self-defeating personality disorder

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Sexual Disorders Female

Sexual Disorders Male

Sexual Addiction

Sexual Masochism Disorder

Sexual Sadism Disorder

Shared Psychotic Disorder

Sleep Arousal Disorders

Sleep Paralysis

Sleep Terror Disorder (now part of Nightmare Disorder)

Social Anxiety Disorder

Somatization Disorder

Specific Phobias

Stendhal syndrome

Stereotypic movement disorder

Stimulant Addiction

Stuttering (now known as Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder)

Substance related disorder

Disorders Starting With S

Tardive dyskinesia

Tobacco Addiction

Tourettes Syndrome

Transient tic disorder

Transient global amnesia

Transvestic Disorder

Trichotillomania

Disorders Starting With T

Disorders Starting With U

Disorders Starting With V

There Are Currently No Disorders Starting With W

Disorders Starting With W

There Are Currently No Disorders Starting With X

Disorders Starting With X

There Are Currently No Disorders Starting With Y

Disorders Starting With Y

There Are Currently No Disorders Starting With Z

Disorders Starting With Z

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Alphabetical Listing of Psychological Disorders & Mental Illness

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This list of mental illness and psychological disorders Includes those listed in the DSM 5 and ICD 10 as well as proposed disorders and foreign disorders.

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After reading this week's coursework and completing assignments I am blown away by the number of people in our society that do not get the mental health care they need due to lack of availability or resources.

I have personally encourntered this in several arenas in my life.  Most recently I spent hours trying to locate a counselor who specializes in adolescent to help my thirteen year old daughter with her anxiety.

I've also encountered this with my husband and other veterans who have sought assistance in developing tools to assist with the treatment of their combat related PTSD.  The lack of resource to help our veterans is what drove me to counseling.

I feel my own experiences with my husband and his PTSD treatment along with being a veteran myself would help me to empathize with others going through similar experiences.

I'm looking forward to learning more about crisis and trauma in this course.

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Introduction:

Marie L. Simonds

Study- Mental Health & Wellness Counseling MA

Professional Goal- Gain LPC licensure to provide counseling services to veterans and their families

Personal Goal- Work on improving physical fitness for overall health

After taking this course I hope to gain a better understanding and tools to identify signs and symptoms of when an individual is in crisis and the steps to take to help.

I look forward to gaining new resources and perspectives from this class.