Mental Health Illnesses

What is the medical term for a mental health condition characterized by extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression)?

• Major Depressive Disorder

• Bipolar Disorder

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Which condition is characterized by periods of intense depression that alternate with manic moods?

• Schizophrenia

• Anorexia Nervosa

• Bipolar disorder

• Bulimia Nervosa

Which disorder is described as a serious illness that causes major disturbances in a person’s daily diet?

• Depression

• Anxiety disorder

• Eating disorder

• ADHD

What is the main characteristic of Depression?

• A constant feeling of sadness and lost of interest, which stops you from doing your normal activities

• Condition in which a person has difficulty paying attention and controlling behavior

• Eating disorder in which people have an intense fear of gaining weight and lose far more weight than is healthy

• Condition in which someone responds with extreme or unrealistic fear and dread to certain situations, experiences, or objects

What is Anxiety disorder?

• Condition in which someone responds with extreme or unrealistic fear and dread to certain situations, experiences, or objects

• Eating disorder in which a person has recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by purging

• Condition identified by periods of intense depression that alternate with manic moods

• A constant feeling of sadness and lost of interest, which stops you from doing your normal activities

Which disorder is characterized by people eating very large amounts of food with no control?

• Anorexia Nervosa

• Bulimia Nervosa

• Binge-eating disorder

• Eating disorder

What does OCD usually include?

• Panic attacks

• Rituals or repetition to make the thoughts or feelings go away

• Hearing voices

What are personality disorders characterized by?

• Extreme stress or fear

• Rituals or repetition

• Long term patterns of behavior and inner experiences that differ significantly from what is expected

• Panic attacks

What is PTSD a condition of?

• Strong fear of objects or situations that don't really pose much danger

• Condition that involves extreme stress or fear, flashbacks, angry outbursts, and nightmares

• Irregular thoughts and delusions

• Long term patterns of behavior

What is panic disorder associated with?

• Hearing voices

• Extreme stress or fear

• Panic attacks, or moments of intense fear

• Repetition to make thoughts or feelings go away