Mental Illness

"All of a sudden, school was dirty to me. When I got home, I had to shower immediately and rid myself of the school day. Anything I touched in my house before I showered was contaminated so I avoided touching things and washed my hands continuously throughout the day. My life was restricted to sitting on one spot of the couch all day so I could avoid touching anything that was dirty to me." What mental illness does the writer have? Explain your answer!

The body and brain abruptly go into high alert, even though there is practically no a visible threat. Strong fear is combined with a wide range of bodily symptoms, such as nausea, dizziness, or a fast heartbeat, as well as rushing thoughts like "I'm going crazy" or "I'm going to die."

The vocabulary that is suitable to call this condition is....

A treatment approach that helps you recognize negative or unhelpful thought and behavior patterns is called CBT. What does CBT stand for?

a therapy that encourages you to face your fears and let obsessive thoughts occur without ‘putting them right’ or ‘neutralising’ them with compulsions. This therapy is called ....

• CBT

• DBT

• ACT

• ERP

Another misguided view is that the poor and unintelligent are more likely to be mentally ill.

• Yes

• No

There is also a tendency to view mental illness as a single disorder when it is actually a term for a broad range of mental illnesses.

• Yes

• No

They might choose not to talk about their illness and not seek treatment for fear of becoming social outcasts.

• Yes

• No

______________ disorders are illnesses that affect the mind and reduces a person's ability to function

• Social

• Eating

• Mental

• Physical

Mental illness interferes with a person's

• occupation

• social and family relationships

• daily tasks

• all of the above

Who can get mental illness?

• anyone

• young children

• adults

• elderly