Mental Illnesses

1 in 4 Americans 18 & older suffer from a diagnosable mental

disorder in a given year

Personality Disorders

Cluster A (Odd, bizarre, eccentric)• Paranoid - Suspicion of others

•Schizoid -  detached & aloof, prone to fantasy, no desire for social relationships, indifferent to others and to social norms, lacks emotional response

• Schizotypal - Social & interpersonal deficits marked by eccentric behaviors and a discomfort with close relationships

•Borderline– Unstable interpersonal relationships

Cluster B (Dramatic, erratic)

• Antisocial - Disregard for other peoples rights

•Borderline - emotional instability, outbursts of anger and violence (especially in response to criticism), and impulsive behavior

•Histrionic – lack of self-worth, manipulative attention seeking, need for approval from others, and impulsivity. They seem dramatic or ‘playing a part’ 

•Narcissistic - this person has a grandiose sense of self-importance, a sense of entitlement, and a need to be admired.

 

Cluster C (Anxious, fearful)

•Avoidant - Feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to what other people think

• Dependent - Fear of being abandoned or separated from important individuals

•Obsessive-compulsive - excessive preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules; perfectionism so extreme that it prevents a task from being completed 

Anxiety Disorders

• Panic Disorder– Panic attacks, feeling of terror that strike repeatedly

without warning

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder– Repeated, intrusive and unwanted thoughts and or

rituals that seem impossible to control

• Post-Traumatic Stress– After experiencing a trauma such as abuse, natural

disasters, or extreme violence

• Phobias– Irrational fear of something that poses no actual threat

• General Anxiety Disorder – Chronic, exaggerated worry about everyday life events

Dissociative Disorder

• Triggered as a response to trauma or abuse, a defense mechanism causing breakdown of memory, awareness, or perception

Schizo-Affective Disorder

• Presence of psychotic (break with reality) symptoms. A label when others don’t fit

Schizophrenia

• Brain Disorder, a disease that makes it difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and imagined experiences or ability to think logically

Tourette’s Syndrome (TS)

• Neurological syndrome. Multiple tics that are sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic, stereotypical, purposeless movements or vocalizations

Depression

• Symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, sleep, eat and enjoy once pleasurable activities. It is more than a passing case of the blues. People with depression cannot just “pull themselves together.”

Bipolar

Manic-Depressive Illness

• Episodes of serious mania and depression. The mood usually swings from overly “high” and irritable to sad and hopeless, and back again, with periods of normal behavior.

Other Disorders

• These disorders are somewhat common but still may have serious results for people who suffer from these conditions

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Although children and adolescents with ADHD may not perform well in school, the disorder does not signal a lack of intelligence

Eating Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa– Refusal to maintain body weight within 13% of

an individual’s minimal normal weight.• Bulemia– A pattern of eating and purging to maintain or

lose body weight

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

• Seasonal depression, primarily affecting women

Sleep Disorders (Insomnia)

• Inability to get the amount of sleep needed to function efficiently during the day.

• May be associated with an organic disease (arthritis, heart disorder), may be a symptom of depression, or may be caused by a person’s lifestyle. Sleep disorders are associated with increased mortality, poor career performance, overeating, & increased hospitalization.

Phobias

Intense and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or

activity.

How Your Body Deals with Danger:

Fight or Flight

•Being able to respond quickly by fighting or running away

•Heart beats faster to supply more blood to your muscles

•Your muscles become tense and your senses (touch, smell, sight, hearing, taste, etc.) become more alert

Fears are often learned from:

• An experience that you had when you were young

• Fear may also be learned from other people, particularly your family.

Two Effective Ways to Manage Fear

• Self Talk– Saying things to yourself in order to view

a fear more realistically.

• Environmental planning– Involves rearranging the environment to

reduce fear.

A-Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.Aquaphobia - morbid fear of water.

Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.Algophobia- Fear of pain.

Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. Altophobia- Fear of heights.Amathophobia- Fear of dust.

Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.

Androphobia- Fear of men. Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.

Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single. Apiphobia- Fear of bees.

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.

Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.

Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying.

B-Bibliophobia- Fear of books.

C-Claustrophobia – fear of small places

Chirophobia- Fear of hands. Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.

Chrometophobia - Fear of money.Chromophobia - Fear of colors.

Chronophobia- Fear of time.Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.

Cleptophobia- Fear of stealing.Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.

Clithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed.Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.

D- Demophobia- Fear of crowds. Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.

G-Galeophobia or Gatophobia- Fear of cats.

Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.Geniophobia- Fear of chins. Genuphobia- Fear of knees.

H-Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.

Hippophobia- Fear of horses.Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

I-Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.

Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.

K-Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.

L-Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.

Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.

M-Melissophobia- Fear of bees.

Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music.Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles.

Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants.

N-Neophobia- Fear of anything new.

Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.Noctiphobia- Fear of the night.Nomatophobia- Fear of names.

O-Ochophobia- Fear of vehicles.

Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.

P-Parasitophobia- Fear of parasites.

Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.Phalacrophobia- Fear of becoming bald.

Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.Photophobia- Fear of light.

Phonophobia- Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.Plutophobia- Fear of wealth.

Pluviophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.

Psychophobia- Fear of mind.Psychrophobia- Fear of cold.

Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying.Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.

Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.

R-Radiophobia- Fear of radiation, x-rays.

Ranidaphobia- Fear of frogs.

S-Scolionophobia- Fear of school.

Scotophobia- Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public.

Selachophobia- Fear of sharks.Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.

Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.Sitophobia or Sitiophobia- Fear of food or eatingSnakephobia- Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)

Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general.Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.

Sophophobia- Fear of learning.Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.

Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or walking.

(Ambulophobia)Suriphobia- Fear of mice.

T- Tachophobia- Fear of speed.Taurophobia- Fear of bulls.

Technophobia- Fear of technology.Testophobia- Fear of taking tests.

Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.

Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.Thermophobia- Fear of heat.

Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia- Fear of hair. Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.

V-Verbophobia- Fear of words.

Verminophobia- Fear of germs.Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.

X- Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.

Z- Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.Zoophobia- Fear of animals.

NOW WHAT???• You get to watch “What About Bob?” which is a

movie filled with phobias, mental illnesses, and coping mechanisms.

• In your journal:

As you watch the movie, record the mental illness(es), coping mechanisms, and phobias you observe and which character exhibited that mental disorder or illness.

Bob-Patient Psychologist-Dr. Leo Marvin

Faye-Wife Anna-Daughter

Sigmund-Son Sister-Millie