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Mental Disorders

Explore different mental disorders like anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, schizophrenia, addictive behavior, codependence, and enabler roles. Learn about interventions, treatment options, and coping with relapse in clear language.

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Mental Disorders

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  1. Mental Disorders

  2. I. Anxiety Disorders • Disorders in which real or imagined fears occur so often they prevent a person from enjoying life. • Phobias are an example.

  3. II. Clinical Depression • Prolonged and persistent depression. It is typically treated with medication.

  4. III. Bipolar Disorder • A mood disorder in which a person’s moods vary from being very high to very depressed. It is caused by a chemical imbalance.

  5. IV. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) • Behavior that is characterized by unreasonable thoughts and actions that are rigid, inflexible, and repetitive.

  6. V. Schizophrenia • A mental disorder in which there is a split or breakdown in logical thought processes.

  7. VI. Addictive Behavior • Behavior associated with repeated and continual connection with an activity or object that results in unhealthful effects on the person. • It is usually an escape from situations or responsibilities that are painful or difficult.

  8. VII. Codependence • A mental disorder in which a person loses personal identity, has frozen feelings, and copes ineffectively.

  9. VIII. Enabler • A person who knowingly or unknowingly supports a person who has an addiction by protecting them, making it easy for them to continue in the addiction.

  10. IX. Intervention • A confrontation by people such as parents, spouses, or friends, who wish to help a person with an addiction.

  11. X. Treatment • Therapy that helps a person overcome an addiction. Individual therapy, group therapy, and 12-step programs are effective forms of therapy.

  12. XI. Relapse • A return to an addiction after a period of abstaining from it.

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