A condition in which characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity (NAMI)

When feelings of intense fear and distress become overwhelming and prevent us from doing everyday activities (NAMI)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Produces chronic, exaggerated worrying about everyday life.

Social Anxiety Disorder

Causes intense fear about social interaction, often driven by irrational worries about humiliation.

Panic Disorder

Sudden feelings of terror causing powerful physical symptoms including chest pain, heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath and stomach upset.

Phobias

Certain places, events or objects creating powerful reactions of strong, irrational fear.

Causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly, characterized by high and low moods known as mania and depression. (NAMI)

Mania

Some symptoms include being unusually jumpy, wired, energetic, agitated, euphoric, talkative, distracted due to racing thoughts, require less sleep and exhibit poor decision-making skills.

Manic states also prevent awareness of negative consequences.

Classification

Bipolar I: Manic and depressive episodes

Bipolar II: Depression and hypomanic episodes

Cyclothymia: Hypomanic and mild depressive episodes

Rapid Cycling: Four or more episodes per year

Mixed Episodes: Mania and depression occur concurrently

Characterized by difficulties regulating emotion; feeling emotions intensely and for extended periods of time, making it harder to return to a stable baseline after an emotionally triggering event. (NAMI)

Feelings of sadness accompanied by a change in functioning in day-to-day activities, typically for more than two weeks (NAMI)

It can be triggered by a life crisis, physical illness or something else—but it can also occur spontaneously.

An involuntary escape from reality characterized by a disconnection between thoughts, identity, consciousness and memory (NAMI)

Side effects can include a lack of a sense of self-identity, detachment, memory loss, and out-of-body experiences.

Preoccupation with food and weight issues which can take over a person’s life and lead to serious medical complications (NAMI)

Anorexia Nervosa: deny themselves food to the point of self-starvation as they obsesses about weight loss; side effectss include irritability, social withdrawal, lack of mood or emotion, fear of eating in public and food and exercise obsession

Bulimia Nervosa: Repetitive cycle of out-of-control food binging and desperate need rid themselves of that food using forced vomiting, abusing laxatives or excessive exercise

Binge Eating Disorder (BED): Loss of control over eating and eating a very large amount of food in a short period of time, even when the person is not hungry or uncomfortably full

Where traumatic events—such as an accident, assault, military combat or natural disaster—can have lasting effects on a person’s mental health. Recurring, involuntary and intrusive distressing memories can cause flashbacks of the traumatic event (NAMI)

Can include hallucinations (hearing voices, having strange sensations or feelings, seeing glimpses of things that are not there) and delusions (strong beliefs not consistent with the person which may seem irrational to others) (NAMI)

Repetitive, unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and irrational, excessive urges to do certain actions (compulsions), which may be known to the person it’s affecting but that person is unable to stop (NAMI)

A complex, long-term illness which interferes with a person’s ability to think clearly, manage emotions, make decisions and relate to others (NAMI)

Can cause hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking patterns and disconnection (being emotionally flat).

A treatable mental disorder that affects a person’s brain and behavior, leading to their inability to control their use of substances like legal or illegal drugs, alcohol, or medications (NIMH)

Often but not always, SUD patients are dual diagnosis, meaning they are diagnosed with SUD as well as other mental illness(es).