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Mania
A mood disorder marked by a
hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
Bipolar Disorder
A mood disorder in which a person
alternates between the hopelessness
and lethargy of depression and the
overexcited state of mania.
Rumination
Compulsive fretting, overthinking
about our problems and their causes.
everything in my life is messed up. Internal thought: it's all my fault I lost this
job.
Identify and describe the two major symptoms of bipolar disorder.
Mania is a state of euphoria, hyperactivity, or wild optimism that rebounds
from depression. Depression is which is a period of depressed mood,
diminish interest in most activities, significant unregulated weight loss or
gain, insomnia or sleeping sickness, lethargy, fatigue, etc.
Bulimia Nervosa
An eating disorder in which a person
alternates binge eating of usually
high-calorie foods with purging by
vomiting or laxatives, excessive
exercise, or fasting.
Binge-Eating Disorder
Significant binge-eating episodes,
followed by distress, disgust, or guilt,
but without the compensatory
purging or fasting that marks bulimia
nervosa.
Personality Disorders
Psychological disorders characterized
by inflexible and enduring behavior
patterns that impair social
functioning such as avoidant
personality disorder.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
A personality disorder in which a
person exhibits a lack of conscious
for wrongdoing, even toward friends
and family members. May be
aggressive and ruthless or a clever
con artist.
multiple personality disorder. This was the case for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as
well as Kenneth Bianchi who was accused of being the Hillside Strangler.
Critics claim that the disorder is imposed onto subjects, and is more or a