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What is anxiety? |
A relatively permanent apprehension, nervousness, or dread. |
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What is a panic attack? |
An episode of intense dread lasting several minutes. |
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What is a phobia? |
A phobia is an irrational fear of a specific object, activity or situation. |
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What is agoraphobia? |
Fear of open spaces. |
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What are obsessions? |
Thoughts, images, or impulses that occur over and over again and feel out of control. |
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What are compulsions? |
Acts performed over and over again, often according to certain rules. |
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What is a suicide cluster? |
When the number of suicides increase due to publicized suicide. |
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What is bulimia nervosa? |
An eating disorder often characterized by binging, purging, 'odd' eating habits, and fluctuating weight. |
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What is anorexia nervosa? |
An eating disorder characterized by eating little or nothing at all; results in extremely low, sometimes deadly, body weight. |
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What do mental illness sufferers report as the main obstacle to a full life? |
Most say it's the fact that even when they are feeling better, others do not accept them and they feel alone. |
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Delusions and hallucinations accompany what mental illness? |
Schizophrenia. |
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Each person with this mental illness have a different experience with mood cycles and intensity. |
Bipolar disorder. |
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What are two warning signs of depression, as stated by mental health professionals? |
Inability to concentrate and change in eating and sleeping cycle. |
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What is one myth about suicide? |
People who talk about it won't do it. |
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What is generalized anxiety disorder? |
A person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of nervous system arousal. |
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What are the causes of schizophrenia? |
Some of the causes could be a viral infection, neurodevelopmental problems, birth trauma, drug and alcohol abuse and nutritional theories. |
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What is schizophrenia? |
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized by a group of symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, disturbances of thinking, emotion and behaviour, and a deterioration of social functioning. |
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What are some treatment options for schizophrenia? |
- Medication - Psychosocial rehabilitation - Psychoeducation - Empowerment and Recovery training |
