9.Name the spectrum of anxiety disorders and describe their subjective impact on the sufferer.

10. Describe multiple dimensions of OCD, as well as understand the subjective impact on the sufferer.

11. Understand the impact of traumatic events and the manisfestations of post-traumatic stress disorder

12. Differentiate bipolar disorder from major (unipolar) depression and understand the difficulties of this complex disease

 


Unit 4 Section 3Other mental health problems

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At first, you want to keep the knowledge of your illness hidden
tight inside where no one can see it. It isn’t a visible disability, so it is
easy to fool most people until things get really bad. But then, when you are
well, you want others to understand what you went through, to stop it from
being something taboo, something your parents have to lie to their coworkers
about and something you should keep secret from your grandparents.

"Lisa", as told to Aaron Kheriaty. With permission

The purpose of this section is to touch on other common mental health problems and their connections with depression, suicide, substance abuse and social issues, an illness web whose graphic illustration is the many links between sections and units of this site