Ch 8: Mental Distress, Depression & Suicide
About This Chapter
Mental Distress, Depression & Suicide - Chapter Summary
The video lessons in this chapter have been assembled to teach about mental disorders, their effects and coping mechanisms. Watch this series of lessons, taught by expert instructors, to examine mood disorders, depressive disorders, the impact of stress and techniques to cope with stress. Once this chapter is complete, you should be able to:
- Define general adaptation syndrome
- Discuss triggers, causes and prevention of suicide
- Explain the definition of a mental disorder and list treatment options
If you need help with any of the subject matter in this chapter, our instructors are available to answer your questions. Taking the lesson quizzes can help you determine topics that you may need to review further. Use the video tags to go directly to key topics as you conduct your review. It may also help to read over the lesson transcripts, which cover all the material of the video lesson but in a written format.
1. What is a Mental Disorder? - Definition & Treatment
Not all painful wounds are visible on the outside. Just like cancer or other illnesses, mental disorders can affect a person's whole life. In this lesson we will discover how mental disorders are defined, diagnosed, caused and treated.
2. Defining and Understanding Mood Disorders
When someone has abnormal feelings that affect his or her life, he or she might be suffering from a mood disorder. In this lesson, we'll look closer at the types of mood disorders and the different theoretical views of them.
3. Depressive Disorders: Definition, Types, Causes & Treatment
What is depression? In this lesson, we'll look closer at depressive disorders, including the diagnostic criteria, causes, and treatments of major depressive disorder.
4. Stress: Definition and Impact on Overall Health
Stress, distress, eustress: just thinking about those terms may make you stress out! Don't worry, this lesson will define them and show plenty of examples of them in a manner that will calm your mind!
5. General Adaptation Syndrome: Definition, Phases & Changes
The general adaptation syndrome is a predictable series of phases related to stress. This lesson will explore some of the physiological and psychological changes associated with each phase.
6. Coping With Stress: Techniques, Attitudes & Reducing Exposure
Work, school, and life in general have plenty of things that cause us a lot of stress. If you'd like to learn some techniques that help to deal with these problems, watch or read this lesson.
7. What Is Suicide? - Definition, Triggers, Underlying Causes & Prevention
Why would a person take their own life? And what can be done to prevent it? In this lesson, we'll look at the reasons for, triggers of, and prevention of suicide.
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