Behavior Health

•Studies personality development, psychological problems,and how to diagnose mental/emotional disorders,  provides psychotherapy, performs psychological testing 

•Similar education background to psychologist but cannot provide psychological test

•Specializes in cognitive behavior therapy

•Register nurse who has advanced training in assessing/treating mental health issues 

•Specialized training to treat patients with substance use disorders and other addictions

•trained to treat patients with mental health disorders 

•used by behavioral health  professionals in U.S and other countries 

•Provides descriptions, signs, symptoms,  and other criterial for diagnosing behavioral health disorders 

•DSM-5 contains international classification of disease(ICD) code required for insurance reimbursement and for monitoring morbidity and mortality statistics

•conditions  that cause change inthe mood, behavior,  or thoughts of an individual

•can affect  how a person functions on day-by-day basis, at work, school, and home

•Biological factors can contribute

☆withdrawing from others, isolating oneself

☆Eating or sleeping  too little or too much

☆ Having no or low amounts of energy

☆Feeling helpless,hopeless,numb,or as if nothing matters

☆Having unexplained pains and aches

☆Smoking,drinking alcohol, or using drugs more than usual

☆Feeling unusually forgetful, on edge, angry,worried,scared,confused, or upset 

☆Having persistent thoughts or memories "stuck" in your head

☆thinking or harming oneself or others 

☆inability to function or do your daily activities 

☆hearing voices or believing things that are not true

•contatant anxious feeling; gets worse with time 

•anxiety  interferences with daily piving

•risks

-shyness in childhood

-being divorced or widow

-esposure to stressful life events

-family history of anxiety disorder 

-parental history of mental health disorder 

•person has different worries and finds them difficult to control 

•can affect person of any age

•occurs more often in women 

•genetics may play a factor

•goal of treatment is to help person feel and function better

•treatment includes psychotherapy (talk therapy) and/or medication such as antidepressants 

•causes person to have frequent upsetting thoughts 

•etiology not completely understood 

•signs and symptoms 

~fear of touching iteams others touched

~iteams need to be in certain position and orderly

~doubts about looking door or shutting off an appliance 

~avoidiance of events that trigger obsessions

~frequent handwashing 

•treatment consists of psychotherapy  and antidepressants