SAD – SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
A type of depression that occurs at certain times of the year (normally winter).
SCHIZOPHRENIA
A condition that includes psychosis – where a person finds it hard to distinguish ‘reality’ from their own thoughts and imagination.
SECTIONED
Being sectioned means being taken into a psychiatric hospital against your will.
SELF HARM
This is a way that some people deal with very difficult feelings that build up inside them. People deal with these feelings in different ways. For instance cutting or burning themselves.
SERVICE USER
SNRI – SEROTONIN & NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR
A type of medication used to treat depression and other mood related disorders. They work by increasing Serotonin and Norepinephrine, chemicals in the brain.
SSRI – SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR
A type of medication used to treat depression and other mood related disorders. They work by increasing Serotonin, a chemical in the brain.
STIGMA
This is when people are given a label which affects the way others treat them or how they feel about themselves e.g. when a young person is called ‘crazy’ because they are attending Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
STRESS
People usually feel stressed when they are under a lot of pressure, for example during exams. Feeling stressed can sometimes be a good thing but if people feel stressed a lot they may feel scared, anxious or depressed.
