“Everyone thinks I’ve gotten better. I haven’t. I’ve just gotten better at hiding it. ”...

“Everyone thinks I’ve gotten better. I haven’t. I’ve just gotten better at hiding it. ” Explain the meaning and message this quote is trying to deliver.

Mental & Emotional Problems-Anxiety & Depression

-Mental Disorders-Suicide Prevention

- Getting Help

Anxiety - feeling uneasy or worried about what might happen

- feelings fear or worry

- sweating, shaking, tension

- inc heart rate, shortness breath

USE STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

WORRIED MOST OF TIMEEASILY DISTRACTED/CAN’T CONCENTRATE

MUSCLE TENSION/UNABLE TO RELAXCHANGES IN APPETITE

PYYSICAL SYMPTOMS (HEADACHE, STOMACH ACHE)

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Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark

Twain, Marilyn Monroe and Ernest Hemingway

have battled depression during their lives

ONLY 1 OUT OF 3 TEENS SUFFERING

FROM DEPRESSION

GET HELP

ONLY 1 OUT OF 3 TEENS SUFFERING

FROM DEPRESSION

GET HELP

Feel sad or down Loss of interest Change appetite or

weight Sleep Disturbances Anxious / Can’t relax

Loss energy Loss focus Feeling like failure Worthless/Helpless Thoughts Death

Depression – prolonged feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and sadness.

15 % Teens Suffer From

Depression

Resiliency

Minor Depression– less severe symptoms

Major depression – medical condition requiring more severe symptoms

- May develop from mild depression- Chemicals in the brain

SEEK HELP FOR DEPRESSION!!!

MajorDysthymia

BipolarPostpartumSeasonal

Complete Worksheet to test knowledge on definitions of Mental illnesses.

Mental Disorders – illness of the mind

CAUSES:

1) Physical illness or injury brain(tumors, infections, chemical imbalances, injury)

2) Emotional cause(abuse, disasters, death)

1 out of 4 will suffer from a mental illness

Only about 30% get

help

Anxiety disorders – real or imagined fears are difficult to control

Phobias

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Post-traumatic stress (PTSD)

Panic Disorder

Generalized anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Impulse Control - are unable to resist urges to hurt themselves or others (cutting, stealing, arson, compulsive gambling or shopping)

Eating Disorders Anorexia –not eating Bulimia – binge and purging

Mood Disorders- mood interfere with living Bipolar – highs and lowsDepression

Conduct Disorders – basic social rules are violated (lying, aggression, cruelty)

Schizophrenia- lose contact with reality (1%) can’t tell what is real an imaginary

Personality disorders - have extreme and inflexible personality traits

Borderline personality disorder

Psychotherapy – talking w/ mental health professional

Behavior therapy –rewards and reinforcement

Cognitive therapy- identify and correct distorted thinking

Family Therapy – helping family

Group therapy –similar problems

Drug Therapy - medicines (often combined other methods)

Joseph Addison:“The three grand essentials to happiness in

life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.”

WHY?To Do – accomplishmentsTo Love – share feelings, hopes, dreams,

and disappointmentsTo Hope- reason to live, things to look

forward to,FUTURE

Suicide - intentional taking of one’s own life

Cluster Suicides – series of suicides

Parasuicide – cry help

Bullying Death/separation parents Alienated by friends or family Ending of relationship Money Problems Depression/Anxiety Disorders

2 Risk Factors 90% Suffer From Depression/Mental Disorder

History Alcohol or Drug Abuse

Verbal Signs

- direct statements “I want to die”- Indirect “Soon the pain will be over”- Written statements (poems, songs, etc.)

Non-Verbal Signs (Write 5)- withdrawal- mood swings- impulsive behavior- negative self-evaluation- decline school work- giving away personal items- increase substance abuse- feeling trapped or in unbearable pain- feel burden to others - showing rage or talking about seeking revenge

Recognize the signs

Show Support/Ask Questions

Stay w/ the person

Persuade them to get help

E60 - unbreakable

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1) My family doesn’t care about me. They’ll be happy when I am gone”.

2) Nobody ever pays attention to me. This will be the only thing I ever do that anyone will notice.”

3) I can’t live without him/her. I’ll never be happy again”.

4) Life doesn’t mean anything anymore. I might as well just get it over with”.

Suicide

Risk Factors_____________________________________________

Warning signs___________________________________________

Prevention___________________________________________

it was believed that evil spirits caused mental illnesses or

abnormal behaviors.

most common treatment was trepanation.

trepanation - was done by drilling holes into the skull of the possessed person, therefore allowing the evil spirits to leave.

Oldest Skull found 7,000 years old

EARLYTREATMENTS

The mental ill were referred to as lunatics.

Establishments for the mentally ill were called madhouses but later became private asylums

Opened 1851 – Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital

Name Changed 1921 -Harrisburg State Hospital

State mental hospitals become over-crowded and custodial care supersedes humane treatment.

blind-folded on the platform, suddenly the platform falls from beneath and the patient is dumped into a bucket of ice cold water, creating an effect of body shock.

A person was completely strapped in the crib, unable to move.

Was used to limit motion and reduce sensory stimulation by covering the head and blocking vision.

Another device used to induce a state of shock. A person could last only a short time (seconds) in this chair without becoming nauseous and losing consciousness.

Blood transfusions with animals or people in order to renew the humors.

In the United States, people who had mental disorders were forced to stay in state hospitals and asylums where they were treated without much kindness and respect. Sometimes forced sterilization was used.

Walter J. Freeman the first to perform a lobotomy in America.

Due to the number of complications and deaths that resulted from the procedure, it was referred to as “psychic mercy killing” and “euthanasia of the mind.” This was by far mental health care’s darkest hour.

1941 (23 years old) Rosemary

Kennedy who was considered

unstable received a lobotomy.

Instead of the hoped-for result, Rosemary was left incapable of living a normal life— staring blankly at walls for hours. Her speech became unintelligible

WHAT CHANGED THE WAY MENTAL ILLNESS WAS TREATED?

Enlightened approaches

-Drugs

- introduction of "talk therapy" and advocating

- outplacement rather than lifelong stays.

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