Mental HealthWhat’s the issue, what are we doing and what have we learned

Lindsay Rodgers

Breakdown• What is mental health & illness

• The difference with mental health and mental illness

• What are we doing to prevent it

• What we have learned in 5 steps

• The Stigma

• The conflict theory with mental illness

The Impact• What is mental health? a person’s condition with regard to their

psychological and emotional well-being.

• What is mental illness? Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions —disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors.

Mayo Foundation, 1998-2016

The DifferencesMental Health • State of well-being

• Ability to cope with normal stresses

• Can work productively and efficiently

• Able to make contributions to her or his life or community

Workplace Mental Health Promotion, 2016

The Differences Mental Illness • Medically diagnosed

• The ability to impair ones judgement

• Its compared to physical disease which relates to the invisible disease

• Result from biological, developmental or psychosocial factors

Workplace Mental Health Promotion, 2016

Mental IllnessWhat you don’t see

• Mental illness affects all Canadians at some point through out a life time

• 20% of Canadians will personally be affected

• It affects all ages, educational, income levels and cultures

• Approximately 8% of adults will experience major depression at some time in their lives

• About 1% will experience bipolar disorder

Canadian Mental Health Association 2015

More stats…. How common is it?

• Schizophrenia affects 1% of the Canadian Population

• Anxiety disorders affect 5% of the household population, causing mild to severe impairment

• Suicide accounts for 24% of all deaths among 15-24 year olds

• 16% among 25-44 year olds

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in both men and women from adolescence to middle age.

The mortality rate due to suicide among men is four time the rate among women

Canadian Mental Health Association 2015

What causes it?genetic, biological, personality, situational and environmental factors

FinancialNo satisfaction with stress towards financial

situationPhysical

Not being able to recognize the need for physical activity, diet, sleep, and nutrtion

SocialNo sense of connecting or not having a support

system.

IntellectualLoosing interest in finding ways to become

creative

Emotional Not being able to cope with life or create good

relationships

The Stigma.. What is it really?

A negative stereotype

Judgement

Shame Not Accepted

You don’t even have a problem

Just shake it off

It’s all in your head

Stop being such a psycho

Stigma

5 Ways to Help Reduce the Stigma

Language MattersPay attention to what you say and the words you use, some can be hurtful

Explain to friends and colleagues who use words like “nut” or “psycho” they may hurt someone you know

Educate Yourself Learn the facts and myths about mental illness. Be knowledgeable and help fight stigma with facts

Understand early warning signs un yourself and others

Know where to seek help

Bell Canada, 2016

Reducing Stigma Be Kind

Bell Canada, 2016

Small acts of kindness speaks volume

Don’t stand by someone if they are being bulled or labelled

Treat a person who has mental illness with the kindness they deserve or with out treating them any different

Listen and Ask

Sometime all you can do is just listen

Ask questions on how you can help

Reduce Stigma Talk About It

Bell Canada, 2016

Start a conversation, not a debate

Break the silence

Talk about how normal it is, how it touches us all in some way

Support mental health and involve yourself in the community

The ImpactThe conflict theory with stigma and mental illness

Conflict Theory (Main)

• Refers to the labelling theory against people with mental health issues, also knows as stigma

• Considered not normal

Functionalists (Secondary)

• People and social media believe that by recognizing mental illness, society uphold values about conforming behavior

Symbolic Interactionists (Third)

• See mentally ill people not as sick but more or less as victims of societal reactions of their behavior

(Crossman, 2014).

Stop the Stigma!

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You wouldn’t treat someone like this if they had cancer, so why would you if they had a mental illness?

References

• Canadian Mental Health Association: Fast Facts about Mental Illness (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://www.cmha.ca/media/fast-facts-about-mental-illness/#.VsowXSgrLIU

• Canadian Mental Health Association: Stigma and Discrimination (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://ontario.cmha.ca/mental-health/mental-health-conditions/stigma-and-discrimination/

• Bell Let’s Talk: 5 simple ways to help end the stigma around mental illness (Bell Canada, 2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://letstalk.bell.ca/en/end-the-stigma/

• Mayo Clinic: Mental Illness Definition (Mayo Foundation 1998-2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mental-illness/basics/definition/con-20033813

• About Education: Deviance and Mental Illness (Crossman, 2014). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://sociology.about.com/od/Deviance/a/Deviance-And-Mental-Illness.htm

• Workplace Mental Health: A How-To Guide (Workplace Mental Health Promotion, 2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://wmhp.cmhaontario.ca/workplace-mental-health-core-concepts-issues/what-is-mental-health-and-mental-illness

• Youtube: Mental Illness: What you see/ What you don’t see (Neinstein & Associates, 2012, December 14). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54sDdNa9vek

• Youtube: Mental Health (Hasudugan., A. 2013, October 9). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQYNOXXjrxQ

• Youtube: What is Stigma? (BringChange2Mind, 2014, August 19). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vkUMXaJDM4