Download Mental Health

“Your present circumstances
don’t determine where you can
go; they merely determine where
you start”
1. What are Mental Illnesses?
2. What are some signs and
symptoms?
3. How can you help someone?
Depression and
Suicide
Mental Disorders
A mental disorder is a mental health
problem that may:
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make parts of daily life hard or impossible
cause emotional pain
cloud a person’s ability to think clearly
make a person lose touch with reality
cause someone to harm him or herself or
others
require medical treatment
What are the signs of Mental
Health Disorders?
• Sadness, Hopelessness, Despair, or Irritability
• Feeling of Panic or Terror without reason
• Change in Eating and Sleeping Habits
• Bizarre Behavior; Violence or agressive
• Loss of Self-Esteem
• Withdraw from Life; Lack of energy
• Extreme and Sudden Mood Changes
Some Mental and Emotional
Disorders
- Anorexia
* Excessive dieting resulting in
self-starvation
- Bulimia
* Bingeing on food then purging
to avoid weight gain
Eating Disorders
- Anxiety
- OCD (ObsessiveCompulsive)
Anxiety
Disorders
* Feeling of fear with physical
symptoms (Increased heart rate,
shortness of breath, shaking, and
sweating)
- Panic
*Recurring thoughts with the need to
perform some actions such as
washing one’s hands
- Phobia
* Intense feeling of terror that occurs
suddenly without cause
* Persistent fear of something
Continued ...
Some Mental and Emotional Disorders
- Multiple Personality
Dissociative Disorders - Amnesia
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
* Having two or more distinct personalities
* Loss of memory
- Depression
* Feelings of extreme sadness, loneliness,
and hopelessness
- Manic- Depressive
(Bipolar Disorder)
* Exaggerated feelings of euphoria ,
irritability, and excessive mood swings
- Antisocial
* Preference to remain distant from others
- Paranoid
* Consistent mistrust of others
- Passive-Aggressive
* Behavior showing inner conflict between
being dependent and assertive
What is Depression?
A disorder that affects a person’s mood where
feeling range from the blues to extreme sadness
and hopelessness.
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It can be a crippling disease and may lead to suicide.
It is caused by either a:
[ Physical: Chemical imbalance, injury, or illness within
the brain.
[ Psychological: Unhealthy way of dealing with
experiences, emotions, or stress
[ Other Factors: Family history, Major life stresses,
Physical illness, Drug abuse, Gender.
How to help someone
who is Depressed?
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Talk to them- Don’t dwell on the negative; focus on the
positive.
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Listen - Get them to talk.
Show understanding.
Get them to put things into perspective.
Exercise.
Don’t tell them “THINGS ARE NOT THAT BAD.”
If it lasts longer than 2 weeks, seek help, hotlines,
counselors, & trusted adults.
Treatments
• Psycho-Therapy
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helps people resolve past trauma through counseling
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involves a therapist leading a group of
people with a similar disorder
• Group Therapy
• Medication
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can help ease symptoms of a mental disorder but are
not the answer to all mental health issues
Suicide:
an act of taking one’s own life.
Causes
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depression or other mental
disorder
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big disappointment or change
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substance abuse
Warning Signs
• extreme sadness or
hopelessness
• changes in grades,
eating habits and
sleep habits
• * gives things away
• * talks about it
• * has a will
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What you can do to help?
1) Determine the Danger
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2) Deal with the actual plan.
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ASK who, what, where, when, why, & how
Remove the potential for suicide.Or Remove the means.Or Determine the method.
3) Get professional HELP.
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Tell someone - teachers, counselors, parents, or suicidal hotlines.
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4) Take RESPONSIBILITY for saving your friend’s life.
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5) Write a contract for life.
SUICIDE IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO A
TEMPORARY PROBLEM!