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Mental Health Services
Understanding
Mental Health
& Mental Illness
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What is
Mental Health??
Mental health refers to the maintenance of
successful mental activity.
What is
Mental Health??
Mental health refers to the maintenance of
successful mental activity.
This includes maintaining productive daily activities
and maintaining fulfilling relationships with others.
It also includes maintaining the abilities to
adapt to change and to cope with stresses.
Mental Health is…
• How you think, feel, and act in order to
face life’s situations….
Ex: How you handle stress.
• How you look at yourself, your life , and
the people in your life…
Ex: How you relate to others.
• How you evaluate your options and make
choices…
• Ex: How you make decisions
It is definitely NOT easy
being a teenager!
Sometimes it’s tough to avoid
feeling stressed, and pressure
can build up in many areas of
life (socially, in school, at
home, and while making big
life decisions)
Mental illness can occur when the brain
(or part of the brain) is not working well
or is working in the wrong way.
When the brain is not working properly,
one or more of its 6
functions will be disrupted
Behavior
Thinking
Perception
Physical
Emotion
Signaling
Symptoms can include
Thinking difficulties
or problems
focusing attention
Extreme emotional
highs and lows
Sleep problems
When these symptoms
significantly disrupt a person’s life,
we say that the person has a
mental disorder
or a mental illness.
So, what are the
CAUSES
of mental illness??
Well, the causes of mental illness are
COMPLICATED!!
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Genetics
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Environment Brain Disorder
What do we know about the
causes of mental illness?
The symptoms of mental
illness are a result of
abnormal brain functioning.
Mental illness is a brain
disorder.
Mental illness is rarely if
ever caused by stress alone
What do we know about the
causes of mental illness?
It is not the consequence of poor
parenting or bad behavior.
It is not the result of personal
weakness or deficits in personality.
It is not the manifestation of
malevolent spiritual intent.
Only in exceptional cases is it caused
by nutritional factors.
It is not caused by poverty.
Some illnesses begin during
adolescence.
The illnesses that most often
begin during adolescence
include:
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Major Depression (MD)
Schizophrenia
Bipolar Disorder (BD)
Panic disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Eating Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Addictions
What do we know about
people with mental illnesses?
• Most people with mental disorders live
productive and positive lives while receiving
treatments for their mental illness.
• Some people have severe and persistent
mental disorders which respond poorly to
current treatments (as in all other illnesses)
• Mental illness does not respect any
boundaries of race, class or geography.
• The majority of people have a friend,
acquaintance or family member who has or
has had a mental disorder.
Why is Mental Health important??
• It affects your relationship with others:
• It affects how you learn:
Your attentiveness, concentration,
classroom conduct, organization, and
communication.
• Mental health problems can lead to other
problems:
Drugs, aggression, risky behavior.
What can I do to protect my mental
health??
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Eat Healthy
Exercise adequately
Care for your health daily
Take time for yourself regularly
Get enough sleep
Manage stress
Play…learn new things
Know yourself
Manage your time wisely….say “no”
Recognize warning signs
Mental health problems can be treated!
If you feel VERY sad, stressed or worried, it might help
to talk to someone about how you are feeling.
Mental Health Careers
• Break into 5 groups (3-4 members)
• Each group elect a spokesperson, a time
keeper and a recorder.
• Each group will have 30 minutes to
research their assigned mental health
career (job description, education requirements,
certifications required, salary, job outlook)
• At the end of 30 minutes the group
spokesperson will present their information
to the class
Mental Health Disorders
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3 most common types of
disorders
• Anxiety disorders: People with anxiety disorders
respond to certain objects or situations with fear and
dread, as well as with physical signs of anxiety or panic,
such as a rapid heartbeat and sweating.
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Mood disorders: These disorders, also called
affective disorders, involve persistent feelings of sadness
or periods of feeling overly happy, or fluctuations from
extreme happiness to extreme sadness
• Psychotic disorders: Psychotic disorders
involve distorted awareness and thinking.
Mental Health Disorders
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Bipolar disorder
Depression
PTSD
Schizophrenia
Panic disorder
Eating disorder
OCD
• Review the assignment
handout
• Break out into groups of 3
• Assign each team
member a role
• Research
• Answer questions for
your role
• Create a poster
• Present your information
to the class on Thursday:
**10 points off if you are not ready
at start of class on Thursday**
Today…Work on your poster
It should include…
25 points
 Title
 Clearly identified
mental health
disorder topic
 Common symptoms
 Possible causes
 Treatments
 Relevant U.S.
statistics
 Available online and
local services and
resources
20 points
 Cohesive look—a
team creation and
not a composite of
three different
individuals’ work.
 Logical and easy to
follow graphic
organization of the
poster content
 Creative use of
visual elements—
e.g., images, colors,
shapes, different
letter sizes, etc.
20 points
 It is easy to read and
identify different
sections.
 The information is
presented in clear
writing and enhanced
by design elements.
 Content and design of
the poster are
informative and
respectful of the topic.
Name of disorder
Clearly
identified
mental health
disorder topic
Treatments
Relevant U.S.
statistics
Available online
and local
services and
resources
Gallery Tour
• Each group will stand by their poster
• When instructed the group will move to the
poster to the right.
• Evaluate each poster on a scale of 1-10
according to the rubric
• Place an X on the number line that
corresponds with your evaluation
• The group will move to the next poster
when you are instructed
1. Frequent sad feelings, irritability, restlessness, decreased energy and
changes in sleeping patterns may be signs of:
A) anorexia. B) post traumatic stress C) schizophrenia. D) depression.
2. Which eating disorder is characterized by cycles of binging and
purging? A) bulimia B) anorexia C) psychosis D) paranoia
3. What % of Americans are diagnosed with schizophrenia? A) 10%
B) 2% C) 20% D) 50%
4. One cause of PTSD is an event involving actual or threatened death. True
or False
5. Antidepressants are used to treat panic disorder. True or False
6. A condition in which a person has periods of extreme highs and lows is
called. A) OCD B) panic disorder C) PTSD D) Bipolar disorder
Mental Health Services
Objectives:
1) Compare mental health services
available to treat mental illnesses.
2) Create a brochure or video advertisement
for a mental health facility.
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Mental Health Treatment
• There are three major types of treatment
settings for people who have a mental
health problem.
Hospital Inpatient
Residential
Outpatient
Hospital Inpatient
• Inpatient hospitals provide treatment to more
severely ill mental health patients.
• They might be in the acute phase of a mental
illness and need around the clock care
• A stay in an inpatient setting is usually short
term (less than 30 days)
Residential
• Residential mental health treatment settings
generally provide longer term care
• chronic mental health problem
• less "hospital-like" than an inpatient hospital
Outpatient
• In an outpatient mental health treatment setting
the client/patient does not spend the night or
reside there.
• Community mental health centers, hospital
outpatient clinic, private offices
Mental Health Services
• Choose one of the mental health settings.
• Research a facility in one of these settings
online
• Create a brochure advertisement for this
facility
• For a challenge you can choose to do a
video advertisement on Animoto rather
than brochure