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Understanding Mental Health & Mental Illness www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com What is Mental Health?? Mental health refers to the maintenance of successful mental activity. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com 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. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com 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) www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Worrying about these pressures is NORMAL. But feeling VERY sad, hopeless or worthless might be a sign of a mental health problem. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Mental illness can occur when the brain (or part of the brain) is not working well or is working in the wrong way. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com When the brain is not working properly, one or more of its 6 functions will be disrupted Behavior Thinking Perception Physical Emotion Signaling www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Symptoms can include Thinking difficulties or problems focusing attention Extreme emotional highs and lows www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Sleep problems When these symptoms significantly disrupt a person’s life, we say that the person has a mental disorder or a mental illness. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com So, what are the CAUSES of mental illness?? www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Well, the causes of mental illness are COMPLICATED!! + Genetics → Environment Brain Disorder www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com 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 www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com 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. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Many mental illnesses begin during childhood and persist into adolescence. Some of these include: • • • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com BUT… some illnesses begin during adolescence. The illnesses that most often begin during adolescence include: • • • • • • • • Major Depression (MD) Schizophrenia Bipolar Disorder (BD) Panic disorder Social Anxiety Disorder Eating Disorders Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Addictions www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com 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. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com 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. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Do you ever… • • • • • • • Often feel very angry or very worried? Do reckless things that could harm you or others? Feel grief for a long time after a loss or a death? Think your mind is controlled or out of control? Use alcohol or drugs? Exercise, diet and/or binge-eat obsessively? Hurt other people or destroy property? www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Do you ever… • • • • • • • Often feel very angry or very worried? Do reckless things that could harm you or others? Feel grief for a long time after a loss or a death? Think your mind is controlled or out of control? Use alcohol or drugs? Exercise, diet and/or binge-eat obsessively? Hurt other people or destroy property? If you feel any of these things, it might help to talk to a parent, teacher, school counselor or physician. www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Sun Life Financial Chair In Adolescent Mental Health For more information visit WWW.TEENMENTALHEALTH.ORG www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com Image Credits Slide 1: Paulo Correa aka Nookiez - http://www.sxc.hu/profile/nookiez Slide 14: mohsen rasoulov - www.moosville.com/photoblog Slide 15: Paulo Correa aka Nookiez - http://www.sxc.hu/profile/nookiez www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yola site.com