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Student Notes of Mental Health
LESSON ONE：MENTAL HEALTH
What is mental health?
(a) Absence of mental illness
(b) Individuals with good mental health
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Develop emotionally, creatively, intellectually and spiritually
Sustain mutually satisfying personal relationships
Confront own problems, resolve and learn from them
Are confident and assertive
Respect self and others
Make good and positive decisions
Are able to enjoy life
How do I manage my mental health?
Some of the suggested areas that contribute to good mental health:
(a) Good Self Esteem
(b) Well-balanced Diet
(c) Enough Sleep
(d) Open Communication
(e) Close Relationships
(f) Avoid Alcohol
(g) Avoid Smoking
(h) Regular Exercise
(i) Relaxation
What is mental health problems or illness?
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Mental Illness is an illness of the mind that result in abnormal
behavior.
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On average one in three of us will experience a mental health
problem in the course of a year especially if they are going through
stressful time in life regardless of age, race or gender.
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It may last a few weeks or a lifetime.
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The risk in developing mental illness can be:
 Genetically inherited
 Other “contributing” factors like
i)
Problem in development prior to birth
ii)
Chemical imbalances in the brain
iii)
Traumatic personal experiences
 Mental illnesses can be separated into two main groups:
i)
Psychosis
ii) Neurosis
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精神病與神經官能症的列表
Definition
Psychosis
Neurosis
Psychosis is one of a group of
mental disorders that feature loss
of contact with reality.
Neurosis is any long-term mental
or behavioural disorder in which
contact with reality is retained
and the condition is recognized
by the sufferer as abnormal.
Characterized by impaired
functioning in the brain and cause
changes in thinking, emotion and
behavior.
People with psychosis are
unaware of the problem.
It is a less severe form of mental
illness than psychosis and
apparently not caused by any
injury to the brain.
Characterized by an abnormal
thought pattern or emotional
disorder of the mind.
People with neurosis are fully
aware of the problem.
Causes
Illness
includes
Depending on the type of disorder
it is presenting, psychosis can be
Depending on the type of
disorder it is presenting, neurosis
caused by:
can be caused by:
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Physical or chemical damages;
or
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By purely social factors, with no
biological component.
“Psychological” in origin
Emotional or social cause
e.g. stress.
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Schizophrenia
Parkinson disease
Mood disorder
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Anxiety disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(GAD)
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Brief psychotic disorder (e.g.
trauma and stress)
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Obsessive compulsive
disorder
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Organic psychotic disorder
(e.g. brain injury)
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Drug-induced psychotic
disorder (e.g. recreational/party
drugs)
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Depression
Phobia
Somatoform disorder
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Symptoms* 
Treatment
Loss touch with reality
Symptoms are often not evident
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Seeing, hearing, or perceiving
things that are not there
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Hallucinations
Delusions
Disorganized speech and
behavior.
to others and cause considerable
personal distress (e.g. anxiety,
depression)
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Anti-psychotic medications
Psychotherapy
Hospitalization
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Psychotherapy Counseling
Cognitive behavior therapy.
Drug therapy
LESSON TWO
Psychotic Disorders
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Definition
Cause
Schizophrenia A group of disorders that 
cause distorted thought 
and perception.
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Dementia
A progressive disease, 
which cause a decline in
cognitive and intellectual
function of the brain.
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Alzheimer’s
Disease (AD)
A slowly progressive form 
of dementia and a
disorder involving
deterioration in mental
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functions resulting from
Symptoms
Genetic factor
Life events
Psychological and social
factors
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Delusion
Hallucinations
Lack of emotions
Treatment
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Combination of
medication and
psychotherapy
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Hospitalization if required
Chemical or structural
abnormalities in the brain
Chemical, structural or
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vascular changes in the
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brain, leading to the death of
brain cell.
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It may occur within families.
Memory problem
Communication
difficulties
Depression
No cure or prevention but
many of the symptoms can
be treated or managed by
drug therapy.
Other causes like brain
tumor/head injuries.
The cause is UNKNOWN 
and it is not part of normal
aging.
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It may occur within families.
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Trouble finding names
for familiar objects
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Getting lost on familiar
routes
changes in brain tissue.
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Repeating statements No cure or prevention but
frequently
many of the symptoms can
Frequently misplacing be treated or managed by
items
drug therapy.
LESSON TWO
Psychotic Disorders
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Definition
Parkinson
Disease
Cause
Symptoms
A progressive neurological 
disorder that results in
degenerative of nerve
cells in a regions of the
The cause is unknown, but it 
is known that progressive
destruction of nerve cells in 
the brain.
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Slowness of
movement
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In some case, it may occur 
within families.
Tremor in arms and
legs
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Most Parkinson’s disease
among the elderly is
idiopathic while the rest is
secondary cause like brain
trauma, brain infection and
brain that controls
movement.
recurrent stroke.
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Treatment
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No cure or prevention
Drug therapy to slow
down progression of the
symptoms.
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Non-pharmacological
treatment
Loss of balance
Shaky
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Physical therapy
Exercise
Occupational/Speech
therapy
Surgery
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Neurosis Disorders
Definition
Cause
Symptoms
A prolonged and
Associated with imbalance of
disturbed emotional state certain chemicals that carry
that affects almost all of signals between the brain cells.
Two Types:
1. Major depression the person’s thoughts,
2. Manic-Depressive feelings, and behaviors.
Treatment
Combination of
medication and
psychotherapy
Mood disorders
disorder
Major depression
Single severe of
depression marked by
negative thoughts and
physical symptoms like
fatigue.
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Seems to be related
stressful/upsetting life events
e.g. relationship difficulties,
physical illness or job/money
worries.
Marked as at least 2 weeks of
continually being in a bad
mood:
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No interest in anything
No pleasure from activities
Biochemical changes in
hormones
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Problems with eating,
sleeping, thinking,
concentrating, or making
decisions
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Lack of energy
Suicidal thoughts
Feeling worthless or guilty
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Increased isolation
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Combination of
medication and
psychotherapy
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Neurosis Disorders
Definition
Manic-Depressive
Disorder
Phobia
Characterized by an
alternating pattern of
emotional highs (mania)
and lows (depression).
Cause
Symptoms
Unclear but a variety of
Manic phase
contributing factors that seems  Poor self-control
to be involved in the cause of the  Has racing thoughts
illness.
 Is easily distracted
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Biologic (biochemical
changes in hormone)
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Genetic (run in families)
Environmental (stressful
event)
Depressive phase
(See major depression)
Treatment
Combination of
medication and
psychotherapy
Sleep disturbances
Extreme irritability
A phobia is irrational fears Two types of phobia:
of certain objects or  Direct - caused by a
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Racing heart
Short, shallow breaths
Combination of
medication and
situation.
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Sweating
Fear of death
psychotherapy
frightening event, the
emotion from which is held
and locked away together
with the memory of what
happened.
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Indirect - caused by a build
up of anxiety from many
causes and often over a long
period of time.
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Neurosis Disorders
Definition
Cause
Symptoms
Obsessive-compulsive Characterized by
obsessive thoughts
disorder (OCD)
and/or compulsive
Unknown but the risk factors of Common Obsessions:
developing OCD may include  Contamination fear of dirt
parents or other family
 Need to tell, ask, confess
behaviors that
members have OCD and
 Imagining having harmed
significantly interfere with stress.
self or others.
normal life. The
 Constantly thinking about
obsessive and
certain sounds, images,
compulsive rituals can
words or numbers.
occupy many hours of
each day.
Common Compulsions:
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Checking repeatedly that
doors are locked and
appliances turned off.
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Touching certain objects
several times.
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Counting over and over to
a certain number.
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Excessive hand washing
Treatment
Combination of
medication and
psychotherapy
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Neurosis Disorders
Definition
Cause
Symptoms
Unknown but the most common 
Somatoform Disorder A group of disorders
characterized by physical triggers of Somatoform
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symptoms that cannot be Disorders are psychosocial
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fully explained by a
stressors, trauma (physical or 
neurological or
generalized medical
("organic") condition.
Generalized Anxiety
Disorder
Frequent headaches
Back pain
Abdominal distress
Pelvic pain
sexual abuse) or family conflict. 
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Fatigue
Sore muscles
The precise cause of GAD is
not known. Several factors
may play a role but not limited
to, include family history or a
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Worry
Anxiety
Tension
Restlessness
physiological chemical
imbalance, and that symptoms
may get worse during periods
of stress.
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Exhausting easily
Struggle Concentrating
Muscle Tension
Uneasy Sleep
Ask yourself questions
like:
1. Do I worry
excessively about
minor issues?
2.
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Am I nervous most of
Treatment
No known cure but
can be managed
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Drug therapy
Psychotherapy
Combination of
medication and
psychotherapy
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Neurosis Disorders
Definition
Cause
Symptoms
3.
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the time?
Am I stressed most
days?
Treatment
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LESSON TWO
What is stress?
(a) It is a feeling of tension or pressures both physically or emotionally that we
cannot cope with our daily lives.
(b) Two types of Stresses:
i)
Positive and healthy stress
Mental
Emotional
Physical
■ Enhanced creativity
■ Enhanced thinking
■ Sense of Control
■ Responsiveness to
■ High energy level
■ Increased stamina
ability
■ Greater goal
orientation
■ Enhanced motivation
environment
■ Improved
interpersonal
relationships
■ Improved morale
■ Flexibility of muscles
and joints
■ Freedom from
stress-related disease
ii)
Negative and harmful stress (short / long term effects)
Mental
Emotional
Physical
Short-term effects:
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Poor memory
Inability to concentrate
Low creativity
Poor self-control
Low self-esteem
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Irritability
Disorganization
Mood swings
Insomnia
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Stomachache
Flushed face
Cold hands
Gas
Rapid breathing
Long-term effects:
■ Depression
■ Overweight/under-weight
■ Hypertension
■ Forgetfulness
■ Inability to make
decisions/quick to make
decisions
■ Low tolerance for
ambiguity
■ Drug abuse
■ Excessive smoking
■ Ineffective use of
work/leisure time
■ Overreaction to mild work
pressure
■ Coronary
disease
■ Ulcers
■ Migraine
■ Strokes
■ Allergies
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Causes of stress
(a) Causes of stress are known as Stressors.
(b) Stressors can be PHYSICAL or EMOTIONAL, internally or externally
generated.
(c) These can be events, situations, people or demands that the
individual perceives to be the source of stress.
(d) The most common stressors include:
 Bereavement, separation, divorce, family
 Bereavement, separation, divorce, family
 Life style change - financial gain or loss
 Work change - tension, unemployment, promotion
 Financial problems - debts, loss or reduction of income
 Family relationships
 Retirement - enforced leisure, reduced income
 Expectations we place on ourselves - to succeed, achieve
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Expectations of others
Our physical environment Life events
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Symptoms of stress
Mental
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Lack of Concentration
Forgetfulness
Drop in school
performance
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Inability to study
Carelessness
Panicky
Nervous habits
(smoking, drinking)
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Obsessive thoughts
Physical
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Headaches
Nervousness
Rashes
Stomachach
es
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Fast
heartbeat
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Perspiration
Diarrhea
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Urination
Emotional
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Boredom
Angry outbursts
Nightmares
Sad/depressed
Scared
Withdrawn
Fighting
Sighing
Anxiety
Physiological response to stress
Homeostasis
Our body is constantly attempts to maintain a state of balance known
as homeostasis.
All physical and psychological systems function smoothly, and
equilibrium is maintained.
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Our body’s reaction to stress is known as General Adaptation Syndrome
(G.A.S).
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There are three stages to GAS:
1. First Stage: “Alarm reaction”
(a) The body release certain chemical substance (hormone) to
combat the stress and to stay in control – “Fight or Flight
response”
(b) Signs of Stress include:
(c) Once the cause of the stress is removed, the body will go back to
normal.
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If the cause for the stress is not removed, G.A.S will go to its second stage.
2.
Second Stage：“Resistance or Adaptation reaction”
(a)
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The body’s response to long term protection.
The body release further chemical substances (hormone) that
increase blood sugar levels to sustain energy and raise blood
pressure.
If this adaptation phase continues for a prolonged period of time without
rest in response to stress, the body will prone to the following reactions:
i)
ii)
iii)
Fatigue
Irritability
Gastric problems
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3.
Third Stage：“Exhaustion reaction”
(a) The body has run out of its reserve of body energy and immunity from
alarm and resistance stage.
(b) The blood sugar levels decrease that leads to:
i)
Decrease stress tolerance
ii)
Physical and psychological exhaustion
iii)
Diseases or illnesses – e.g. increase chance of heart attack
and stroke.
iv)
Psychosomatic symptoms – e.g. flu, common cold, sore throat,
muscle ache, gastric problems.
Consequences
Harmful Behavior
Psychological symptoms Physiological Symptoms
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Smoking
Alcohol abuse
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Anxiety
Panic
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Headache
Hypertension
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Drug abuse
Violent behavior
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Depression
Anger
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Diarrhea
Ulcer
Increas susceptibility
to infectious disease
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Coping with stress
Two coping strategies: Problem-focused and Emotion-focused
Problem-focused – solve by seeking information, changing
our own behavior, or take necessary actions.
Emotion-focused – deal with emotional distress, like seeking
support and sympathy or avoiding or denying the situation.
Several factors that reduce stress in your life:
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Self-Awareness
Physical Exercise
Diet
Avoid Stimulants
Relax
Time management
Talk to someone
Treatment of mental illness
Most serious mental illnesses require a combination of:
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Medication
 Most effective tool.
 Requires careful supervision by a physician as it is targeted at the
chemical imbalances associated with mental illness.
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Psychotherapies
 Address emotional response in which psychotherapist help
patients to understand their emotions and deal with their problems
in a more confident way.
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Substance misuse on mental health
Reasons for the development of substance misuse may include:
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Self-medication
Difficulties in gaining access to social groups
Coping with stress.
Rebellious act against adult authority
Escaping their problems
Hide their feelings of inadequacy and low self esteem
Thrill and excitement of taking a risk
Wanting to feel grown up
It may influence:
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The course of major psychiatric conditions – e.g. schizophrenia
and depression
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Produce a wide range of minor symptoms:
 Sleep disturbance
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Panic
Poor concentration
Memory problems
Irritability.
Current misconception
Myth
Truth
People with mental illness develop
violent tendencies and are
dangerous to our society.
Around 5% of the mental patients
develop violent. Majority will withdraw
into themselves rather than interact
with others.
People with mental illness possess
Mental illness involves a wide range of
the same symptom.
problems and complaints. There are
many different types of mental illness.
Often these involve feelings of
depression, anxiety and confusion - all
of which most people get at some time
or other.
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Myth
Truth
Mental patients are all stupid and
weird.
Mental patients have a slightly lower or
an average intelligence. Some
patient look a bit dull and retarded, this
may due to the side effects of the drug
therapy or patients who are suffered
from serious mental diseases that
prohibit them to carry on normal daily
lives.
There is no cure for people who
Normally early signs may appear prior
develop mental illness.
to the diagnosis of mental illness. If
early treatment (such as medication or
psychotherapy) is given, the chance of
recovery or the deterioration rate of the
disease can be prevented or slow
down.
Living stress is the major cause of
mental illness.
Stress is not the major factor that
causes mental illness. However, it
may have a positive and negative
influence on each individual,
depending on how well we deal with it.
If stress is not deal properly, serious
diseases may develop as
consequences.
Majority of mental disorders are
inherited and can be spread-able.
Some serious mental diseases such as
dementia, schizophrenic may run on
families and believe to be hereditary.
Physical, behavioral, and
environmental influences may
contribute to the cause as well.
In treating mental patient, they
should be isolated or be
hospitalized.
Isolation or hospitalized mental patient
is not necessary if they are given
proper treatment. However,
hospitalization is required for patient
who may likely to harm themselves or
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others. Long-term isolation will only
draw them further away from reality,
thus making them difficult to
rehabilitate.
Our attitudes towards mental illness and how can we help them
1. View mental illness like other illness or condition.
2. Educate the community to overcome attitudes based on
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
misconceptions.
Promote mental health by nourishing healthy attitudes through early
childhood and adult life, and learn ways to deal with trauma in
relationships, situations and events.
Encourage research into mental illnesses to assist understanding of
how these illnesses affect people and how they can be prevented.
Assist friends and relatives with a mental illness to obtain care and
treatment.
Talk about mental illnesses openly with everyone you meet.
Provide high-quality support and treatment services that enable people
with a mental illness to participate fully in all aspects of community life.
8. Address discrimination in every area of life, including employment,
education and the provision of goods, services and facilities.
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Suggested Activities
Suggested Activities
1. Worksheet
Reaction to stress
i) Time：
ii) Purpose：
iii) Materials：
iv) Procedures：
15 mins
This activity helps students discover healthy
ways to cope with the stress they experience
“Reactions to stress” worksheet
Students into small groups uses 10 min to
brainstorm the most frequent causes of stress
v)
Reference：
in their lives. Place their answers on the
board the reactions to stress from the
healthiest stress to the least healthy stress.
Remember that rating the reactions to stress is
arbitrary and can change from day to day.
From Coping-Reacting to Stress,
Coping-Coping
with
Stress,
by
Corinne
Sanders and Cynthia Turner  Good Apple, a
division of Frank Schaffer Publications, 23740
Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90505
obtained from Discovering Me - Chapter 4
Dealing with Stress pg. 53.
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Reaction to Stress
People react in various ways to stressful situations. Circle the reactions you
feel are healthy and are useful. Cross out the reactions you feel are
detrimental or harmful.
Place the reactions to stress from most healthy to least healthy.
Most Healthy
Least Healthy
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2. Group Discussion
i)
ii)
iii)
Time：
10-15 mins
Purpose： Discuss or brainstorm with students the followings:
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What are the areas in life that contribute good mental
health?
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What are their suggested ways to cope with stress?
What are the current misconceptions towards mental
illness and mental illness patients?
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What should be done about the stigma surrounding mental
problems?
Materials
(optional) ： Present
suggested
answers
via
power-point presentation or overhead projection.
3. Reflective journal from newspaper clippings
i)
Purpose：Increase student awareness of the current mental
ii)
health issues through reflective journals.
Materials ： Students select a stress-related or mental
health-related news articles clipping and write up a page of
reflective journal using the table below*
Sample news articles from South China Morning Post
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Reflective Journal
Source of newspaper：
Date of published：
Title of the newspaper clipping：
What happened？
How do I feel about it？
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What do I learn？
Suggested Activities
4. School programmes
Design an exhibition board to promote the following topic(s)/project(s)
as school program(s):
i)
Suggested Topic：Mental health Awareness Week
For example:
 What is mental health?
 What are the advantages and disadvantages in
maintaining good mental health?
 How can I maintain good mental health?
ii)
Suggested Topic：壓力處理的技巧
For example:
 What is Stress?
 How stress affects our lives?
 How can I eliminate stress in my life?
 How can I manage stress better?
iii)
Suggested Topic：How much do you know about mental
illness?
For example:
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iv)
What is mental illness?
What are the factors that affect mental disorder?
Why people have misconceptions about mental
disorder?
How can we help mental illness patients and their
families to cope well with the disease?
Suggested Project：Student’s top 10 stress-list or top10
stress-reliever in your school
Suggested procedures:
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Prepare and conduct a school survey (if time/cost is
allowable)
Distribute and collect survey
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Analyze results*** and interpret statistics
Draw up conclusion and address the issue
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For example: Statistic Results ***
Source：Ming Pao (6 May 2001)
Source：Ming Pao (4 Nov 2002)
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Source：Ming Pao (4 Nov 2002)
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Glossary
詞彙
Glossary
Activator
Adaptive response
Adrenal Glands
Adrenocorticotropic
hormone (ACTH)
Autonomic Nervous
System: (ANS)
Cortisol:
Corticotropin
Releasing
Hormones
Consequences
Distress
Epinephrine
Potential stressors, situation or events that may
perceive as stressful.
Form of adjustment in which the body attempts to
restore homeostasis
Glands located adjacent to the kidneys that are
responsible for synthesis and secretion of various
hormones important for body function. The outer
portion of the adrenal glands known as adrenal cortex,
secretes important steroid hormones including
cortisol, a hormone that mediates various stress
reactions. The inner portion of the adrenal glands
known as adrenal medulla, secretes epinephrine and
norepinephrine, the hormones important in the “fight or
flight” reaction to a threat or sudden stress.
Hormone released by pituitary gland at the base of the
brain, which acts directly on the adrenal glands to
increase their secretion of cortixol and other
hormones. During periods of stress, ACTH level
rises, causing elevated cortisol levels. ACTH levels
are controlled by hormone releasing factor CRH
(Corticotropin
releasing
hormone)
from
the
hypothalamus of the brain.
Part of nervous system that regulates the involuntary
part of our bodily functions.
A steroid hormone released by the adrenal cortex that
makes stored nutrients more readily available to meet
energy demands.
So called “releasing factor” made and released from
the hypothalamus of the brain, which is carried to the
pituitary gland, where it causes secretion of ACTH.
The effect of one’s actions; the effect of stress
response.
Form of stress that results negative effect on health.
Hormone and neurotransmitter secreted by the
adrenal medulla which brings about the changes in the
body known as the “fight or flight” reaction (or stress
reaction).
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Glossary
詞彙
Eustress
Form of stress that results positive effect on health.
Fight or flight
Reaction
General Adaptation
Syndrome: (GAS)
The reaction that occurs in the body when faced by a
sudden, unexpected threat or source of stress.
Series of physiological changes that occur when a
stressor is encountered; the GAS consists of three
phrases: alarm, resistance and exhaustion.
A state of balance or constancy in which all the body’s
systems function smoothly.
Part of the limbic system that contains the center for
many bodily functions; controls the sympathetic
nervous system and directs the stress response.
Homeostasis
Hypothalamus
Norepinephrine
Parasympathetic
Nervous System:
(PNS)
Pituitary Glands
Stress
Stressor
Hormone and neurotransmitter secreted by the
adrenal medulla, which brings about the changes in
the body known as the “fight or flight” reaction (or
stress reaction).
Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for
slowing systems stimulated by the stress response.
A gland located at the base of the brain, connected to
the hypothalamus of the brain. It is divided into
anterior and posterior sections, which have different
functions.
The sum of physical and emotional reactions to any
stimulus that disturbs the organism’s homeostasis.
Any physical or psychological event or situation that
produces stress.
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References for Teachers
Supplementary References
Teacher References:
Website:
Hong Kong Alzheimer Association and Brain Failure (HKADA)
(http://www.hkada.org.hk)
Hong Kong Mood Disorders Center
(http://www.hmdc.med.cuhk.edu.hk/main.html)
Internet Mental Health
(http://www.mentalhealth.com)
Mental Health Association of Hong Kong
(http://www.mhahk.org.hk/)
Migraine
(http://www.slimall.com.tw/disease/b.02.htm)
New stress paradigm for women
(http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug00/stress.html)
SAMHSA’s Office of Applied Studies
(http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/topics.htm)
Somatoform Disorder
(http://www.psychology.org.tw/pp11.htm)
Stress Magazine
(http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/H/health/magazine/stress/young_
people.html)
Student Stress Management Platform
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~stress/)
Stressed Women Tend-and-Befriend rather than Fight-or-Flight
(http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/archives/0500/blfof500.htm)
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References for Teachers
Tend and Befriend verses Fight and Flight
(http://www.fi.edu/brain/stress/tend.html)
The fight and flight response to stress
(http://www.healthed.msu.edu/fact/stress_response.shtml)
The Government of Hong Kong – Mental Health
(http://www.info.gov.hk/elderly/english/linkset.htm)
The Migraine Relief Center
(http://www.migrainehelp.com/understand.html)
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
(http://www.health.org/catalog/)
The relationship between mental health and substance abuse among
adolescents
(http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/NHSDA/A-9/TOC.htm)
The Royal College of Psychiatrist’s website
(http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/info/mhgu/newmhgu22.htm)
The way to well-being
(http://www.lifewaves.net/Health_management/Mental_Health/ment_illness.sh
tml)
Understanding Mental Illness
(http://www.cgh.com.sg/health_public/pamphlet/psymed/mental/umi_main.htm
l)
Youth Studies.net
(http://ssweb.cityu.edu.hk)
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References for Teachers
Textbooks
1. Introduction to Psychology, Sixth Edition by Rod Plotnik 2002
2. Maintaining Health in Primary Care – Guidelines for Wellness in the 21st
Century. Jennifer R. Jamison 2001
3. Psychology and the Challenges of Life: Adjustment in the New Millennium,
Eighth Edition by Spencer A. Rathus and Jeffrey S. Nevid 2002
4. Wellness – Concepts and Applications Fourth Edition.
David J. Anspaugh,
Michael H. Hamrick and Frank D. Rosato 2000
5. American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and statistical
manual of mental disorders (4th ed., Text revision). Washington, DC:
Author
6. Discovering Me – A Guide to Teaching Health and Building Adolescents’
Self Esteem by Leslie Herod 1999
7. Fitness and Wellness Fifth Edition. Werner W.K. Hoeger and Sharon A.
Hoeger 2002
8. Health and Wellness Fifth Edition by Gordon Edlin, Eric Golanty and Kelli
McCormack Brown 1996
9. The Physiology of Health and Illness with related anatomy by Hydt
Hubbard and Derek Mechan 1997
10. Health – The Basic by Rececca J. Donatelle and Lorraine G. Davis 1999
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References for Teachers
News articles
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12 種 壓 力 最 大 工 作 (Mingpao Health 18/6/2002)
曾鈺成葉國謙父親節齊減壓 (Mingpao 17/6/2002)
工作事件引發壓力 (Mingpao Health 18/6/2002)
男士家庭問題求助增 (Mingpao Health 6/6/2002)
兩成教師感工作壓力極大 (Mingpao Health 2/6/2002)
超時工作長遠傷害深 (Mingpao Health 1/6/2002)
長期加班奪命 (Mingpao Health 24/5/2002)
關係和諧有學問 (Mingpao Health 25/3/2002)
健康基石優質睡眠 (Mingpao Health 19/3/2002)
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偏頭痛藥物療效低 (Mingpao Health 18/2/2002)
情緒病-徵狀隱伏須細察 (Mingpao 5/11/2002)
37%人藉飲食紓壓 (Mingpao 5/11/2002)
壓力動力變變變 (Mingpao 5/11/2002)
老人癡呆症全面睇 (Mingpao 9/10/2002)
擺脫賭魔纏繞 (Mingpao 8/10/2002)
齊齊練瑜伽 (Mingpao 30/9/2002)
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Destructive habit (SCMP 26/9/2002)
兒童也驚父母失業 (Mingpao 16/9/2002)
(Mingpao 11/9/2002)
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兩子無錢開學 綜援婦企跳 (Mingpao 3/9/2002)
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Mother “gambled sons’ book money (SCMP 3/9/2002)
上網成癮青少年新病態 (Mingpao 2/9/2002)
帶孩子精神病人 覆診應較密 (Mingpao 2/9/2002)
末婚媽媽攬子跳樓亡 (Mingpao 2/9/2002)
(Mingpao 28/4/2002)
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36% of teens ‘have had suicidal thoughts’ (SCMP 28/3/2002)
大叫比賽助減壓 (Mingpao Health 24/12/2001)
管理人須駕馭壓力 (Mingpao Health 15/12/2001)
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家庭醫學漸受重視 (Mingpao Health 19/11/2001)
夫妻離婚子女困擾 (Mingpao Health 14/11/2001)
四成行政人員感工作壓力大 (Mingpao Health 31/10/2001)
社署增心理健康教育 (Mingpao Health 31/10/2001)
身心健康就是財富 (Mingpao Health 27/10/2001)
手術治柏金遜症 (Mingpao Health 22/10/2001)
誰適合接受手術﹖(Mingpao Health 22/10/2001)
重整公私生活減壓 (Mingpao Health 12/10/2001)
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教師參考資料
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學關壓力警鐘 (Mingpao Health 10/10/2001)
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減壓沒即食 (Mingpao Health 10/10/2001)
治柏金遜症藥新舊互補 (Mingpao Health 8/10/2001)
病人的自白 (Mingpao Health 8/10/2001)
便秘者患柏金遜機會高２．７倍 (Mingpao Health 15/8/2001)
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Slimming pills ‘may harm health’ (SCMP 16/11/2001)
Suicide biggest killer of youths (SCMP 22/9/2001)
13% (Mingpao 22/8/2001)
中學生鬥減肥愈輕愈威 (Mingpao 8/7/2001)
生命約章教學子珍惜生命 (Mingpao 6/5/2001)
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25% of people suffer the blues, survey discovers (SCMP 23/10/2000)
飲咖啡可預防柏金遜症？ (Mingpao Health 13/7/2000)
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Stress and laziness add to obesity danger (SCMP 10/6/2000)
瘦就是美 造成可怕後果 (Mingpao 26/6/2000)
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