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“Everyone thinks I’ve gotten better. I haven’t. I’ve just gotten better at hiding it. ” Explain the meaning and message this quote is trying to deliver.
Mental & Emotional Problems-Anxiety & Depression
-Mental Disorders-Suicide Prevention
- Getting Help
Anxiety - feeling uneasy or worried about what might happen
- feelings fear or worry
- sweating, shaking, tension
- inc heart rate, shortness breath
USE STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
WORRIED MOST OF TIMEEASILY DISTRACTED/CAN’T CONCENTRATE
MUSCLE TENSION/UNABLE TO RELAXCHANGES IN APPETITE
PYYSICAL SYMPTOMS (HEADACHE, STOMACH ACHE)
.
Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark
Twain, Marilyn Monroe and Ernest Hemingway
have battled depression during their lives
ONLY 1 OUT OF 3 TEENS SUFFERING
FROM DEPRESSION
GET HELP
ONLY 1 OUT OF 3 TEENS SUFFERING
FROM DEPRESSION
GET HELP
Feel sad or down Loss of interest Change appetite or
weight Sleep Disturbances Anxious / Can’t relax
Loss energy Loss focus Feeling like failure Worthless/Helpless Thoughts Death
Depression – prolonged feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and sadness.
15 % Teens Suffer From
Depression
Resiliency
Minor Depression– less severe symptoms
Major depression – medical condition requiring more severe symptoms
- May develop from mild depression- Chemicals in the brain
SEEK HELP FOR DEPRESSION!!!
MajorDysthymia
BipolarPostpartumSeasonal
Complete Worksheet to test knowledge on definitions of Mental illnesses.
Mental Disorders – illness of the mind
CAUSES:
1) Physical illness or injury brain(tumors, infections, chemical imbalances, injury)
2) Emotional cause(abuse, disasters, death)
1 out of 4 will suffer from a mental illness
Only about 30% get
help
Anxiety disorders – real or imagined fears are difficult to control
Phobias
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Post-traumatic stress (PTSD)
Panic Disorder
Generalized anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Impulse Control - are unable to resist urges to hurt themselves or others (cutting, stealing, arson, compulsive gambling or shopping)
Eating Disorders Anorexia –not eating Bulimia – binge and purging
Mood Disorders- mood interfere with living Bipolar – highs and lowsDepression
Conduct Disorders – basic social rules are violated (lying, aggression, cruelty)
Schizophrenia- lose contact with reality (1%) can’t tell what is real an imaginary
Personality disorders - have extreme and inflexible personality traits
Borderline personality disorder
Psychotherapy – talking w/ mental health professional
Behavior therapy –rewards and reinforcement
Cognitive therapy- identify and correct distorted thinking
Family Therapy – helping family
Group therapy –similar problems
Drug Therapy - medicines (often combined other methods)
Joseph Addison:“The three grand essentials to happiness in
life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.”
WHY?To Do – accomplishmentsTo Love – share feelings, hopes, dreams,
and disappointmentsTo Hope- reason to live, things to look
forward to,FUTURE
Suicide - intentional taking of one’s own life
Cluster Suicides – series of suicides
Parasuicide – cry help
Bullying Death/separation parents Alienated by friends or family Ending of relationship Money Problems Depression/Anxiety Disorders
2 Risk Factors 90% Suffer From Depression/Mental Disorder
History Alcohol or Drug Abuse
Verbal Signs
- direct statements “I want to die”- Indirect “Soon the pain will be over”- Written statements (poems, songs, etc.)
Non-Verbal Signs (Write 5)- withdrawal- mood swings- impulsive behavior- negative self-evaluation- decline school work- giving away personal items- increase substance abuse- feeling trapped or in unbearable pain- feel burden to others - showing rage or talking about seeking revenge
Recognize the signs
Show Support/Ask Questions
Stay w/ the person
Persuade them to get help
E60 - unbreakable
Suicide Hotline Click
1) My family doesn’t care about me. They’ll be happy when I am gone”.
2) Nobody ever pays attention to me. This will be the only thing I ever do that anyone will notice.”
3) I can’t live without him/her. I’ll never be happy again”.
4) Life doesn’t mean anything anymore. I might as well just get it over with”.
Suicide
Risk Factors_____________________________________________
Warning signs___________________________________________
Prevention___________________________________________
it was believed that evil spirits caused mental illnesses or
abnormal behaviors.
most common treatment was trepanation.
trepanation - was done by drilling holes into the skull of the possessed person, therefore allowing the evil spirits to leave.
Oldest Skull found 7,000 years old
EARLYTREATMENTS
The mental ill were referred to as lunatics.
Establishments for the mentally ill were called madhouses but later became private asylums
Opened 1851 – Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital
Name Changed 1921 -Harrisburg State Hospital
State mental hospitals become over-crowded and custodial care supersedes humane treatment.
blind-folded on the platform, suddenly the platform falls from beneath and the patient is dumped into a bucket of ice cold water, creating an effect of body shock.
A person was completely strapped in the crib, unable to move.
Was used to limit motion and reduce sensory stimulation by covering the head and blocking vision.
Another device used to induce a state of shock. A person could last only a short time (seconds) in this chair without becoming nauseous and losing consciousness.
Blood transfusions with animals or people in order to renew the humors.
In the United States, people who had mental disorders were forced to stay in state hospitals and asylums where they were treated without much kindness and respect. Sometimes forced sterilization was used.
Walter J. Freeman the first to perform a lobotomy in America.
Due to the number of complications and deaths that resulted from the procedure, it was referred to as “psychic mercy killing” and “euthanasia of the mind.” This was by far mental health care’s darkest hour.
1941 (23 years old) Rosemary
Kennedy who was considered
unstable received a lobotomy.
Instead of the hoped-for result, Rosemary was left incapable of living a normal life— staring blankly at walls for hours. Her speech became unintelligible
WHAT CHANGED THE WAY MENTAL ILLNESS WAS TREATED?
Enlightened approaches
-Drugs
- introduction of "talk therapy" and advocating
- outplacement rather than lifelong stays.
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