“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 TIME
EASILY DISTRACTED/CAN’T
CONCENTRATE
MUSCLE TENSION/UNABLE TO RELAX
CHANGES IN APPETITE
PYYSICAL SYMPTOMS (HEADACHE,
STOMACH ACHE)
ONLY
. 1 OUT OF 3
TEENS
SUFFERING
FROM
DEPRESSION GET
HELP Abraham Lincoln, Theodore
Roosevelt, Mark Twain,
Marilyn Monroe and Ernest
Hemingway have battled
depression during their lives
Depression – prolonged feelings
of helplessness, hopelessness
and sadness.

15 % Teens
Suffer From
Depression
Resiliency

 Feel sad or down  Loss energy

 Loss of interest
 Change appetite or
weight
 Sleep Disturbances
 Anxious / Can’t relax
 Loss focus
 Feeling like failure
 Worthless/Helpless
 Thoughts Death
Minor Depression– less severe symptoms

Major depression – medical condition requiring

more severe symptoms
Major
- May develop from mild depression Dysthymia
Bipolar
- Chemicals in the brain Postpartum
Seasonal

SEEK HELP FOR

DEPRESSION!!!
 Complete Worksheet to test knowledge on
definitions of Mental illnesses.
Mental Disorders – illness of the mind
1 out of 4 will
suffer from a
CAUSES: mental illness

1) Physical illness or injury brain

(tumors, infections, chemical imbalances, injury)

2) Emotional cause Only about

(abuse, disasters, death) 30% get
help
 Anxiety disorders – real or imagined
fears are difficult to control

Phobias

Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD)

Panic Disorder

Post-traumatic stress
(PTSD)

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 lows
Depression

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 – accomplishments
To Love – share feelings, hopes, dreams, and
disappointments
To 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

 2 Risk Factors
90% Suffer From Depression/Mental Disorder
History Alcohol or Drug Abuse

 Bullying
 Death/separation parents
 Alienated by friends or family
 Ending of relationship
 Money Problems
 Depression/Anxiety Disorders
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
 E60 - unbreakable

 Recognize the signs

Suicide Hotline
 Show Support/Ask Questions Click

 Stay w/ the person

 Persuade them to get help

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”.
 Risk Factors
_______________
_______________
_______________

Suicide

Warning signs Prevention

______________ ______________
______________ ______________
_______________ _______________
it was believed that evil spirits
caused mental illnesses or
abnormal behaviors.

most common treatment was

trepanation.
 Oldest Skull found 7,000 years old

trepanation - was done by drilling holes

into the skull of the possessed person,
therefore allowing the evil spirits to leave.
 EARLY
TREATMENTS
The mental ill were
referred to as
lunatics.
Establishments for the
mentally ill were
called madhouses
but later became
Opened 1851 –
private asylums Pennsylvania State
Name Changed
1921 -Harrisburg
Lunatic Hospital 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
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- outplacement rather
than lifelong stays.