Anxiety
Who is more likely to have anxiety? Men or Women?
Women are 60% more likely affected
This type of depression typically starts in the late fall or early winter and goes away during the spring and summer
What is SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder
It usually comes and goes with the seasons
Hands-on adjustment of spine and other body parts to ease musculoskeletal pain in back and neck, headaches, etc.
What is Chiropractic
"Talk Therapy"
Usually 1:1
Goals include improving wellbeing by processing trauma, troublesome thoughts, emotions, and/or behaviors
What is Psychotherapy
What is the most common adult mental health condition in the US?
What is Anxiety
Number of US Adults with Anxiety Disorders: 42.5 million
Next closest is Substance Use Disorder, 19 million
Depression: 17.3 million
According to NIMH, what age (in years) is thought to be when anxiety begins
What is 11 years old
NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
A full-blown major depressive event which affects females during or shortly after pregnancy.
What is Perinatal Depression or Post Partum Depression
As many as 50 to 75% of new mothers experience the "baby blues" after delivery. Up to 15% of these women will develop a more severe and longer-lasting depression, called postpartum depression, after delivery. One in 1,000 women develop the more serious condition called postpartum psychosis.
Traditional in Chinese medicine
Controversial, but supporters report excellent success
Needles to precise points on the affected body part(s)
What is Acupuncture
Challenges a person to consider different ways of thinking and behaving in response to stressors
Encourages radical acceptance and understanding that we cannot control the world around us
Typically short term and targeted
What is CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The percent of adults with mental illness who did not receive any mental health treatment is greater than or less than 50%?
56% According to MHA (Mental Health America)
% of adults with mental Illness who report they try and can't get treatment: 20.6%
Ratio of individuals who need mental health treatment vs available mental health providers: 504 to 1
Symptoms of this disorder may include
Restlessness, Easily fatigued, Irritability, Muscle tension, Difficulty concentrating, Difficulty falling or staying asleep
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This type of depression occurs when a person has severe depression plus some form of psychosis, such as having disturbing false fixed beliefs (delusions) or hearing or seeing upsetting things that others cannot hear or see (hallucinations).
Psychotic Depression
Having even one episode is a strong indicator for Bipolar Disorder
Approximately 3% of the population will experience it at some point
Promotes relaxation by calming nervous system
Lowers heart rate, blood pressure, and respirations
Stretches connective tissue and cramped muscles
$$$ Expensive, usually not covered by insurance
What is Massage
Brings people who are going through similar life challenges together
Helps people to not feel so alone
Allows sharing from those who have been there
Typically follows a regular schedule
What is a Support Group
This device interferes with pain perception by using tiny electrical impulses which act on nerves to stop pain signals and stimulate the release of endorphins
What is a TENS Unit ( transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator)
Symptoms of this disorder might include
Intense fear, rapid heart rate, feeling of being choked or smothered, out of control feeling, shaking
What is Panic Disorder or Attack
What age group is most affected by Depression
What is middle age or people between 45-65
However, people on either end of the curve (very young or very old) may be at higher risk for severe depressive disorder
Increases Strength, Balance, Relaxation, Flexibility
Decreases tension
Promotes grounding, healthy breathing
What is Yoga
Goals of this type of therapy include
To teach people how to live in the moment, to develop healthy ways to cope with stress, to regulate their emotions, and to improve their relationships with others
Is a type of CBT
What is DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
Can be helpful in treating borderline personality disorder, mood disorders, suicidal ideation, and for change in behavioral patterns such as self-harm, and substance abuse.
According to screening questionnaires, 2020 has seen a 93 percent increase in Anxiety and a 62 percent increase in Depression over the last year due to _____?
What is COVID
Symptoms of this anxiety disorder include
Fear of offending someone, Fear of being judged, Fear of being humiliated or rejected, difficulty making or keeping friends, difficulty speaking to others
What is Social Anxiety
In 2019, which state had the highest rate of depression? Which State had the lowest?
Highest Oregon with 25.20%
Lowest Hawaii with 11.76%
Missouri ranked 12th with 21.96% access to qualified mental health care ranked 25th
Kansas ranked 25th with 19.24% access to qualified mental health care ranked 42nd
Uses hot, cold, massage, targeted stretching
Goals to increase function, build strength/range of motion, pain control
May do at home in some cases
What is Physical Therapy or Rehabilitation
Controversial, non-invasive type of therapy uses real-time displays of brain activity—most commonly electroencephalography —in an attempt to teach self-regulation of brain function
What is Neurofeedback
It can be helpful in addressing brain dysregulation in the areas of anxiety-depression spectrum, attention deficits, behavior disorders, various sleep disorders, headaches and migraines, PMS and emotional disturbances.
Controversial because evidence has not proven its effectiveness, it is expensive, time-consuming and its benefits are not long-lasting, might take months to show the desired improvements.
Rates of Suicidal Ideation are highest amongst this self-identified group of people
What is LGBTQ according to MHA (Mental Health America)