Mental Health
Types of Disorders
Contributing Factors
Values
Acronyms
100
It is a part of your overall health
What is Mental Health?
100
Can be defined as a feeling of worry or unease.
What is anxiety?
100
There is combination of factors that are believed to cause mental health disorders
What is Contributing Factors?
100
We believe that children and youth with mental health challenges have the right to be loved, respected, supported, and included in their families, communities and schools.
What is dignity?
100
CMHO
What is Children's Mental Health Ontario?
200
Sadness, worry, anger, fear, and grief are understandable reactions to negative events.
What are feelings?
200
1 out of 110 children have this disorder. No one knows what causes this but it could be a combination of genetics and the environment.
What is Autism Spectrum?
200
Genetic influences, chemical imbalances, exposure to environmental toxins are part of this factor.
What is Biological factors?
200
We believe that functional families, in all their diversity, are the most important resource available to children and youth.
What is family?
200
Youth Action Committee
What is YAC
300
It represents going from darkness and cold into the light and warmth of recovery/wellbeing/mental health.
What is the CMHO Logo?
300
The first line of treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy which helps the child/adolescent change way of thinking and acting.
What is Mood Disorders?
300
Self-esteem or way of thinking
What are individual factors?
300
We believe that children and youth have the right to mental health treatment and support services that are timely, safe and effective, and delivered in the context of their family, culture, community and school.
What is availability?
300
Building On Your Strengths
What is B.O.Y.S.
400
To have every child and youth to grow up mentally healthy.
What is our vision?
400
Anorexia Bulimia, and binge eating are all part of this disorder.
What are eating disorders?
400
Abuse, neglect, death of a relative or other losses and trauma
What is Negative Early Life Experiences?
400
We believe that children and youth have the right to be engaged in decisions regarding their own treatment and the design and delivery of child and youth mental health services.
What is engagement?
400
Mental Health First Aid
What is MHFA?
500
We champion the right of every child and youth in Ontario to mental health and well being.
What is our mission?
500
Among students in grades 7 to 12, alcohol and tobacco are the most frequently used legal substances, while pot is the most commonly used illegal drug. Only 2% of children and teens are frequent users of other illegal drugs, such as stimulants like methamphetamine, hallucinogens (other than LSD or PCP), cocaine, or Ecstasy.
What is Substance Abuse?
500
School, work, financial, relationship or family stress, or negative life events
What is Current Social Circumstances?
500
We believe that community services, including agencies, schools and hospitals, must work as integrated networks to meet the mental health needs of children and youth.
What is Integration?
500
World Health Organization
What is WHO?
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