Mental Illnesses
Why does someone with mental illness need to have a routine?
Mental illness can often disrupt a person's life by hindering that person's ability to focus on and complete tasks that they otherwise would be able to complete. Establishing a productive daily routine can help to normalize that person's daily life and having a routine most often contributes to increased life satisfaction that comes with personal accomplishment (in the human population as a whole, not just those living with mental illness).
Neurodiversity (definition)
What is 'The range of differences in individual brain function and behavioural traits regarded as part of normal variation in the human population.'
Myth: Personality weakness or character flaws cause mental health problems. People with mental health problems can snap out of it if they try hard enough
Biological factors, such as genes, physical illness, injury, or brain chemistry
Life experiences, such as trauma or a history of abuse
Family history of mental health problems
High school students with significant symptoms of depression are not likely to drop out compared to their peers in college
What is False?
Where is headquartered?
What is Washington DC?
What proportion of people with mental health problems believe that workplace stress contributed to their illness?
What is 2/3
What makes up Neurodivergent?
What is the conditions of ADHD, Autism, Dyspraxia, and Dyslexia make up 'Neurodiversity'
Myth: People with Mental Health problems are violent and unpredictable
What is most people with mental illness are not violent and only 3%–5% of violent acts can be attributed to individuals living with a serious mental illness. In fact, people with severe mental illnesses are over 10 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than the general population.
Which of these famous historical figures experienced mental health problems?
Abraham Lincoln
Winston Churchill
Florence Nightingale
Each of these people lived with some sort of Mental Health illness
What year was Active minds founded?
What is June 2003?
Name 2 types of MH disorders
Anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and phobias
Depression, bipolar disorder, and other mood disorders
Eating disorders
Personality disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia
What is an intellectual disability?
What is Intellectual disability starts any time before a child turns 18 and is characterized by problems with both intellectual functioning or intelligence – which includes the ability to learn, reason, problem-solve, and other skills – and adaptive behavior, which includes everyday social and life skills.
Can people with mental health conditions not work?
What is they can because 54.5% of individuals with severe conditions are employed?
What is the second leading cause of death among people aged 10-34
What is Suicide
What age range does Active minds focus on?
What is your adults ages of 14-25?
What are the steps to getting diagnosed
A physical exam and possibly lab tests, if your provider thinks that other medical conditions could be causing your symptoms
A psychological evaluation. You will answer questions about your thinking, feelings, and behaviors.
What are intellectual disabilities commonly co-occur with?
Cerebral palsy
Epilepsy
Vision impairment
Hearing loss
Speech and language problems
Depression and Anxiety
Neurodivergent disorders
What are three types of stigma?
1. Public Stigma
2. Self Stigma
3. Institutional Stigma
How many kids from the ages of 6-17 experience a mental health disorder?
What is 16.5%
How many chapters of Active Minds exist?
What is 800 schools, communities and workplaces nationwide, including 550 student-led chapters.
How can you speak to and help someone with a mental health problem like depression or anxiety?
1. Encourage them to seek help
2. Don’t be afraid to bring it up
3. Don’t blame them
4. Be patient
What two areas does Intellectual disabilities affect functioning in?
What is intellectual functioning (such as learning, problem solving, judgement)
What is adaptive functioning (activities of daily life such as communication and independent living)
Name 2 side effects of stigma
2. Low self esteem
3. Increases psychiatric symptoms
4. Difficulties with social relationships
5. Reduced likelihood of staying with treatment
6. More difficulties at work
People with depression have a 40% higher risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases than the general population. People with serious mental illness are nearly twice as likely to develop these conditions.
What is True?
Who found Active Minds and why?
What is Alison Malmon, after her older brother died by suicide in 2000.