Mental Disorders
excessive or long-term depressed mood which negatively affects the person’s life.
Depression
Depression
Mental Disorder
What are some things that are false stress relievers
Watching Tv, Playing video games, drugs and alcohol, etc.
Name a famous person with a Mental Illness
Abraham Lincoln; Winston Churchill; Carrie Fisher; Dorothy Hamill; Clara Hughes; Demi Lovato; Jared Padalecki; Megan Fox; Pete Wentz; David Beckham; Brittany Snow; Josh Ramsay; Leo Tolstoy; Virginia Woolf; Ernest Hemmingway; Margot Kidder; Margaret Trudeau; Ludwig van Beethoven; Patty Duke; Karen Carpenter; Boris Yeltsin; Britney Spears; Charles Darwin; John Nash; Janet Jackson; Buzz Aldrin; Terry Bradshaw; Marlon Brando; Jim Carrey; Robin Williams; Sheryl Crow; Kurt Cobain; Calvin Coolidge; Princess Diana; Tipper Gore; John Daly; Emma Stone; Leonardo Dicaprio; Justin Bieber; John Hamm; Michelangelo; Issac Newton; Vincent Van Gough; Pablo Picasso; Martin Luther King Jr.; Patrick Kennedy; Betty Ford; Catherine Zeta-Jones; Brooke Shields; Jean-Claude Van Damme; Michael Phelps.
How do Treatments work?
by changing the way the brain functions, by impacting on brain circuits
involves a preoccupation with control over body weight, eating and food
Eating Disorders
Upset
Mental Distress
This is a stress relief strategy that the Navy Seals use
Breathing
Can everyday life stresses cause Mental Illness? Explain
Everyday life stresses are normal and necessary for learning and developing life skills. They do not cause mental illnesses. For some people, severe and persistent stress (e.g. living in a war zone) increases the risk for developing a mental illness
Name an example of a complimentary treatment
Exercise, proper nutrition, proper sleep, meditation, etc.
recurrent episodes of depressed and elated or irritable moods
Bipolar Disorder
Heartbroken
Mental Health Problem
Explain Cortisol Overload
When the brain is getting too many messages at once and shuts down, freezes, the body goes into shock, etc.
What is a myth?
stories that are used to explain what we do not know, contribute strongly to stigma against people who have a mental illness
What is Recovery?
•Recovery is achieved when the person is doing what they can and want to do, even though they still may have the illness
easily distracted by sights, sounds, and other features of their environment, cannot concentrate for long periods of time, restless and impulsive, or have a tendency to daydream and be slow to complete tasks.
ADHD
dejected
Mental distress
Explain Amygdala Hijack
When the feeling part of the brain takes over the thinking part of the brain
When someone flips their lid
An explosion, someone gets really angry
What causes Mental Disorders?
disturbances in usual brain function that lead to difficulties with the control of feelings, thinking and behaviors
What are the two groups of treatment? Give an example for each
Psychological- Therapy, Counseling
Physical- Medications
A state of constant physical, emotional and cognitive hyperarousal
Anxiety Disorder
Thoughtful
No Distress
Some signs and symptoms of this are: Physical exhaustion, Insomnia or hypersomnia, Increased susceptibility to illness, Somatization and hypochondria, Increased alcohol or drug use, or other ism’s, Missing work, Anger and irritability, Exaggerated sense of responsibility, Avoidance, Impaired ability to make decisions, Forgetfulness
Fatigue
Are people with Mental Illnesses more likely to be violent?
There may be a slight chance (1%) that people with certain mental disorders are more violent, but overall people with mental disorders are not violent. The use of drugs and alcohol increases the likelihood of someone with a mental illness to be more violent (similar to someone without a mental disorder)
How can you advocate for yourself?
get educated about any treatment you are getting and about the illness the treatment is meant to help