Transcript Mental Illness - Year 10 Life Science

MENTAL ILLNESS
Year 10 Science
BEHAVIOUR VS MENTAL PROCESSES
 A behaviour is any observable
action made by a living person
 Mental processes refer to an
individuals thoughts and feelings
 Examples include; walking, crying,
blinking, eating etc.
 Examples included; what you think
about, your mood, your attitudes,
how you learn and understand
 All of these activities can be seen,
this means they can be observed.
 These can not be seen, therefore
they can not be directly observed
THE MENTAL HEALTH CONTINUUM
Mentally
Healthy
Mental health
problem
Mental illness
Mental health is often said to be on a continuum.
Everyone fits somewhere along it.
Where someone is on the continuum may change
throughout the lifespan.
THE MENTAL HEALTH CONTINUUM
Mentally healthy
We all feel negative
feelings sometimes like
anger or sadness (can
you list a few more?) but
if we can generally cope
with these feelings and
effectively handle the
problem then we are
mentally healthy.
Mental health problem
Sometimes people go
through a ‘rough patch’
maybe as a result of a
friendship breakdown etc.
but recover after a
relatively short period of
time and feel better. This is
a mental health problem.
Mental illness
Occasionally the mental
health problem may get
worse or not subside and
the person may not be
able to function normally
from day to day. This
might be a mental illness.
About 45% of the Australian population will
experience a mental illness at some time in their life.
MENTAL ILLNESS AFFECTS MALES AND FEMALES EQUALLY
Is this statistic surprising to you?
Why/why not?
Discuss with the person next to
DEFINITION OF MENTAL ILLNESS...
Disorders that interfere with
Psychological dysfunction involves
 emotions
 thought processes
 behaviour
 perception
 causing variable amounts of stress
and suffering to the person involved
 distress
 impairment in the ability to cope
with everyday life
 thoughts, feelings and/or behaviour
that are not typical of the person or
appropriate within their society
and/or culture.
MENTAL ILLNESSES
Psychotic disorders
 Schizophrenia
 Dissociative Identity Disorder (split
personality)
 Antisocial Personality
Disorder(ASPD)/psychopathy
 Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Mood disorders
(depression/mania)
Anxiety disorders
phobias (OCD, PTSD, phobias)
DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER
You may have heard of this illness being called
‘split-personality disorder’ which is what it used to
be called.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weLvkZGr9Tw
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER (ASPD)
(ALSO KNOWN AS BEING A ‘PSYCHOPATH’)
Features:
 Disregard for others rights
 Usually begins in childhood
 Manipulation
 Signs are often apparent in childhood through aggression to others or
animals, destruction of property, theft, serious rule breaking.
 In adulthood the behaviour will become more serious; breaking the law,
disregard for others feelings/rights, lying, conning, impulsive behaviour
without thought for consequences, and physical violence.
 They may be described as someone who: shows little remorse, lacks empathy,
is arrogant, opinionated, and superficial.
Many Psychologists believe
that serial killers suffer from
ASPD
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
It is unknown how many are affected by this
disorder.
It is characterised by the preoccupation with an
imagined defect in appearance like scars, thin hair,
wrinkles, or even abnormally large feet.
The person cannot control how often they think
about this imagined ‘ugliness’ and often touch the
area and check it in a mirror constantly.
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAuc2xAM7-8
Discussion questions:
1. How would a teenager with this disorder feel?
2. How would their social development be affected?
3. How would their academic/vocational involvement be affected?
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT)
• Helps people to change unhelpful or unhealthy thinking
habits, feelings and behaviours.
• CBT may be used to treat problems including anxiety,
depression, low self-esteem, uncontrollable anger,
substance abuse, eating disorders and other problems.
PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS
(READ THROUGH INFORMATION IN WORKBOOK)
 What are they/what do they do?
 What is the difference between physical dependence and psychological
dependence?
 What are the differences between, stimulants, depressants and hallucinogens?
 Name 4 dangers of drug use
 Define:
 Tolerance
 Addiction
 Withdrawal Symptoms
ACTIVITY
Alcohol
Cocaine
Methamphetamine
Marijuana
Ecstasy
Heroin
LSD
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse/