Transcript MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS

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ERASE THE STIGMA
STIGMA: shame
or social disgrace
associated with a
particular
circumstance,
quality, or person.
.MENTAL HEALTH
& MENTAL ILLNESS
• Mental health is a state of mind in which a person copes with and
adjusts to the stresses of everyday living in socially acceptable
ways.
• It is a balance of the “whole person” – Mood Disorders Canada
• Mental illness is a disturbance in a person’s ability to cope or
adjust to stress and behaving differently than what is considered
“normal”.
• Everyone feels stress, anxiety, sadness or grief from time to time,
but those with mental illness have a serious disturbance in
thoughts, feelings, and perceptions which leads to trouble coping
with everyday life as well as keeping a job, staying in school and
forming family/personal relationships.
• Approx. 20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental
health disorder during their lifetime
CAUSES OF MENTAL ILLNESS
• Causes are complex, many factors contribute to mental health
disorders, including:
• Biological factors
• Childhood experience
• Social and cultural factors
• Stressful life events
• Poor physical health or disability
WARNING SIGNS
• A change in normal behaviour or mood
• Symptoms lasting longer than 2 weeks
• Symptoms are observed in several contexts (home, school, work,
social events)
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
• Drug/alcohol abuse
• Failing grades
• Inability to cope
• Changes in sleeping/eating habits
• Outbursts of anger
• Excessive fear, worry or anxiety
• Social withdrawal/loss of social interest
• Delusions/hallucinations
• Self harm
VIDEO – “When I Was In High School”
MOOD DISORDERS
ANXIETY DISORDERS
A group of mental health
disorders in which anxiety is
the main symptom
• Panic disorder
• PTSD
• Phobic disorder
• Obsessive compulsive
disorder (OCD)- VIDEOS
• A group of mental health
disorders that involve feelings,
emotions and moods.
• Major depression
• SAD
• Bipolar disorder
• Conduct disorder
• ADHD
• ODD
EATING DISORDERS
• Involve disturbances in eating behaviours and an abnormal
concern with body weight/image and shape. Eating disorders
can cause death.
• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia
• Pica
SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS
• The deliberate misuse of rx meds, alcohol, or illegal
drugs.
• They all affect the mind and thinking.
• People who abuse these or other substances have a
substance abuse disorder and will show evidence of
tolerance and withdrawal.
• Most will need detox to remove the substance from the
body.
• The most commonly abused substance is alcohol.
MENTAL HEALTH & MUSIC
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Last Resort – Papa Roach
Hold On – Wilson Phillips
Everybody Hurts – REM
Unbroken – Demi Lovato
Monster Hospital - Metric
Not an Addict – Kay’s Choice
Hurt – Nine Inch Nails
Under the Bridge - RHCP
• Adam’s Song – Blink 182
• Fallen Leaves – Billy Talent
• Mr. Brownstone – Guns ‘n’
Roses
• I’m Going Slightly Mad –
Queen
• Brian Wilson – Barenaked
Ladies
• Down In A Hole – Alice in
Chains
• Coma White – Marilyn Manson
• "Ana's Song " is a single written by lead singer Daniel Johns and issued in May
1999 by Australian alternative rock band, Silverchair on their 3rd album Neon
Ballroom
• In 1999, Johns announced that he had developed the eating disorder, anorexia
nervosa due to anxiety.
• Johns noted that the lyrics to "Ana's Song dealt with his disorder, where he
would "eat what he needed … to stay awake".
• He revealed that his eating problems developed from the time of their 2nd album
Freak Show (May 1996) and when Neon Ballroom was written he "hated music,
really everything about it", but felt that he "couldn't stop doing it; I felt like a
slave to it.“.
• Johns sought therapy and medication but felt "It's easier for me to express it
through music and lyrics".
• Johns said "it became a hit all over the world and opened up for discussion the
fact that males could also be affected by anorexia".
• Your task is to choose a song that you think relates to
mental health and deconstruct it using the chart
provided.
• You may be asked to present your song to the class
tomorrow
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
• A group of disorders involving rigid and socially
unacceptable behaviours that do not experience normal
periods. Many people with personality disorders get in
trouble with the law.
• Abusive personality
• Paranoid personality
• Antisocial personality
SCHIZOPHRENIA
• The word itself means split mind.
• It is a mental health disorder in which thinking and
behaviour are disturbed.
• It affects a persons ability to function in all aspects of
life.
• The person has problems knowing what is real and
what isn’t.
• The following are common with schizophrenia:
• Psychosis
• Delusions
• Hallucinations
• Paranoia
THE RISK OF SUICIDE
• People with mental health disorders are at a high risk for suicide.
• They may believe that their families are better off without them and
that life is unbearable.
• Men commit suicide more often than women and choose more
violent methods.
• Attempted suicide is a sign of a serious mental health problem. Risk
factors for suicide include:
• Mental illness (especially depression, bipolar and schizophrenia)
• Hx of abuse
• Family hx of suicide
• The suicide of a friend
• Prior suicide attempt
• Major life crisis
TREATING MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
• In present times, many people with mental health disorders live at
home, in group homes and assisted living facilities. Many are
homeless. Only those who are severely ill live in psychiatric facilities.
Mental health specialists include:
• Psychiatrists: (medical physicians (MD) specializing in psychiatry, can
prescribe meds)
• Psychologists and psychotherapists: (cannot prescribe meds, PhD)
• Psychotherapy is a form of therapy in which a person explores
thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Types of psychotherapy include:
• Psychoanalysis
• Behaviour therapy
• Group therapy
• Family therapy