Transcript Mental Illness

Lesson 5 mental illnesses
Mental Illnesses
• What is mental illness ??
• Health disorder that affect a persons behavior,
thoughts, and emotions.
– This can be scary.
• In the United States, one our of every six people
has a mental illness.
• These “problems” are illnesses that can most
times be corrected. Most people can live normal
lives once this is under control
• First step is recognizing you have a problem and
getting it diagnosed.
Disorders
• Anxiety – feeling of extreme nervousness and
worry
– Many times a person will have a panic attack and
feel as if they are having a heart attack
Anxiety Disorder = is an illness that caused
unusually strong nervousness, worry, or panic.
Mood Disorders = I an illness in which people
have uncontrollable mood changes.
Disorders
• Bipolar Mood Disorder (BMD)= is one kind of
mood disorder where people will go from
extreme happiness to sadness. (Depression/
mania)
• Depression = is a disorder that causes a
mood of extreme sadness or hopelessness.
• Mania = is a mood that causes excessive
energy or irritation
• Hallucinations= sensing something that is not
real
• Delusions = a false belief
• OCD – obsessive compulsion disorder
• Panic attacks: an anxiety disorder that causes
someone to have a brief period of of extreme
anxiety
• Panic attacks are triggered by things called
phobias (fears). Common phobias include the
fear of animals, situations, or social situations
(speeches, meeting new people).
Disorders
• Schizophrenia = disorder in which a person
breaks from reality in several ways
– Normally little emotional expression is given from
a person with this disorder
– They may have hallucinations or delusions
– Paranoia is common
Paranoia = is the belief that other people want to
harm you or someone.
Depression
• A mood disorder in which a person feels
extremely sad and hopeless for at least two
weeks.
• Healthy sadness is normal and isn’t depression.
• Depression is a mental illness known as Major
Depressive Disorder (MDD)
• Symptoms include: extreme sadness for no
reason, inability to cheer up with good news,
changes in sleeping patterns, tiredness or lack
of energy, slowed or increased movements,
difficulty concentrating or making decisions,
feelings of guilt or hopelessness, thoughts of
death and suicide.
Suicidal Thinking
• Most dangerous symptom of depression.
• Is the desire to take one’s own life.
• People are in so much emotional pain that
they feel they would be better off dead than
continue to suffer.
• 15% of depressed people successfully commit
suicide.
• Treatments for depression are successfully
relieve symptoms in 80% of cases.
Getting help !
Talk to your
friends. Ask if
they need help
and if anything
is wrong.
Listen activity
to their
response.
If your friend has a
serious problem,
suggest that he or she
talk about it to parent
or trusted adult.
If your friend finds help
an adult, let them
know you are still there
to offer support
If your friend refuses to
talk to someone who
can help, try to find an
appropriate person
who can help.
If your friend is upset
about a small problem,
just talking about the
problem may help it or
them to feel better
If you think they may
hurt themselves or
another person get
help ASAP from an
adult
Professional help
• Teen hotline – phone number teens can call to talk
privately and anonymously about their problems
• Counselor - professional who helps people work through
difficult problems by talking
• Psychologist- a person who tried to change thoughts,
feelings, and actions by finding reasons behind them or by
suggesting new ways to manage emotions
• Psychiatrist – medical doctor who specializes in illnesses of
the brain and body that affect emotions and behavior