Transcript Chapter 10 Lesson 3 – Getting Help

Chapter 10 Lesson 3 – Getting
Help
Signs of Mental Health Problems
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Prolonged sadness for no specific reason
Hopelessness
Violent or erratic mood shifts
Inability to concentrate or to make decisions
about daily life
• Overwhelming fear, anxiety, or anger at the
world
• Severe sleep disturbances, nightmares,
insomnia, fitful sleep
• Compulsive behavior, excessive handwashing
Signs of Mental Health Problems
• Self destructive behavior, overeating,
starving, drinking, drugs
• Frequent physical ailment for which no
medical cause can be found
Kind of Professional Help
• Mental health care workers
– Psychiatrist
– Neurologists, clinical, psychologists,
psychiatric social workers, and counselors
Psychiatrist
• Medical Doctor who specializes in
diagnosing and treating mental disorders
and can prescribe medications
Psychiatrist
• May use these therapies
– Psychotherapy – ongoing dialogue between the
patient and psychiatrist designed to get to the root of
the problem
– Psychoanalysis – an analysis of a patients past,
particularly his or her early life, to determine the early
roots of a mental problem
– Medical psychotherapy – the use of medications to
treat or reduce a mental disorder or to use in
conjunction with or as preparation for the above two
treatments
Neurologist
• If a psychiatrist thinks a patient may have
some organic problem of the brain, the
patient may be refereed to a neurologist
• Neurologist – Physician who specializes in
organic disorder of the brain and nervous
system
Neuro-surgeon – specialize in
surgery
Clinical Psychologist
• Psychologist who diagnoses and treats
emotional and behavioral disorders but
cannot prescribe medications
• State law determines what kinds of
training is required to earn the title
psychologist
Counselors
• Professionals that have masters degree’s
and work with young people helping them
in personal or educational matters
Psychiatric Social Worker
• One who has concentrated on psychiatric
casework, doing fieldwork in a mental
hospital, clinic, or family service agency
that provided guidance and treatment for
clients with emotional problems
• Usually have to have Master’s degree