Mental Health

Definition of mental health

Having a positive outlook, being comfortable with yourself and others, and being able to meet lifes challenges and demands.

Five signs of good mental health

Are realistic about strengths and weaknesses

Are responsible for personal behavior

Express emotions appropriately

Avoid high-risk behaviors

Invest time and energy into good activities

Roadblocks to mental health

All-or-nothing thinking

Expecting the worst in others or yourself

Being a perfectionist Letting your actions

or works betray your values

Emotions

LoveAffection,

concern and respect

EmpathyUnderstand how someone

Else feels

FearPhysical symptoms for

Mind problems

AngerReaction to Being hurt

GuiltWhen you thinkYou have done

Something wrong

Common defense mechanisms

Compensation -making up for weakness by hard work

Daydreaming - escaping reality with your mind

Denial - Refusing to believe something

Displacement - taking an emotion out on the wrong person

Rationalization - making excuses rather then taking responsibility

Regression - movement of maturity

Repression - pulling memories to the back of the mind

Somatization - physical symptoms for mental problem

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

PhysicalHunger, thirst, sleep, safety, and security

EmotionalNeed to belong and be loved

Need to achieve

AestheticNeed to know and explore

Self-fulfillingBest you can be

Self- esteem

Definition - how you feel about yourself

How does self-esteem development

Parents influence Peer influence Life experience

What are four ways to raise self-esteem?

Use I statements Think positive Do not surround

yourself with negative people

Reach for your goals

Self-disclosure

Telling someone about your thoughts and feelings

Media

TV Magazines Billboards Newspaper Music Poems Books

Stress

Anything that causes a stress response.

Stress response

Alarm - “fight or flight” - provoked by the nervous and endocrine systems– Eye sight improves– Hearing improves– Release of Adrenaline– Heart rate increases– Breathing gets shallow and quick

Stress Response Continued

Resistance– Completion of activity (fighting or running)– Stress hormones are released from the

body

Fatigue– Physical, psychological, physiological

exhaustion

Type A personality

A person that is always on the go, is in a hurry, and may be uptight. Is more prone to heart disease and cancer

Type B personality

Laid back, little stress, uncaring attitude

Disorders Caused by Stress

Fatigue Heart Disease Cold/Flu Hypertension Cancer

Stress management techniques

Planning - Make sure you have things planed and written down

Relaxation - Autogenic training and progressive relaxation

Time management - not scheduling yourself so much that you are pulled in to many directions

Rechanneling energy - yoga and meditation (religion)

Support - always have people who you can count on to help with rough times

Five stages in the acceptance of death

Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

Vocabulary

Living will - A signed contract to state that a person does not want to live on machines

Hospice - A peaceful place to live for those terminally ill until they pass away

Will - signed agreement about who will get possessions

Cremation - Alternative to burial, burn body to ashes

Suicide video clip

http://www.mytopclip.com/play.php?vid=5753

What is suicide?

When someone takes there own life.

Warning signs– Personality changes– Giving away possessions– Depressed mood– Withdraw from family or friends– Loss of interest in “normal” activities

Who can be helpful in a crisis? School counselor, teacher, parent, police

Risk Factors

Depression Previous suicide attempt Family disruption Psychiatric illness Recent losses Social isolation Drug or alcohol abuse Violence in the home

Psychosocial Factors

Divorce Change in friends Change in activities Moving Dealing with death

or personal tragedy

Mental and Emotional Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

FEAR!

Anxiety Disorders

General anxiety disorders: feelings of anxiety with physical symptoms such as perspiration and increased heart rate

Phobia - persistent fear of something

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - persistent recurring thoughts with the need to repeat some actions

Panic Disorder - Intense feeling of terror without cause

Dissociate Disorders - personality changed Multiple personality - having two or

more personalities Amnesia - loss of memory

Mood disorders

Depression - Feeling of sadness, loneliness and hopelessness

Bipolar (manic depression)- exaggerated feeling of euphoria and depression

Schizophrenia

Hallucinations, hearing voices that are often mean, seeing things that are not there