Section 4-4 Treating Mental Disorders and Where to Find Help By: Andrew Terrel Period 2

Slide Two  These two sections are about mental disorders and how to find help for them. It list some of the signs of mental disorders and people that can help you.

Slide Three  The main idea for these two sections is how to notice you have a mental disorder before it gets worse. It also tells you where to get help for your mental disorder.

Slide Four  A mental disorder is an illness that affects the mind and prevents a person from being productive, adjusting to life situations, or getting along with other people.  About one out of every five adults in America are likely to suffer from some kind of mental disorder.

Slide Four Continued  Some signs are sudden radical change in personality, self-destructive actions, uncontrollable shifts in mood, sleep disturbances, frequent illness without physical cause, delusions, and hallucinations  You can find help by talking to a parent, relative, teacher, school counselor, physician, or religious leader which can tell you about mental health professionals and services in your community.

Slide Four Continued  Many communities have hospitals with mental health centers, drop in clinics for teenagers, mental health clinics, or counseling centers.  Example:  Robert is suffering from a mental disorder. He has problems sleeping and sudden mood swings.

Slide Five  Jenny has a severe mental disorder. She suffers from paralyzing attacks of fear. She also has violent, uncontrollable shits in mood and attitude toward everyone that that tries to help her with her mental disorder.

Slide Six II think this section was written to help people with mental disorders. People who read these sections, and discover that they have a mental disorder can go check with a mental health professional. If the mental health professional finds something wrong the person with the mental disorder can fix it before it gets to bad.

Slide Seven  These two sections are about mental disorders and where to find help for those mental disorders. This section also tells you some of the symptoms for mental disorders as written in slide four.