1. Mental Health

2. What Causes Mental Illness?
Environment
Experiences
Self-esteem
Physical Causes
Body chemistry
Disease
Toxins and drugs
Heredity
Genetic

3. Warning Signs Anxiety Depression Sudden change in mood or behavior
Physical complaints
Psychosomatic
Poor performance

4. Classifications of Mental Disorders
Neurosis
Anxiety disorders, depression & phobias
Common and easily treated
Personality
Dissaociative disorders
Not curable
Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Difficult to function in the real world

5. Eating Disorders
Behaviors that are the result of deep emotional problems related to self-image and self-esteem.
Disordered eating as a result of a mental condition.
Bulimia:
Bingeing on food then purging to avoid weight gain
Anorexia Nervosa:
Excessive dieting resulting in a state of self-starvation

6. Anxiety Disorders
General Anxiety Disorder: Constant feeling of anxiety and fear with physical symptoms like increased heart rate, shortness of breath, perspiration, shaking, and diarrhea
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Persistent recurring thoughts accompanied with the need to repeatedly perform some action, such as repeatedly washing one’s hands.

7. Anxiety Disorders Continued
Panic Disorder
Intense feelings of terror that occur suddenly without cause
Phobia
Persistent fear of something: Hydrophobia (fear of water), claustrophobia (fear of small, enclosed spaces), Agoraphobia (fear of public places)

8. Dissociative Disorders
A person believes that sometimes he or she is really someone else.
Amnesia
Loss of Memory
Multiple Personality Disorder
Having two or more distinct personalities, which can show different physical conditions and are often the exact opposite of each other

9. Mood Disorders Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depression)
One mood is experienced almost to the exclusion of other feelings
Usually for a long time and interrupts a person’s ability to complete daily activities. Depression is the most common.
Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depression)
Experiencing exaggerated feelings of euphoria, irritability, depression; exaggerated mood swings; reckless behavior
Depression
Experiencing feelings of sadness, loneliness, and hopelessness for an extended period of time

10. Personality Disorders
Traits that negatively affect a person’s ability to get along with others
Aggression
Behavior that displays an inner conflict between being dependent and being assertive, which results in erratic moods
Paranoia
Consistent mistrust of others for no reason
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Showing a preference to remain distant from others

11. Other Disorders Organic Disorders Schizophrenia
Mental and emotional disorders resulting from a physical cause
Schizophrenia
Impaired perceptions, thinking processes, emotional health, and physical activity
Hypochondriasis (A Somatoform Disorder)
Believing and showing signs of serious illness without any physical cause

12. Seeking Help When to seek professional help:
Prolonged feeling of depression and hopelessness
Feeling that life is out of control
The inability to concentrate and make decisions
Difficulty getting along with family and friends
Intense fears
Persistent difficulty sleeping
Emotional problems coping with a physical illness
Inability to stop destructive behaviors like drinking, overeating, and abusing drugs

13. Therapy Medication Talk Therapy Group Therapy Play Therapy Alternative
Relaxation techniques, meditation, music therapy or art therapy

14. Professional Careers in Mental Health
Psychiatrist
Prescribes medicine
Psychologist
Diagnoses and treats
Counselors

15. People With Healthy Personalities…
Are self-disciplined
Are trustworthy
Like themselves
Are responsible
Will help others

16. People With Healthy Personalities…
Feel valuable
Get along well with others
Express emotions in healthful ways
Solve problems in a constructive manner
Have a philosophy and purpose of life

17. Optimism
Make a list of all the positive things you expect will happen to you in the future. Then list any of the bad things that you think could happen in the future as well. Now look at your lists. Have you described more positive things or more negative things? How could you revise your lists to look at each negative event with optimism?