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Mental Health Definition
- Being emotionally well and feeling positive about yourself and your environment.
- Mental health involves emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
Everyone experiences emotions that vary depending on our given situations. - When negative emotions begin to outweigh your positive emotions is when mental health begins to suffer.
Mental Illness Definition
a wide range of mental health conditions that affects your mood, thinking and behavior. For example: depression, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and addictive behaviors
Depressive Disorder (Depression)
For most people, depressive disorder changes how they function day-to-day, for at least 2 weeks.
Depressive Disorder (Depression) Treatments
- Psychotherapy (counseling) including cognitive behavioral therapy, family-focused therapy and interpersonal therapy.
- Medications including antidepressants, mood stabilizers and antipsychotic
- Brain stimulation therapies can be tried if psychotherapy and/or medication are not effective.
-These include electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depressive disorder with psychosis or repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for severe depression - Light therapy, which uses a light box to expose a person to full spectrum light in an effort to regulate the hormone chemicals in the brain (SAD & depression).
- Alternative approaches including acupuncture, meditation, faith and nutrition can be part of a comprehensive treatment plan.
- Exercise can help with prevention and mild-to-moderate symptoms.
Anxiety Disorders - what do they have in common?
All anxiety disorders have one thing in common: persistent, excessive fear or worry in situations that are not threatening.
Anxiety disorders - treatment
-Should first start with psychotherapy-meeting with a mental health professional
-Relaxation techniques such as breathing drills and imagery
-Meditation
-Yoga
-Acupuncture
Panic Attack
a sudden feeling of acute and disabling anxiety.
Eating disorders:
-Anorexia
-Bulimia
-Binge eating
Anorexia definition
a person with anorexia will deny themselves food to the point of starvation and obsesses about weight loss.
Anorexia treatment
- Psychotherapy- such as talk therapy or behavioral therapy.
- Medicine- such as antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs. Many individuals with an eating disorder often have a co-occurring illness like depression or anxiety. There is no medication available to treat eating disorders, however many patients find that these medicines help the underlying condition.
- Nutritional counseling and weight restoration monitoring
Bulimia definition
a person with bulimia will feel out of control when binging on very large amounts of food during short periods of time, and then use forced vomiting, laxatives or excessive exercise to rid the calories.
Bulimia treatment
- Psychotherapy- such as talk therapy or behavioral therapy.
- Medicine- such as antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs. Many individuals with an eating disorder often have a co-occurring illness like depression or anxiety. There is no medication available to treat eating disorders, however many patients find that these medicines help the underlying condition.
- Nutritional counseling and weight restoration monitoring
Binge eating definition
a person with BED losses control overeating and eats a very large amount of food in a short period of time, often when not hungry or already full. Resulting in feeling embarrassed, disgusted, depressed or guilty. A person with BED does not attempt to rid the calories
Binge eating treatment
- Psychotherapy- such as talk therapy or behavioral therapy.
- Medicine- such as antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs. Many individuals with an eating disorder often have a co-occurring illness like depression or anxiety. There is no medication available to treat eating disorders, however many patients find that these medicines help the underlying condition.
- Nutritional counseling and weight restoration monitoring
PTSD - Causes
Traumatic events, such as military combat, assault, an accident or a natural disaster, can have long-lasting negative effects
PTSD - Treatment
- Service animals, especially dogs, can help soothe some of the symptoms
- Time is not a treatment!!
PTSD - When do symptoms appear
PTSD symptoms do not usually start to show up until 3 months
PTSD categories
- Hypervigilance
- Dissociation
- Intrusive memories
- Avoidance
Intrusive Memories
flashbacks of reliving the moment of trauma, bad dreams and scary thoughts.
Avoidance
which can include staying away from certain places or objects that are reminders of the traumatic event. A person may also feel numb, guilty, worried or depressed or having trouble remembering the traumatic event.
Dissociation
can include out-of-body experiences or feeling that the world is “not real” (derealization).
Hypervigilance
which can include being startled very easily, feeling tense, trouble sleeping or outbursts of anger.
of adult in America who experience a mental illness
1/5 or 20%
Depression - causes
-Trauma
-Genetics
-Life circumstances
-Brain changes
-Drug and alcohol abuse
-Other medical conditions: Individuals with other disorders may be more likely to experience depression such as ADHD, anxiety, chronic pain
Alcohol
Alcohol remains the most widely abused substance among America’s youth
Suicide
Attempts at suicide and death by suicide are most common in college students who struggle with mental illnesses.
CBT
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Addiction & Relapse
People in recovery from drug use disorders are at increased risk for returning to drug use even after years of not taking the drug
Meditation - benefits
Even a brief period of meditation training is enough to boost one’s compassion toward a suffering stranger more than fivefold
Mindfulness
- The psychological process of bringing one’s attention to experiences occurring in the present moment without needing to judge the experiences or react to them. The capacity for mindfulness can be developed through the practice of meditation and other contemplative practices.
- A skill that allows us to be less reactive to what is happening to us now.
- To be mindful is to be more self-aware, to recognize what is happening at the present moment, not only externally, but internally.
What is a healthy brain?
A healthy brain, according to neuroscientists, is one in which the differentiated parts work together as an integrated system.
Compassion
Deep awareness of the suffering of others and the desire to alleviate
that suffering.
Flourish
To grow in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.
Adverse Childhood Experiences pyramid
Death is at the top
How many core competencies are there in Social & Emotional Learning?
Five:
- Self-awareness
- Self- management
- Social awareness
- Responsible decision making
- Relationship skills
Self-Awareness
Self-awareness involves the ability to identify, describe and understand one’s thoughts and emotions and the potential impact they may have on one’s behavior.
Self-Management
Self-management is the ability to effectively control one’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in varied and/or challenging situations.
Social Awareness
Social awareness is the ability to embrace diversity by recognizing, understanding and appreciating the similarities and differences within and among individuals and groups.
Responsible Decision Making
Responsible decision-making involves learning how to make appropriate and respectful choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on the consideration of ethical standards, safety concerns, social norms and the well-being of self and others.
Relationship Skills\
Relationship skills involve the ability to establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships with individuals and/or groups.
Relationship skills help students build healthy social networks reducing feelings of loneliness and increasing social connectedness.
What does SEL stand for?
Social and Emotional Learning
Physical Activity and Social Emotional Learning
Sitting for too long can increase your risks of all kinds of dangerous diseases, especially later in life, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol levels.
Benefits of Social Emotional Skills
-Makes you feel better and happier
-Fosters your sense of self-worth and makes you feel strong and powerful
-Can make you feel better about your appearance and, by meeting even small exercise goals, you’ll feel a sense of achievement
-Reduces both anxiety and depression
-Raises levels of serotonin, endorphins and other chemicals that have a calming, antidepressant effect
-Can help you to sleep better and may give you more energy
-Increases endorphins that boost your mood and can also boost your concentration skills
-Provides opportunities for self-expression
-Can make you feel more alert and may raise your self-esteem
-Can help you focus more clearly on your relationships, your job or your schoolwork, which may add to your feelings of self-confidence
-Improves attention span, memory, and learning
-Reduces stress and the effects of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
-Can help you cope in a healthy way, instead of resorting to negative behaviors
-Can help boost your immune system and reduce the impact of stress
-Boosts energy and brain power
