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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