Mental Health Disorders

Mental Health Services

Allied Health

Health Mental/ Emotional Disorders

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What is Mental Health?

• Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.

• It affects how we think, feel, and act.

• It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.

• Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

Factors That Influence Mental Health:

• Many factors contribute to mental health problems, including:

• Biological factors such as genes or brain chemistry

• Family history of mental health problems

• Life experiences such as trauma or abuse

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Alice's mother suffers from bipolar disorder. This puts Alice at risk of developing bipolar disorder in the future due to her family history. Which type of factor would this be considered?

• family history

• biological factors

• life experience

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Essential Question: What does it mean to be emotionally unstable?

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James grew up in an abusive household. He suffers from anxiety & depression due to his childhood trauma. Which type of factor would this be considered?

• family history

• biological factors

• life experience

Warning Signs:

• Patients who experience one or more of the following feelings or behaviors may be struggling with mental health issues:

• Having low or no energy

• Feeling unusually confused, forgetful, on edge, angry, upset, worried, or scared

• Experiencing severe mood swings that cause problems in relationships

• Feeling helpless or hopeless

• Inability to perform daily tasks like getting to work or school

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What is something that Lebron said today that has stuck with you?

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Warning signs that someone may be struggling with their mental health include (choose all that apply):

• low energy

• feeling helpless

• feeling forgetful & confused

• being unable to complete normal tasks

Ways to Improve Mental Health:

• Seek professional help when needed

• Connect with others

• Engage in physical activity

• Get enough sleep

• Help others

• Develop healthy coping skills

Anxiety Disorders

• People with anxiety disorders respond to certain objects or situations with fear and dread.

• Anxiety disorders can include obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorders, and phobias.

Behavioral Disorders:

• Behavioral disorders involve a pattern of disruptive behaviors in children that last for at least 6 months.

• These disorders can cause problems in school, at home and in social situations.

• Examples of behavioral disorders include Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional-Defiant Disorder (ODD).

Eating Disorders:

• Eating disorders involve extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors involving weight and food.

• Eating disorders can include anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating.

Mood Disorders:

• Mood disorders involve persistent feelings of sadness or periods of feeling overly happy, or fluctuating between extreme happiness and extreme sadness.

• Mood disorders can include depression, bipolar disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and self-harm.

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Samantha often has persistent feelings of sadness mixed with periods of feeling overly happy. Which type of disorder is she possibly suffering from?

• anxiety disorder

• mood disorder

• eating disorder

Other Disorders:

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) causes repeated, upsetting thoughts called obsessions. .

• People with OCD typically do the same thing over and over again to try to make the obsessive thoughts go away.

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur after living through or seeing a traumatic event, such as war, a hurricane, rape, physical abuse or a bad accident.

• PTSD makes people feel stressed and afraid even after the danger is over.

Treatment Settings:

• Treatment and care for mental health-related issues are provided in a variety of settings.

• The environment and level or type of care, will depend on multiple factors including the nature and severity of the patient's mental condition, their physical health, and the type of treatment indicated.

• The three primary types of treatment settings for receiving mental health care or services are hospital inpatient, residential and outpatient settings.

Multiple Choice

Cynophobia –

• The fear of dogs

• The fear of flying

Types of Treatment Facilities

• Hospital inpatient settings involve an overnight or longer stay in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital. 

• Residential mental health treatment environments generally provide longer-term care for individuals.

• Outpatient Settings involve office visits with no overnight stay. 

• Partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) outpatient programs that patients attend for six or more hours a day, every day or most days of the week.

• Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs)  outpatient programs only attended for three to four hours and often meet during evening hours to accommodate people who are working.

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Ophidiophobia –

• The fear of germs

• The fear of snakes

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Type of treatment setting where the patient stays overnight or longer in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital.

• inpatient

• outpatient

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Arachnophobia –

• The fear of spiders

• The fear of snakes

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Type of treatment setting that involves office visits with no overnight stay. Includes PHP's & IOP's.

• inpatient

• outpatient

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Which is not a time management strategy?

• Say NO

• Prioritize

• Use a to-do list

• Procrastinate

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Carl responds to certain objects or situations with fear and dread, especially large group settings. Which type of disorder is he possibly suffering from?

• anxiety disorder

• mood disorder

• eating disorder

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The following are characteristics of high self esteem:

• Optimistic

• Allows change

• Pessimistic

• Confident

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Edward is a competitive bodybuilder & experiences extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors involving his weight and food. Which type of disorder is he possibly suffering from?

• anxiety disorder

• mood disorder

• eating disorder

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These are signs of an emotionally abusive relationship...

• Shows mistrust for no reason

• You are walking on egg shells in the relationship

• Person does not allow you to share opinions

• You feel free to get out of the relationship

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Which are signs of a healthy relationship?

• Good communication

• Honesty and trust

• Doesn't share personal experiences

• Offers support

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When your mom starts dating again after a divorce, she is demonstrating which stage of grief?

• Denial

• Acceptance

• Anger

• Bargaining

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Walking across the stage at graduation is an example of?

• Distress

• Mistress

• Eustress

• Nonstress

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People with mental illness are able to work.

• True

• False

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I cannot do anything to support someone with a mental health issue

• True

• False

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Your physical, emotional, and mental health are all related and make up your overall health

• True

• False

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The unique combination of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that make you different from everyone else

• self-esteem

• resilience

• self-concept

• personality

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Who can get mental illness?

• anyone

• young children

• adults

• elderly

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Mental illness interferes with a person's

• occupation

• social and family relationships

• daily tasks

• all of the above

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What is a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person

• opinion

• stigma

• negativity

• mental health

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List 3 stressors you may encounter in life

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List two mental disorders

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Name 3 ways to build resiliency

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List 3 emotions people have

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Emotions are a normal part of Life

• True

• False

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When making mistakes in life you should..

• Go - Think - Do

• Stop - Think - Go

• Stop - Think - Just do it

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When seeking help for problems you should go and ask? List two sources.

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List 3 Life Skills that can help you in life

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an illness in which people experience two extreme moods is 

• depression
• bipolar mood disorder
• mood disorder
• anxiety disorder

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What is the confidence and pride you have in yourself?

• Self-Concept

• Self-Esteem

• Self-Actualization

• Mental Health

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which is NOT a stage of grief?

• happiness

• acceptance

• sadness

• shock

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Savannah hears voices when no one’s around telling her that her parents are trying to hurt her.

• bipolar disorder

• panic disorder

• schizophrenia

• phobia

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Nicky refuses to go on a camping trip with her best friend’s family because of her fear of snakes.

• phobia

• social anxiety

• post-traumatic stress disorder

• depression

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Katie has been sad because her best friend moved away. What should she do to cope with this behavior?

• quit the soccer team

• talk to a school counselor

• stop eating lunch at school

• ignore her sadness and hope it goes away

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Persistent thoughts, fears or urges leading to uncontrollable repetitive behaviors.

• Anorexia
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Panic disorder
• Phobia

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A soldier who returns home from war and has frightening dreams that prevents him from sleeping at night may be experiencing

• Post traumatic stress disorder
• schizophrenia
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• mood disorder

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What characteristic does an emotionally healthy person NOT have?

• Cope with change
• Have a lot of friends
• Resolve conflict
• Take responsibility for personal choice and actions

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Anything that causes stress.

• Stress
• Stressor

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A feeling of pressure and or reaction to events, circumstances or situations.

• Stress
• Stressor

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Which is a way to be optimistic?

• Think of problems as temporary and specific.

• Personalizing

• Cope with change.

• Build healthy relationships.

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What is the What is the difference between a delusion and a hallucination?

• Delusions are when people see things that no one else can, while hallucinations are believing the FBI is following you.

• Hallucinations are bizarre thoughts, while delusions are perceptual issues.

• Delusions are strange thoughts or beliefs, like thinking you are a god, whereas hallucinations are perceptual issues, like hearing voices.

• There is no difference between them

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Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger.

• Borderline PD

• Obsessive-Compulsive PD

• Narcissistic PD

• Avoidant PD

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Has a very strong sense of entitlement.

• Antisocial PD

• Schizotypal PD

• Narcissistic PD

• Borderline PD

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Reckless disregard for safety of self or others.

• Narcissistic PD

• Schizotypal PD

• Borderline PD

• Antisocial PD

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Behaviour or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar.

• Avoidant PD

• Schizotypal PD

• Antisocial PD

• Obsessive-Compulsive PD

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Emotional instability due to significant reactivity of mood.

• Antisocial PD

• Narcissistic PD

• Borderline PD

• Schizotypal

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Impulsive, irritable, and aggressive.

• Avoidant PD

• Antisocial PD

• Borderline PD

• Schizotypal PD

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Shows significant rigidity and stubbornness.

• Obsessive-Compulsive PD

• Narcissistic PD

• Borderline PD

• Schizotypal PD

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Views themselves as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others.

• Borderline PD

• Schizotypal PD

• Antisocial PD

• Avoidant PD

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Can be preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, etc.

• Borderline PD

• Avoidant PD

• Schizotypal PD

• Narcissistic PD

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Tell me something you learned during this unit that you did not know before.