Shatter The Stigma

Shatter The Stigma

Anxiety

• Anxiety disorders are worries and fears that do not go away and can even get worse.
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Social Anxiety
• Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S.
• Affect 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, Anxiety disorders are highly treatable
• Only about 1/3rd get help.

(ADAA, 2016)

Megan Hill

Rebecca Salazar

Eric Vetter

Anthony Bailey

January and February

• January 15th
• Info session about the four mental disorders in focus.
• Emoji Shirts

Conclusion

Quiz Time!

• January 17th
• Walk in My Shoes
• Shoes on campus with pictures and stories
• Signs with statistics and resources
• "Get Help" booth.

PTSD

https://www.qzzr.com/c/quiz/398690/do-you-understand-mental-illness

How did you do? Do you know how to Shatter the Stigma? Or do you just add to it? Knowing the truth about mental illness is crucial to your ability to help yourself and others recover. Who knows? You might just save a life.

• Commonly acquired by survivors after they experience traumatic events
• Predisposed reactions to “fear triggers” which send the body into a frightened fight-or-flight state
• Military service in hostile areas has an extremely high exposure rate to traumatic events
• Serious road accidents can instigate PTSD
• Prolonged sexual or physical abuse or severe neglect will cause individuals to experience PTSD

40% of those receiving treatment are receiving what is considered minimally adequate treatment

(NIMH, 2005)

• February 6th - 9th
• Two-Way Mirror Event
• Mirror video
• Polaroid video
• Body-Positive Fashion Show
• Dressed up walk
• Two-Way Mirror video
• Normal clothes strut
• “Crush the negative thoughts in your mind! Strut it out because you are perfect just the way you are! Shatter the Stigma of mental illness by radically loving yourself and others!”
• STS front LOVE YOURSELF back

Eating Disorders

Staggering Statistics

November and December

• Anorexia Nervosa
• About one out of every one hundred young women between ten and twenty are starving themselves
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Four out of one hundred college-aged women have bulimia.
• About 50% of people who have been anorexic develop bulimia or bulimic patterns

(ANRED, n.d.)

November

• Veterans Day Banquet
• No Shame November

Schedule

August, September, and October

• 42.5 million American adults (or 18.2 percent of the total adult population in the United States) suffers from some mental illness (ADAA, 2016)
• 11 million Americans suffer from some sort of eating disorder
• 1 out of 100 young women suffer from anorexia
• 1 out of 25 women have bulimia (ANRED, n.d.)
• 18% of americans are diagnosed with anxiety disorders (ADAA, 2016)
• 6% of young adults are diagnosed with lifetime PTSD
• only 57% are receiving treatment (NIMH, 2005)
• The U.S. experiences approximately 313,000 hospital visits yearly for intentionally inflicted self-harm (MHA, 2017)

December

• Furry Refresher
• Service Animal Costume contest
• Free adoption

August

• Fall back into positive thinking
• Fresh start

September

• September Slam
• Info Session

October

• Trick or treat yo' self
• Hey rides
• Art Wall
• Trivia

Thank You!

References

March, April, and May

• March 23rd
• March Gladness
• Students fill out a bracket to help avoid antecedents.

Depression

• April 2nd
• Easter Extravaganza
• Eggs with candy, business cards, and tips
• Art therapy station
• April 23rd
• Planting New Thoughts
• Earth day - plant a flower or tree on campus
• Tips for replacing thoughts with new growth

Anorexia nervosa & related eating disorders (ANRED). (n.d.). Eating

Disorders Statistics. Retrieved April 20, 2017 from ANRED Website: https://www.anred.com/stats.html

Anxiety and Depression Association of America. (2016, August).

Facts and Statistics. Retrieved February 13, 2017 from ADAA Website: https://www.adaa.org/about-adaa/press-room/facts-statistics

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (2014).

America’s Young Adults: Special Issue, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2017 from FIFCFS Website: https://www.childstats.gov/pdf/ac2014/YA_14.pdf

Mental Health America. (2017). Self-Injury (Cutting, Self-Harm, or

Mutilation). Retrieved April 22, 2017 from MHA Website: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/self-injury

National Institute of Mental Health. (2005). Post Traumatic Stress

Disorder Among Adults. Retrieved February 16, 2017 from NIH Website: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/prevalence/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-among-adults.shtml

• Feelings of severe despondency and dejection
• One of the most common mental disorders in the U.S
• Depression is now recognized as occurring in children and adolescents
• Depression in midlife or older adults can co-occur with other serious medical illnesses

(ADAA, 2016)

• May 19th
• Green Light to Happiness
• 5k through campus and the city
• Green = Mental Health Awareness
• Positive quotes in goodie bag and along route
• Exercise helps mental illness

Every Month (Saturdays)

• 1st Body Positive Yoga
• 2nd Art Therapy
• 3rd Group Dance
• 4th Auction Fundraiser

Market Analysis

• Young Adults are often characterized by major life transitions, this includes in and out of living arrangements and states of employment.
• As of 2012, there were 31.2 million young adults ages 18–24 living in the United States.
• Among young-adult females was 16 percent in 2002 and 2012.From 2005 to 2011, the prevalence of major depressive episode was about twice as high among females ages 18–24 (10-12%) as among young adult men (5-6%).
• There are over 522,000 young adults ages 18–24 serving in Active Duty.

(FIFCFS, 2014)