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MENTAL

HEALTH

11/06/2018

Daniel Woodbury, Michael Portugal, Paulo Cabrera

MENTAL HEALTH

What is Mental Health?

The level of phsychological well-being of an individual

The level of phsychological well-being of an individual

COMMON STRESSORS EXPERIENCED BY TEENS

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

- Different learning styles, interests & strengths

- Strict structure and curriculum

PARENTS

PARENTS

- Unrealistic expectations

- Stressed parents = stressed children

PEER GROUP

- Peer pressure

- Struggle to conform

PEER GROUP

DEVELOPMENT OF TREATMENT

DEVELOPMENT OF TREATMENT

DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT

- Greater understanding of phsychological and medicational treaments

- Establishment of community support programs to reduce isolation and promote social inclusion

- Development of treatment - moved away from mental assylums, malarial infections and insulin induced comas

UNDERSTANDING

UNDERSTANDING

- Greater understanding of the impacts of mental health on individuals, families and communities

Tourette's Syndrome

- Neurophsyciatric disorder characterized by phonic (vocal) and motor (movement) tics

- Inherited disorder that initially occurs during childhood

TOURETTE'S

CAUSES

CAUSES

- Genetics (Parents with tourette's have a 50% chance of passing it on to their children

- Environment (Cannot cause but can worsen)

- Defects in basal ganglia, thalamus, frontal cortex, subcortical and cortical regions

SYMPTOMS

SYMPTOMS

- Motor tics (Sudden repetitive, non-rythmic body movements

- Phonic tics (Sudden utterances and involuntary sounds)

- 3.8% chance in children

TREATMENT

- Pharmacologic therapy can reduce tics

- Cognitive behavioral therapy

- Habit reversal

- Teaching parents and guardians to control mind and behaviour to prevent tics

TREATMENT

PTSD

- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

- Unwanted memories of traumatic events

PTSD

CAUSES

CAUSES

- Traumatic event which threatned their life or safety or that of the others around them

- Examples could include war, torture, accidents, bushfires or floods

12% of Australians will experience PTSD

SYMPTOMS

SYMPTOMS

- Reliving a traumatic event through unwanted, vivid images and memories

- Being overly alert

- Avoiding reminders of the event (place, people, things)

- Feeling emotionally numb

TREATMENT

- Prolonged exposure (Gains control over negative feelings)

- Cognitive Processing Therapy (Reframing negative thoughts)

- Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (Helps process and make sense of the trauma)

TREATMENTS

BI-POLAR

- Regular feelings of extreme highs and extreme lows

- Takes the form of euphoric mania or depression

Bi-Polar

CAUSES

- Heredity (Blood-relative)

- Chronic stress

- Significant life changes

- Substance abuse

- One in 50 Australians experience it each year

CAUSES

SYMPTOMS

- Inability to sleep

- Agitation

- Intense expression

- Rapid thoughts and speech

- Paranoia

- Neglecting to eat

- Seeing code

- Binge drinking

- Grand and unrealistic champs

SYMPTOMS

TREATMENT

- Mood stabilising medications

- Antidepressants

- Sedatives

- Counselling

- Community support programs

- Self-help groups

TREATMENT

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