Today’s Agenda

Bell-ringerIntroduction to Mental Health

Feeling Situation CardsDiscussionHealth-Up

BELL-RINGERThink about a strong feeling you have experienced and write a paragraph about it. The paragraph should include

• The feeling that was experienced.

• The cause of that feeling (death, loss of friend, bad test grade, gossiping etc)

• How did you react to that feeling?

• Once you finish the paragraph, circle the FEELING, underline the CAUSE and draw a box around the REACTION.

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

“Mental health is ____________________ to overall health”

MENTAL HEALTH

You must be mentally and emotionally healthy to really be healthy; physical fitness is important but does not define a healthy person.

MENTAL HEALTH

NAMI (national alliance of mental illness) defines mental health as feeling comfortable with yourself. Feeling good about your relationships with others

Being able to meet the demands of life

This is a life long process

EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Being emotionally mature means being able to live with one’s true selfAcceptance of one’s self despite flaws and limitations

Emotional maturity is essential to emotional health

People who are emotionally healthy can express emotions in healthy ways and cope with circumstances in daily life

WHY SO IMPORTANT?

It affects your relationship with others

It affects how you learn

It can lead to other problems such as mental instability or risky behaviors (drugs, alcohol, sexual promiscuity, etc)

It may lead to mental illnesses

It can help you cope with life's difficulties

COMPONENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH

How you think

How you feel

How you act

THINKINGFEELING

ACTIONS

THINKING

The cognitive component to mental health

It’s important to recognize thoughts and determine if they’re reasonable for the situation

FEELING

The emotional/sensory component of mental health

Thoughts produce feelings

ACTIONS

Behavioral component of mental health

Actions can be healthy or unhealthy

INFLUENCES-INTERNALHormones, heredity, physical health, fitness

•Self-efficacy: belief in whether you can or cannot do/accomplish something

•Self-esteem: one’s sense of self respect and self worth

• Learned Helplessness: response to continued failure where people give up and fail to take action to help themselves

• Personality: None static/always changing throughout our lives. Helps us learn to control emotions, develop relationships and problem solve

INFLUENCES- EXTERNAL

Uncontrollable factors

Parents

Peers

Environment

ACTIVITY TIME!

With your group you will complete your assigned feeling card.

• What are you feeling?

• What caused this feeling?

• How could they react to the feeling?

DISCUSSION

• Which feelings are most difficult to respond to?

• What happens when we react to strong negative feelings without thinking?

• Is there more than one positive reaction to feelings? Why or why not?

JOURNAL REFLECTION

In what circumstances to do you have the most difficult time expressing your feelings?

Today’s Agenda

Video Mental Disorders

Group ProjectJournal Reflection

BELL-RINGER

• The emotional/sensory component of mental health is called what?

• What is self-efficacy?

WHAT IS NORMAL?

It's often difficult to distinguish normal mental health from mental illness because there's no easy test to show if something's wrong. Mental health conditions are diagnosed and treated based on signs and symptoms, as well as on how much the condition affects your daily life.

MENTAL DISORDERS

The brain is the body organ that controls feelings, behaviors, and thoughts. Changes in the brain’s activity result in changes in each of these responses. These changes can be

either short term or long term. A mental illness is a health condition that changes a person’s thinking, feelings, or behavior (or all three) and that causes the person distress and difficulty in functioning.

1 in 4 Americans suffer

NEUROSIS

Neurosis is a term generally used to describe a nonpsychotic mental illness which triggers feelings of distress and anxiety and impairs daily functioning.

(depression, anxiety, obsessive behavior)

PSYCHOSIS

Psychosis- a mental illness that causes a person to lose contact with reality.

• Hallucinations • Difficulty functioning in school, work or home life.• It is treatable

SIGNS/SYMPTOMS

Hallucinations

Confused Thinking

Changed Behavior

False Beliefs

• Strong beliefs or ideas, which are not real to others.• Examples: believe to have special powers,

think they are being followed or having a sense of communicating through TV or radio.

TYPES OF MENTAL DISORDERS

Anxiety Disorders:

• Phobia• Strong fear of something specific

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)• Persistent thoughts, fears, or urges. Need of

rituals• Panic Disorder

• Attacks of sudden unexplained feelings• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Worry and tension for no reason

MOOD DISORDERS

Bipolar Disorder

• Extreme mood changes/behaviors

Conduct Disorder

• Patterns of behavior that violate rules and rights of others. (stealing, aggression, vandalism, arson)

Schizophrenia

• Person loses contact with reality. (Delusions, hallucinations)

Personality Disorders

• Unable to regulate emotions. Feel awkward and distressed in social situations

EATING DISORDERS

Anorexia nervosa

Bulimia nervosa

Binge eating

JOURNAL REFLECTION

Do you believe you are in a good state of mental and emotional health? Why or why not?

Name one external influence affecting your mental health.

ACTIVITY

Directions: We have been learning about mental health and associated disorders over the past two days. With your group you will use the iPads to access valid information pertaining to the mental disorder you were assigned.

You will create an educational awareness poster with your group explaining the disorder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEyWvfdcH2g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn1OYlYzgm8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSxaP1XCbc