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Mental Health/Awareness

Mental Health/Awareness. Junior Family Life. Overview of Unit. Substance Use and Abuse Define Mental Health and Well Being Anxiety Disorders Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Bipolar Mood Disorders Depression Eating Disorders Schizophrenia Support Groups and Services.

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Mental Health/Awareness

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  1. Mental Health/Awareness Junior Family Life

  2. Overview of Unit • Substance Use and Abuse • Define Mental Health and Well Being • Anxiety Disorders • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder • Bipolar Mood Disorders • Depression • Eating Disorders • Schizophrenia • Support Groups and Services

  3. Substance use and Abuse • Adolescence is a time of exploration, high risk behaviors and feelings of being invincible. • Use of alcohol and drugs can increase the potential for engaging in sex, violence, aggression and other high risk behaviors that can cause harm, illness and death.

  4. Alcohol • Used by more adolescents and young adults in the U.S. than tobacco or illicit drugs. • Factor in approximately 41% of all deaths from motor vehicle crashes. • Associated with physcial altercations, unintentional injuries, academic, social and occupational problems and legal issues. (www.cdc.gov) • About half of high school students perceive no harm in binge drinking of use of marijuana (pot).

  5. More than 25% of high school students report their first use of alcohol or marijuana before the age of 13 years old. • Studies indicate that 4-15% of adolescent ER visits and 32-45% of adolescent trauma are related to alcohol use. • Alcohol positive adolescents do not always present in a similar way. • initial experimentation with alcohol – can be extremely intoxicated. • trauma or multiple injuries

  6. Moderate alcohol use and minor injury • History of alcohol and/or drug use • History of psychosocial problems Alcohol is a depressant. Physical Effects of over use or abuse include: • Respiratory depression • Nausea and /or vomiting • Hypothermia • Hypoglycemia • Change in liver functions

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