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MENTAL DISORDERS AND SUICIDE

MENTAL DISORDERS AND SUICIDE. TYPES, RISK FACTORS, PROTECTIVE FACTORS, WARNING SIGNS, HELP. BEING A RESILIENT TEEN. RESILIENCY: ABILITY TO ADAPT AND RECOVER FROM DISAPPOINTMENT, DIFFICULTY, OR CRISIS FACTORS THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY: FAMILY, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, PEERS

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MENTAL DISORDERS AND SUICIDE

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  1. MENTAL DISORDERS AND SUICIDE TYPES, RISK FACTORS, PROTECTIVE FACTORS, WARNING SIGNS, HELP

  2. BEING A RESILIENT TEEN • RESILIENCY: ABILITY TO ADAPT AND RECOVER FROM DISAPPOINTMENT, DIFFICULTY, OR CRISIS • FACTORS THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY: • FAMILY, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, PEERS • YOUR ATTITUDES, PERCEPTIONS, BEHAVIORS

  3. PROTECTIVE FACTORS • GET INVOLVED IN EXTRA-CURRICULARS AT SCHOOL • COMMITMENT TO LEARNING • STAND UP FOR BELIEFS • BE HONEST • RESIST NEGATIVE PEER PRESSURE • LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES • DEVELOP SENSE OF PURPOSE • DEVELOP POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE

  4. MENTAL DISORDERS • ILLNESS OF THE MIND THAT CAN AFFECT THE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIORS OF A PERSON, PREVENTING HIM OR HER FROM LEADING A HAPPY, HEALTHFUL, AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE • REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION JUST LIKE PHYSICAL ILLNESSES • 20% OF U.S. POPULATION SUFFERS FROM A MENTAL DISORDER • ONLY ONE-THIRD OF YOUTH RECEIVE THE HELP THEY NEED • CAUSES: GENETICS, TRAUMATIC LIFE EVENTS, BRAIN CHEMISTRY IMBALANCE

  5. DEPRESSION • Prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness • More serious than just a sad mood • Two types: reactive depression: response to stressful event major depression: medical condition needing treatment • Symptoms of depression: irritable, restless mood withdrawal from friends & activities change in appetite or weight feelings of guilt or worthlessness sense of hopelessness • Symptoms lasting two weeks or more signal treatment needed

  6. MENTAL DISORDERS

  7. TYPES OF MENTAL DISORDERS • EATING DISORDERS • MOOD DISORDERS • INVOLVES MOOD EXTREMES THAT INTERFERE WITH EVERYDAY LIVING • CLINICAL DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR DISORDER • CONDUCT DISORDERS • PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR IN WHICH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS OR BASIC SOCIAL RULES ARE VIOLATED • LYING, STEALING, AGGRESSION, VIOLENCE, TRUANCY, ARSON, VANDALISM • ANXIETY DISORDER • REAL OR IMAGINED FEARS ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL • PHOBIAS, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, PANIC DISORDER, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

  8. TYPES CONT. • SCHIZOPHRENIA • SEVERE DISORDER IN WHICH A PERSON LOSES CONTACT WITH REALITY • DELUSIONS, HALLUCINATIONS, THOUGHT DISORDERS • DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN REAL AND IMAGINARY EVENTS • UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR, DIFFICULTY FUNCTIONING • AFFECTS 1 PERCENT OF POPULATION • PERSONALITY DISORDERS • THINK & BEHAVE IN WAYS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS • 10 PERCENT OF POPULATION • ANTISOCIAL, BORDERLINE, PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE

  9. SUICIDE • ACT OF INTENTIONALLY TAKINE ONE’S OWN LIFE • PREVENTABLE • 3RD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG TEENS

  10. RISK FACTORS • DEPRESSION/MENTAL DISORDERS • ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE • PHYSICAL/SEXUAL ABUSE • HISTORY OF PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS • FAMILY HISTORY OF EMOTIONAL DISORDERS/SUICIDE • IDENTITY ISSUES

  11. WARNING SIGNS • DIRECT STATEMENTS ABOUT NOT WANTING TO LIVE:”I wish I were dead.” • INDIRECT STATEMENTS ABOUT DEATH: “Soon this pain will be over.” • WRITING POEMS, SONG LYRICS, OR DIARY ENTRIES ABOUT DEATH • SUICIDE THREATS: DIRECT OR INDIRECT • OBSESSION WITH DEATH • WITHDRAWAL FROM FRIENDS • DRAMATIC CHANGES IN PERSONALITY, HYGIENE, OR APPERANCE

  12. WARNING SIGNS CONT. • IMPLULSIVE, IRRATIONAL, OR BIZARRE BEHAVIOR • OVERWHELMING SENSE OF GUILT, SHAME, OR REJECTION, NEGATIVE SELF-EVALUATION • DROP IN GRADES OR RECREATIONAL PERFORMANCE • GIVING AWAY PERSONAL OBJECTS • SUBSTANCE ABUSE • COMPLAINING ABOUT HEADACHES, FATIGUE, STOMACHACHES, BOREDOM • VIOLENT ACTIONS, REBELLIOUS BEHAVIOR, RUNNING AWAY • INTOLERANCE FOR PRAISE OR AWARDS

  13. PREVENTION • TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, SEEK ADULT ASSISTANCE • INITIATE A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION • SHOW SUPPORT AND ASK QUESTIONS • TRY TO PERSUADE THE PERSON TO SEEK HELP

  14. GETTING HELP • TALK TO PARENTS • GO TO TEACHER, SCHOOL COUNSELOR, COACH, PRINCIPAL, VICE PRINCIPAL • SEEK COUNSELING THROUGH SHACC OR OUTSIDE AGENCY • CALL A HOTLINE

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