Introduction to Mental Health & Mental Disorders.docx

mental health and mental disorders

1. Introduction to Mental
Health & Mental
Disorders

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•Understand what is mental health and what are mental health disorders.
•Understand the causes of mental disorders and the factors affecting mental health.
•Get a general overview of treatment for mental disorders.
•Know what are the myths and facts associated with mental health and
mental disorders

3. QUIZ ON MYTHS AND FACTS
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6. Mental Health is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can
cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a
contribution to his or her community.
- World Health Organization
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8. EXERCISE
1.Recall at least 1 positive emotion/feeling that you experienced?
2.What was happening at that time? (Situation)
3.Recall at least 1 negative emotion/feeling that you experienced?
4.What was happening at that time? (Situation)

9. IMPORTANT POINTS TO
REMEMBER
•Mental health is not just the absence of disorder.
•Mental health and physical health go hand-in-hand.
•Mental health is important for individual, family, community and national wellbeing.
•No health without mental health.
•It is everyone’s responsibility to take care of our and others’ mental health.
WHAT ARE MENTAL DISORDERS?

10. • Person’s ability to think, feel
andbehaveis
affected.
• Thisinturnaffects relationships
and work.

11. CATEGORIES OF MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
Common Mental
Severe Mental Disorders Child and Adolescent
Disorders • Psychosis Mental Disorders
•Depressive
⚬
Hearing voices • Intellectual
Development
disorders (sad
⚬
Seeing Disability (IDD)
mood) things/people • Attention Deficit
•Anxiety disorders
⚬
Feeling things on Hyperactivity Disorder
(fear and worry) skin (ADHD)
•Somatic disorders
⚬
Unreal beliefs • Oppositional Defiant
Disorder (ODD)
(bodily symptoms)
•
Mood disorders • Conduct disorder
Neurological Substance Use Disorders

12. Conditions • Alcohol Suicide Ideation Behaviours
•Epilepsy • Tobacco • Thoughts and plans about
•Otherillegalsubstanceskilling oneself
•Dementia
(ganja, hashish, etc.)

13. FACTORS AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH

14. CAUSES OF MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDERS
No single cause. Combination of factors, such as:
Stressful life eventsBiological factorsIndividual psychologicalAdverse childhood
life events
factors (abuse, neglect)
(poor self-esteem)

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Things
People
Voices
Imagining
harm-Self
Isolation
Excess speech
Aggression
Behavioral
Weakness
Appetite
Sleep
Aches
Physical
Excess fear
Loss of interest
Sad mood
Psychological
False beliefs
Judgement
Memory
Concentration
Thinking
HEALTH PROBLEMS
SYMPTOMS INDICATING PROBABLE MENTAL

16. TREATMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDERS
•Chronic if left untreated.
•Effective, safe and affordable treatments for mental health disorders are available.
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19. KEY FACTS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDERS
•Affect anyone – men, women, rich, poor, etc.
•Common – 1 in 5 adults.
•They don’t always look different from others.
•Range from common to severe conditions.
•More than just ‘stress’.
•Maybe brief or long-term.
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•Affects quality of life – work, relationships, etc.
•Effects of stress on entire family.
•Effective forms of treatment.

20. Thank You