1. Kaptivating Kappa Epsilon Chapter
Black Students United
Health Promotion -
Mental Health Crisis

2. National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness
The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Educate, Advocate, Listen, Lead.

3. What Is Mental Health? The maintenance of successful mental activity
Includes maintaining productive daily activities and maintaining fulfilling relationships with others.
Also includes maintaining the abilities to adapt to change and to cope with stress.
Its normal to have a difficult time when feeling stressed, and pressure can build up in many areas of life (socially, in school , at home, and while making big life decision
However, if you feel very sad, hopeless or worthless this might be a sign of a mental health problem.

4. How Does Mental Health Occur?
Can occur when the brain (or part of the brain) is not working well or is functioning abnormally.
MVA, Trauma, Puncture (Phineas Gage)
Railroad construction man who survived an accident in which a large rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his left frontal lobe
Accident changed his personality and behavior the remaining years of his life
Genetics
Environment
Brain Disorder

5. Disrupted Brain Functions
Thinking
Perception
Emotion
Signaling
Physical
Behavior

6. Disrupted Brain Signals
Thinking difficulties
Problems focusing attention
Extreme Emotional highs and lows
Sleep Problems

7. A person develops mental disorder or mental illness when symptoms significantly disrupt a person’s life.

8. Common Childhood Disorders
Many mental health illnesses begin during childhood and persist into adulthood
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

9. Common Adolescent Disorders
1 in 5 children ages have, or will have a serious mental illness
Major Depression (MD)
Schizophrenia
Bipolar Disorder (BD)
Panic Anxiety
Social Anxiety Disorder
Eating Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Addictions

10. Current Knowledge
Most people with mental disorders live productive and positive lives while receiving treatments for their mental illness.
Some people have severe and persistent mental disorders which response poorly to current treatments
Mental illness does not respect any boundaries of race, class, geography, age, or gender
The majority of people have a friend, acquaintance or family member who ha or has had a mental disorder
1 in 5 Americans will be affected by a mental health condition in their lifetime

11. Impact 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14
75% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by the age of 24.
The average delay between onset of symptoms and interventions is between 8-10 years.
37% of students with a mental health conditions age 14 and older drop out of school
The highest dropout rate of any disability group
70% of youth in state and local juvenile justice systems have a mental illness.
Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in youth 10-24, 10th leading cause in death in the US
90% of those who died by suicide had an underlying mental illness

12. Major Racial Ethnic Groups in US
Latinos/Hispanics - 15%
African Americans - 13%
Asian American/Pacific Islanders - 5%
American Indians/Alaska Natives - 1%

13. Striking disparities in mental health care for people of color
Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health: Race, Culture, and Ethnicity
Striking disparities in mental health care for people of color
Less likely to receive services
Poorer quality of care
Underrepresented in mental health research
Disparities impose great disability burden on people of color
Culture counts

14. What Are Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities?
Differences and inequalities among racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural groups in
-Risk and predisposition
-Disease prevalence, health status, and diagnosis
-Health care quality not due to access-related factors or clinical needs, preferences, and appropriateness of intervention
-Health outcomes and mortality

15. Disparities in Seeking Mental Health Care
-Higher rates if inpatient care, especially involuntary.
-Language barriers
-Cultural Competences.
At least 1 in 5 resident physicians surveyed (from seven specialties) reported not being prepared to deal with cross-cultural issues
Approximately half of residents reported receiving little or no training in understanding how to address patients from different cultures (50%), or how to identify patient mistrust (56%), relevant religious beliefs (50%), and relevant cultural customs (48%)

16. Disparities in Seeking Mental Health Care
African Americans: more likely to use emergency services or primary care providers than mental health specialists
Asian Americans: Only 4% would seek help from mental health specialist vs. 26 percent of whites
Latinos: < 1 in 11 with mental disorders contact mental health specialists, & < 1 in 5 contact primary care providers
Native Americans: 44% with a mental health problem sought any kind of help--and only 28% of those contacted a mental health agency

17. Common African American Disorders
Major Depression
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Suicide
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

18. Mental Illness in African Americans
Only difference is in gender
African American men are 4 times more likely to die by suicide than African American women
African Americans are 20 percent more likely to have serious psychological distress than whites are.
Less than half of all Americans with a mental disorder get the treatment that they need. But the proportion of African Americans who need mental health treatment and get it is only half that of whites.

19. NAMI on African American
6 minutes 31 seconds

20. Do You Ever? If you ever feel like any of these, seek help.
Feel very angry, or worried?
Do reckless things that could harm you/others?
Feel grief for a long time after a loss/death?
Think your mind is controlled or out of control?
Use alcohol or drugs?
Exercise, diet and/or binge-eat obsessively?
Hurt other people/destroy property?
If you ever feel like any of these, seek help.

21. Preventative Measures
Recognize Symptoms
Eat healthy
Exercise Adequately
Care for your health daily
Take time for yourself regularly
Sleep bountifully
Manages stress diligently.
Know where to get help

22. Adelphi Services The Center for Psychological Services
Psychotherapy services address the needs of adults experiencing a variety of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, personality disorders, traumatic life events, and relationship impasses.
Student Counseling Center
UC Rm. 310,   ,
Mental Health Association of Nassau County
P HELP (4357)
Examples of difficulties experienced by children or adolescents and their families that are treated at our clinics are: attention problems, anxiety and specific phobias (e.g., social anxiety), depression, grief, behavioral problems, peer difficulties, and parenting challenges.

23. Important Dates Mental Health Month: October
Mental Awareness Week: 1st week of October
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week: May 3-9 (1st week of May)
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: July
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: September

24. THANK YOU!!