1. Mental Health TS Conference 2017
Karen Humphries
Intellectual Disability Psychiatrist

2. What is mental health? We all have mental health
Mental Health is a state of well-being emotionally and psychologically
Things that can affect mental health
Stress
Alcohol
Drugs
Physical illness
Brain abnormalities
Epilepsy
Chronic disease
Mental Illness

3. ‘Normal’ mental ill health
Sadness
Grief
Worry
Upset
Anxiety
Unhappy
‘Fed up’

4. Mental Illness Mood disorders Psychotic illness Depression
Chronic/serious anxiety
Bipolar disorder
Psychotic illness
Schizophrenia
Psychosis

5. How common??? Mental health difficulties are very common
1:4 adults at any one time have a mental health difficulty
Difficult to put a figure on children
Estimated that 90% of people with TS will have a difficulty with a behavioural/learning/psychological problem at some point in their lifetime (TAND)
Mental illness is more common in people who have TS
Eg approx. 50% of children with TS have a mental health difficulty (2011) compared with 25% of children who do not have TS

6. Why? Chronic illness Physical manifestations Epilepsy
Brain abnormalities

7. What? Tuberous Sclerosis Associated Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Behavioural
Psychiatric
Intellectual
Academic
Neuropsychological
Psychosocial
Any mental illness

8. Diagnosis Awareness TAND Checklist Neuropsychological assessment
Psychiatric assessment

9. Treatment Bio-psycho-social model Drugs/medications
‘Talking therapies’
Social supports

10. Recovery

11. Questions??