1. Mental disorders
Anxiety and depression are two of the most common types of mental illnesses and disorders
Phobias are a mental disorder
Untreated depression can have serious consequences
People with Autism have trouble interacting with other people
Most people with a mental disorder could get over it if they just tried hard enough
Someone who talks about suicide or writes about it on social media is probably just joking
Suicide is a leading cause of death among teenagers in the united states
Medications can be useful in treating mental disorders
Being physically active can be an effective strategy for coping with negative feelings and stress
If you’re good enough friend, you can cure your friends mental disorder

2. What do ……..
Abraham Lincoln
Beethoven
Charles Dickens

3. Mental disorders
Illness that affects the mind and reduces a person’s ability to function, to adjust to change, or get along with others.
Recognizing mental disorders
Abnormal thoughts, feelings, or behaviors are signs or symptoms
ADHD/ADD
Difficulty focusing or sitting still
Difficulty organizing and completing task
Difficulty listening to and following directions
Talking nonstop or being in constant motion
Difficulty waiting
Blurting out inappropriate comments

4. Causes of Mental Disorders
Physical Factors Damage to the brain may cause a mental disorder.
Heredity A person may inherit a tendency toward a mental disorder.
Early Experiences Extremely negative experiences that occur early in life can lead to mental illness.
Recent Experiences Some mental health experts think that recent experiences are more likely than early experiences to trigger a mental disorder.

5. Physical factors Damage to brain Growth or tumor Infection
Exposure to poison
Lead
Alcohol/Drugs

6. Heredity Inherits tendency toward mental disorder
Greater risk if events in life act as a trigger for disorder

7. Early& recent Experiences
Extreme negative experiences
Neglected
Abused
Recent
More likely than early experiences
Death of a loved one

8. Anxiety
Fear caused by a source you cannot identify or source that doesn’t pose as much threat as you think.
Anxious before test
School dance
Tryouts
Short-lived
Start here with 2nd and 4th

9. How much anxiety are you feeling?
I Become afraid for no reason at all. Yes or No
I easily become upset or feel panicky Yes or No
I feel like I am falling apart and unable to control my feelings Yes or No
I feel more nervous and anxious than usual Yes or No
I am bothered by stomach aches or indigestion Yes or No
I am bothered by headaches and neck and back pains Yes or No
I have fainting spells, or periods of time when I feel faint Yes or No
I can feel my heart beating fast, although I am not exercising Yes or No

10. Anxiety disorder Anxiety disorder
When anxiety persists for a long period of time and interferes with daily living
Generalized anxiety
Phobias
Panic attacks
OCD
PTSD

11. Generalized anxiety disorder
Shows intense worry, fear, or anxiety everyday for at least 6 months
Warning signs
Restlessness
Trouble sleeping
Trouble concentrating

12. Phobia Extreme anxiety caused by a specific situation or object
Got here with 1st. Talking about spuluking in spider cave
Extreme anxiety caused by a specific situation or object

13. Case Study
Bryce is a 15-year-old sophomore in high school. He has always enjoyed doing outdoor activities with his family. Last summer, Bryce was camping with his uncle when they came across a copperhead snake. The snake struck at Bryce’s uncle, but fortunately only bit into his jeans and not his skin.
Although Bryce’s uncle was fine, Bryce is now very afraid of having another encounter with a snake. His fear has led him to stop doing outdoor activities. He even avoids his backyard because he is worried about seeing a snake. Bryce also feels anxious if he sees a photo of a snake.
What do you think are the primary factors that led Bryce to develop these symptoms?
What are some strategies Bryce could use to manage his anxiety about snakes?

14. Panic Attacks
Episodes of intense fear that something bad is going to happen
Experience
Fast heart rate
Rapid breathing
Fear of suffocation
Believes he or she is dying
Sweating
Trembling or shaking
Choking
Chest discomfort or pain
Nausea
Dizziness
Fear of losing control

15. OCD & PTSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsession-unwanted thought or image controls mind
Compulsion-unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent feared outcome
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
People who survive a threatening event
Flashbacks
Nightmares
Unable to sleep
May feel guilty because they survived but others did not
War veterans

16. Other disorders Mood disorders Schizophrenia Impulse-Control disorder
Bipolar
Schizophrenia
Impulse-Control disorder
Personality disorder

17. Mood Disorder Extreme emotions that make it difficult to function
Bipolar
Shift from one extreme to the other for no reason
Manic episode
Excited and restless
Difficulty concentrating
Poor judgment
Depression-person feels extremely sad or hopeless
Will sometimes seem normal

18. Schizophrenia-split mind
Severe disturbances in thinking, moods, awareness, and behavior
Split mind refers to a split from reality not personality
One of the most serious disorders
Rarely harmful to others
Talk to themselves
Dress and act strangely
Develop fears that are not supported by reality
Believe that something or someone controls them

19. Impulse-control disorder
Cannot resist the impulse or drive, to act in a way that is harmful to themselves or others
Gambling
Debt or steal
Most common among males
Kleptomania
Shopping
Must know they don’t need the things that they buy
85 % females

20. Personality disorder
Rigid patterns of behavior that make it difficult to get along with others
Group A
Cold and Distant
Withdraw from reality
Paranoid-overly suspicious of other people
Group B
Overly emotional or unstable
Selfish and demanding
Antisocial personality disorder-commits violent acts without any sense of guilt
Group C
Hard time making decisions
Need approval from others
Dependent personality disorder-help from others in order to properly care for themselves

21. Building literacy
Find an example of works of literature or movies that focus on characters with mental disorders.
Analyze the type of disorder depicted
Stereotypes about the individual that are present in the book or movie
ie; how are they dressed, where do they live, gender, what do they look like, etc..

22. Vocabulary compulsion
An unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent a feared outcome.
mood disorder
A disorder characterized by extreme emotions.
depression
An emotional state in which a person feels extremely sad and hopeless.
schizophrenia
A disorder characterized by severe disturbances in thinking,mood, awareness, and behavior.
personality disorder
A mental disorder characterized by rigid patterns of behavior, which make it difficult for a person to get along with others.