1. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 21 Mental and Emotional Health Care

2. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 2 Motivation Emotions are feelings created in response to thoughts, remarks, and events. Today, you'll learn about mental and emotional health.

3. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 3 Lesson overview What should you understand about emotions? How can you express your emotions in healthy ways? What can you do to understand and meet your emotional needs? What are the most common types of mental health and emotional problems?

4. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 4 Lesson overview (cont’d) What are the warning signs of clinical depression? What are the warning signs of suicide? What are the signs that a person may need professional help? What therapy methods are available for mental health problems? What are the sources of help for people with mental health problems?

5. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 5 Quick Write Briefly describe in writing two situations in which you experienced one of the following: fear, anger, love, guilt, mixed emotions.

6. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 6 What should you understand about emotions? Emotions are your feelings created in response to thoughts, remarks, and events. Basic emotions are Happiness Love Jealousy Sadness Anger Fear Anticipation Joy

7. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 7 What should you understand about emotions? (cont’d) Steps in learning to express emotions Identify the emotion. Understand the cause. Respond in a healthy way.

8. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 8 What should you understand about emotions? (cont’d) Recognizing emotions will help you deal with them. Happiness Sadness Fear Anger

9. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 9 What should you understand about emotions? (cont’d) Love Empathy Sympathy Anxiety Jealousy

10. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 10 How can you express your emotions in healthy ways? Expressing anxiety and fear You experience shorter breaths, faster heartbeat, tense muscles. Some anxiety may help you accomplish more. Too much anxiety can cause sleep loss and panic. Overcoming anxiety helps you build resilience.

11. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 11 How can you express your emotions in healthy ways? (cont’d) Expressing anger Stay calm. Understand what made you angry. Express your true feelings. Talk to the other person about why you feel this way.

12. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 12 What can you do to understand and meet your emotional needs? Emotional needs are needs that affect your feelings and sense of well-being. Basic emotional needs To feel worthwhile To love and be loved To belong

13. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 13 What can you do to understand and meet your emotional needs? (cont’d) Meet your emotional needs in healthy ways. Help someone. Talk to a friend. Show affection to family. Volunteer. Engage in healthful behaviors. Abstain from unhealthful behaviors. Choose sexual abstinence.

14. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 14 What are the most common types of mental and emotional problems? Anxiety disorder—intense anxiety or fear keeps a person from functioning normally. General anxiety disorder Panic disorder

15. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 15 What are the most common types of mental and emotional problems? (cont’d) Phobia Obsessive-compulsive disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder

16. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 16 What are the most common types of mental and emotional disorders? (cont’d) Personality disorder—affects a person’s ability to get along with others Mood disorder—a person undergoes changes in mood that seem inappropriate or extreme

17. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 17 What are the warning signs of clinical depression? Clinical depression—people lose interest in life and can no longer find enjoyment in anything Warning signs of clinical depression include A depressed mood Lack of energy Inability to concentrate Withdrawal

18. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 18 What are the warning signs of clinical depression (cont’d) Change in sleep pattern Feelings of worthlessness Indifference Pessimism Irritability or anger Thoughts of death or suicide

19. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 19 What are the signs of suicide? Suicide One of the leading causes of death for people between the ages of 15 and 24 People who are thinking about suicide May show signs of depression at first Talk about it beforehand

20. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 20 What are the signs of suicide? (cont’d) Other warning signs of suicide include Lack of energy Withdrawal from friends and family No longer taking interest in favorite activities No longer taking interest in personal appearance Taking unnecessary risks Expressing suicidal thoughts or talking a lot about death

21. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 21 What are the signs of suicide? (cont’d) What you can do to help: React calmly. Let the person talk. Don’t challenge the person. Offer comfort and support. Urge the person to get help. Tell an adult who will help.

22. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 22 What are the signs of suicide? (cont’d) Things to remember when you are feeling down: You are not alone. There are people who understand how you feel. Take care of your physical needs. Avoid alcohol and other drugs. Talk to someone.

23. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 23 What are the signs that a person may need professional help? Signs that you may need help Feeling sad or angry for no reason Tired all the time Inability to concentrate Lower grades than usual Aches or pains for no reason Feeling hopeless, guilty, or ashamed

24. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 24 What are the signs that a person may need professional help? (cont’d) Losing or gaining a lot of weight Change in sleep patterns Losing interest in activities you usually enjoy Avoiding friends or family Wanting to be alone Thinking that you can’t fit in Feeling that you can’t deal with life Using alcohol or other drugs

25. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 25 What therapy methods are available for mental health problems? Therapy methods available for mental health problems Talk therapy includes a variety of counseling methods. Biological therapy involves using medication for treatment. Some professionals combine both types of therapy.

26. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 26 What therapy methods are available for mental health problems? (cont’d) Types of counseling Individual counseling—person talks alone to a counselor Group therapy—counselor meets together with several people who have the same or similar problems Family therapy—type of group therapy to improve troubled family relationships

27. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 27 What therapy methods are available for mental health problems? (cont’d) Two methods of counseling Helping people feel better about themselves Changing behavior

28. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 28 What therapy methods are available for mental health problems? (cont’d) Some mental health disorders can be treated with drugs. People with anxiety disorders may take anti-anxiety drugs. People with clinical depression may take antidepressant drugs. Drug treatment is highly individual. Medications for mental disorders can be prescribed only by a medical doctor.

29. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 29 What are the sources of help for people with mental health problems? People who can help with mental health problems Clergy member Parent or other adult family member Teacher or school counselor Family counselor

30. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 30 What are the sources of help for people with mental health problems? (cont’d) School nurse Social worker Psychologist Psychiatrist

31. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 31 Lesson review Emotions are feelings created in response to thoughts, remarks, and events. Basic emotions are happiness, love, jealousy, sadness, anger, fear, anticipation, and joy. Emotions can influence most aspects of your life, including how you behave.

32. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 32 Lesson review (cont’d) There are important steps in learning to express your emotions. You should identify the emotion, understand the cause, and respond in a healthy way. Your basic emotional needs include the need to feel worthwhile, the need to feel that you make a difference in the world, and the need to love and be loved.

33. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 33 Lesson review (cont’d) There are several mental and emotional problems a person may experience. An anxiety disorder is a condition in which intense anxiety or fear keeps a person from functioning normally. Anxiety disorders include general anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

34. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 34 Lesson review (cont’d) Personality disorders are a variety of conditions that affect a person's ability to get along with others. A mood disorder is a disorder in which a person undergoes changes in mood that seem inappropriate or extreme. A person with clinical depression loses interest in life and can no longer find enjoyment in anything.

35. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 35 Lesson review (cont’d) Signs of clinical depression include depressed mood, lack of energy, inability to concentrate, withdrawal, pessimism, irritability or anger, and thoughts of death or suicide. Suicide is intentionally killing oneself.

36. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 36 Lesson review (cont’d) Warning signs of suicide include withdrawal from friends and family, loss of interest in favorite activities or personal appearance, taking unnecessary risks, expressing suicidal thoughts, and talking a lot about death. The two types of therapy for mental health problems are talk therapy and biological therapy.

37. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 37 Lesson review (cont’d) Types of counseling include individual counseling, group therapy, and family therapy. People in a variety of roles and professions can help with mental health problems.

38. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 38 Summary What do you need to understand about emotions? How can you express your emotions in healthy ways? What can you do to understand and meet your emotional needs? What are the most common types of mental health and emotional problems?

39. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 39 Summary (cont’d) What are the warning signs of clinical depression? What are the warning signs of suicide? What are the signs that a person may need professional help? What therapy methods are available for mental health problems? What are the sources of help for people with mental health problems?

40. Personal BehaviorLesson 4, Chapter 2, Mental and Emotional Health Care 40 Next Done—Mental and emotional health care Next—Avoiding and preventing violence