1. Causes of Mental Disorders Danae Vaughn- Ramirez Pd.1

2. What is Your Section about? My Section is about the causes of Mental Disorder. In this section you will learn about what the causes of mental disorders. You will learn the definitions to the following words word’s Organic disorder, Dementia, Functional disorders and more.

3. The Main Idea! The many causes of mental disorders and their affects.

4. Sings, symptoms, vocabulary. Organic disorders- A mental disorder with a physical cause. Dementia- Irreversible loss of the brain. Functional disorder- A mental disorder that can not be traced to a physical cause. Inborn causes- Passed on through birth. Ex 1: An organic disorder is dementia. Continued ……

5. Slide 4 continued Ex 2: Functional disorder can be caused by inborn causes, early experiences and current causes. Ex 3. Dementia symptoms are loss of memory poor judgment and mental confusion. This is important to know so that people are educated and know the causes, the signs and symptoms of Mental disorders.

6. My story! I have a family member who has a mental disorder. She is almost 30 years old and is now noticing things that has happened to her. When she had her child she was able to start growing up. My family has been very supported of her. Met me mind you she only has a small mental disorder.

7. How do I Feel about this topic? This is a good topic because people need to be educated about the all different kinds of mental disorders so the have more information on this types of things. Some key points that the class should remember is the vocabulary, what this section is about, and the main idea.

8. SUMMARY! This section is about the Mental disorders, the symptoms, and how these disorders may affect you or someone else's life.