Life Trans 20Mental Health Introduction

“A serious disturbance in thinking, mood, or behavior, which may have an impact on [your] ability to function over a long period of time.”

-could impact ability to cope with simple aspects of life

-many require help regaining balance

-taken from: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/physhlth/frame_found_gr11/rm/module_c_lesson_1.pdf

Definition

20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime.

Mental illness affects people of all ages, educational and income levels, and cultures.

Approximately 8% of adults will experience major depression at some time in their lives.

About 1% of Canadians will experience bipolar disorder (or “manic depression”).

The Statistics

Schizophrenia affects 1% of the Canadian population.

Anxiety disorders affect 5% of the household population, causing mild to severe impairment.

Suicide accounts for 24% of all deaths among 15-24 year olds and 16% among 25-44 year olds.

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in both men and women from adolescence to middle age.

The mortality rate due to suicide among men is four times the rate among women.

Statistics continued

(49%) of those who feel they have suffered from depression or anxiety have never gone to see a doctor about this problem.

Statistics taken from: http://www.cmha.ca/media/fast-facts-about-mental-illness/#.Uxes8eNdXng

genetic, biological, personality and environmental factors

HOWEVER- it can be treated (therapy, counseling, diet, lifestyle, medication)

What causes it?

It is estimated that 10-20% of Canadian youth are affected by a mental illness or disorder – the single most disabling group of disorders worldwide.

Today, approximately 5% of male youth and 12% of female youth, age 12 to 19, have experienced a major depressive episode.

The total number of 12-19 year olds in Canada at risk for developing depression is a staggering 3.2 million.

How does it impact youth?

Suicide is among the leading causes of death in 15-24 year old Canadians, second only to accidents; 4,000 people die prematurely each year by suicide.

Once depression is recognized, help can make a difference for 80% of people who are affected, allowing them to get back to their regular activities.

Mental illness is increasingly threatening the lives of our children; with Canada’s youth suicide rate the third highest in the industrialized world.

How does it impact youth?

Schizophrenia is youth’s greatest disabler as it strikes most often in the 16 to 30 year age group, affecting an estimated one person in 100.

Surpassed only by injuries, mental disorders in youth are ranked as the second highest hospital care expenditure in Canada.

In Canada, only 1 out of 5 children who need mental health services receives them.

Facts about youth taken from: http://www.cmha.ca/media/fast-facts-about-mental-illness/#.Uxes8eNdXng

How does it impact youth?

Many who deal with mental illness do not get help or may keep their illness a secret:◦ They don’t want to be seen as “crazy”◦ They don’t want to think of themselves as “crazy”

◦ STIGMA is a negative stereotype. People who have mental illness want to avoid these stereotypes. They don’t want to be treated or viewed differently For example: people with mental illness can be seen

as violent, unpredictable, dangerous

The Stigma

Stereotypes have impacted: access to housing, food, health insurance, and jobs

Many people with mental illness suffer from low self-esteem and/or live in isolation without friends

How stigma impacts

Mental Illnesses Bipolar Paranoia Clinical Depression Anorexia Alzheimer's Obsessive Compulsive

Disorder Conduct Disorder Social Anxiety Huntington’s Disease

Tourettes Bulimia Nervosa Split Personality Schizophrenia Acute Stress Reaction ADHD Narcolepsy Borderline Personality

Disorder

Students will create an educational brochure for a mental illness (each student must complete a brochure for a different mental illness)

See handout for instructions On Monday, March 17- students will use

each others brochures to find out information the different mental illnesses

TASK