MENTAL ILLNESS

MENTALLY HEALTHY• FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THEMSELVES-NOT OVERWHELMED BY

OWN FEELINGS-EXPERIENCE ALL OF HUMAN EMOTIONS-BUT ARE NOT OVERCOME BY THEM-ACCEPT DISAPPOINTMENT IN STRIDE

• FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE-ABLE TO GIVE AND RECEIVE LOVE-HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE SATISFYING AND LASTING

• ARE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF LIFE-RESPOND TO PROBLEMS-ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE SETTING REACHABLE GOALS

MENTAL DISORDERS• A PERSON IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE A MENTAL DISORDER WHEN THE

CHANGES IN HOW A PERSON PERCEIVES, THINKS AND FEELS BEGINS TO INTERFERE SERIOUSLY WITH HIS OR HER DAILY LIFE

• PEOPLE WHO HAVE A MENTAL DISORDER MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE ROUTINE DECISIONS-SUCH AS WHAT TO HAVE FOR BREAKFAST OR WHAT TO WEAR

• THEY MAY WITHDRAW FROM THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE TO THEM, FEEL DISCONNECTED AND UNABLE TO FORM NEW RELATIONSHIPS

MENTAL ILLNESS• MENTAL ILLNESS IS A DISTURBANCE IN

THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS THAT DECREASES A PERSON’S CAPACITY TO COPE WITH CHALLENGES OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE

DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS• CHEMICAL IMBALANCE

• SUBSTANCE USE

• TRAUMATIC LIFE EVENTS

• HEREDITY

• OTHER ILLNESS

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS

• INTERNAL FACTORS: GENETIC, HORMONAL, PHYSICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, PHYSICAL FITNESS, INTERPERSONAL

• EXTERNAL FACTORS: FAMILY INFLUENCES(PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL ABUSE), DRUG/ALCOHOL ABUSE, DIETARY DEPRIVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS(CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT, ROLE MODELS), LACK OF AVAILABLE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS

WHAT IS STIGMA• A MARK OR SIGN OF DISGRACE OR

DISCREDIT• A VISIBLE SIGN OR CHARACTERISTIC

OF A DISEASE• A DISTINGUISHING MARK OR

CHARACTERISTIC OF A BAD OR OBJECTIONABLE KIND

TERMS RELATED TO STIGMA

• STEREOTYPE: A PERSON OR THING THAT CONFORMS TO AN UNJUSTIFIABLY FIXED IMPRESSION OR ATTITUDE

• PREJUDICE: A PRECONCEIVED OPINION

• DISCRIMINATION: UNFAVOURABLE TREATMENT BASED ON PREJUDICE

MOOD DISORDERS• MOOD DISORDERS REFER TO BIOCHEMICAL IMBALANCES

THAT CAUSE PERSISITENT CHANGES IN A PERSON’S MOOD, BEHAVIOR AND FEELINGS, FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AND WHICH INTERFERE WITH THEIR EVERYDAY LIVING

• EXAMPLES:

• MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

• BIPOLAR DISORDER

• SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

ANXIETY DISORDERS• AN ANXIETY DISORDER IS WHEN THIS

ANXIOUS FEELING PERSISTS, AND IS COMBINED WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND INTERFERES WITH NORMAL EVERYDAY FUNCTIONING

ANXIETY DISORDERS• GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

• PANIC DISORDER

• OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

• POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

• PHOBIAS

• SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER

PERSONALITY DISORDERS• PERSONALITY DISORDERS ARE AN ENDURING

PATTERN OF INNER EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOUR THAT DEVIATES MARKEDLY FROM THE INDIVIDUALS CULTURE, IS PERVASIVE AND INFLEXIBLE, HAS AN ONSET IN ADOLESCENCE OR EARLY ADULTHOOD, IS STABLE OVER TIME AND LEADS TO DISTRESS OR IMPAIRMENT

PERSONALITY DISORDERS• PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER (PD)

• SCHIZOID PD AVOIDANT PD

• HISTRIONIC PD SCHIZOTYPAL PD

• NARCISSISTIC PD

• DEPENDENT PD

• ANTISOCIAL PD

• BORDERLINE PD

PSYCHOSIS• SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A THOUGHT DISORDER

CHARACTERIZED BY A HISTORY OF ACUTE PSYCHOSIS, AND CHRONIC DETERIORATION OF FUNCTIONING, LASTING FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. IT IS THOUGHT TO BE CAUSED BY CHANGES IN BRAIN CHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE, AND/OR GENETICS, WHICH AFFECTS THINKING, PERCEPTION, MOOD AND BEHVIOUR

EATING DISORDERS• A RANGE OF CONDITIONS INVOLVING

AN OBSESSION WITH FOOD, WEIGHT AND APPEARANCE THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS A PERSONS HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS AND DAILY LIFE

• ANOREXIA

• BULEMIA