Treating Mental Disorders

Lately I spend a lot of time just staring at the ceiling or crying for no reason at all. I haven’t told anyone about my problems. I don’t want

to be labeled as “a mental case.”

What advice would you give to this person?

What would you say about the person’s fear of being labeled?

Community Resources 50 million Americans experience mental disorders

Majority do not seek help

What could keep a person with mental disorders from seeking help? Don’t recognize the signs Just overcome it Not know where to go

How would you overcome those issues?

Community Resources First step

Recognize that you need help See the warning signs Your diagnosis is not a professionals diagnosis

Physical illness What would you do?

Mental disorder What do you do?

Community Resources Talk to a trusted adult

Parent Guardian Teacher

Counselor Doctor Religious leader

Mental health facilities

• Valley Mental Health 1470 N Main St # A

Bountiful, UT (801) 294-6747

• All Ages & Life Counsel845 S Main St # B8

Bountiful, UT 801-299-3411

Learning Log What kind of mental health professionals are there? What kinds of questions do they ask?

Groups of 3 or 4 Come up with 2 questions that could be asked

Psychiatrists Clinical Psychologist Social Workers Mental Health counselors

Mental Health Professionals Trained to recognize mental disorders and to treat them Treatment depends on their training

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Psychiatrist Physicians that diagnose mental disorders Performs medical exam to rule out physical factors Talk through the symptoms with the patient Prescribe medication May get neurologist involved

Clinical Psychologist Trained to recognize and treat abnormal behavior Helps psychiatrist’s diagnosis Interviews patient

Social Workers Listen and advise people Link between community and those that need help Psychiatric social worker

Helps families and patients adjust to the mental disorder

Mental Health Counselor Work with specific disorders or problems Substance abuse-alcohol or drugs School counselor-students Youth counselor-teenagers

Learning Log Of the 4 mental health professionals, which would work well

treating the 5 different types of anxiety? Other mental disorders? Eating disorders?

Treatment Psychotherapy Drug Therapy Hospitalization

Psychotherapy Talking with a therapist

Understand and overcome mental disorders

Insight Therapy Understand reasons for behaviors Change behaviors

Psychotherapy Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy

Identifies situations, objects, or thoughts that trigger abnormal behavior

Learn new ways to behave Group Therapy

Meet with other people who have same disorder Work together to develop coping skills

Wreck it Ralph

Drug Therapy Medication prescribed by doctors Meant to

Relieve symptoms Allow patients to function normally

Drug and psychotherapy sometimes used together

Hospitalization Constant attention

Harming themselves or others Staff helps patient prepare to live on their own Social workers help them to adjust to change of being home Long term care

Learning Log Of the 3 treatments, which would work well with anxiety

disorders? Other disorders? Eating disorders?