treating mental disorders lately i spend a lot of time just staring at the ceiling or crying for no...
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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?
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