week 11 mental health
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Mental HealthWhat’s the issue, what are we doing and what have we learned
Lindsay Rodgers
Breakdown• What is mental health & illness
• The difference with mental health and mental illness
• What are we doing to prevent it
• What we have learned in 5 steps
• The Stigma
• The conflict theory with mental illness
The Impact• What is mental health? a person’s condition with regard to their
psychological and emotional well-being.
• What is mental illness? Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions —disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors.
Mayo Foundation, 1998-2016
The DifferencesMental Health • State of well-being
• Ability to cope with normal stresses
• Can work productively and efficiently
• Able to make contributions to her or his life or community
Workplace Mental Health Promotion, 2016
The Differences Mental Illness • Medically diagnosed
• The ability to impair ones judgement
• Its compared to physical disease which relates to the invisible disease
• Result from biological, developmental or psychosocial factors
Workplace Mental Health Promotion, 2016
Mental IllnessWhat you don’t see
• Mental illness affects all Canadians at some point through out a life time
• 20% of Canadians will personally be affected
• It affects all ages, educational, income levels and cultures
• Approximately 8% of adults will experience major depression at some time in their lives
• About 1% will experience bipolar disorder
Canadian Mental Health Association 2015
More stats…. How common is it?
• 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
• 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 time the rate among women
Canadian Mental Health Association 2015
What causes it?genetic, biological, personality, situational and environmental factors
FinancialNo satisfaction with stress towards financial
situationPhysical
Not being able to recognize the need for physical activity, diet, sleep, and nutrtion
SocialNo sense of connecting or not having a support
system.
IntellectualLoosing interest in finding ways to become
creative
Emotional Not being able to cope with life or create good
relationships
The Stigma.. What is it really?
A negative stereotype
Judgement
Shame Not Accepted
You don’t even have a problem
Just shake it off
It’s all in your head
Stop being such a psycho
Stigma
5 Ways to Help Reduce the Stigma
Language MattersPay attention to what you say and the words you use, some can be hurtful
Explain to friends and colleagues who use words like “nut” or “psycho” they may hurt someone you know
Educate Yourself Learn the facts and myths about mental illness. Be knowledgeable and help fight stigma with facts
Understand early warning signs un yourself and others
Know where to seek help
Bell Canada, 2016
Reducing Stigma Be Kind
Bell Canada, 2016
Small acts of kindness speaks volume
Don’t stand by someone if they are being bulled or labelled
Treat a person who has mental illness with the kindness they deserve or with out treating them any different
Listen and Ask
Sometime all you can do is just listen
Ask questions on how you can help
Reduce Stigma Talk About It
Bell Canada, 2016
Start a conversation, not a debate
Break the silence
Talk about how normal it is, how it touches us all in some way
Support mental health and involve yourself in the community
The ImpactThe conflict theory with stigma and mental illness
Conflict Theory (Main)
• Refers to the labelling theory against people with mental health issues, also knows as stigma
• Considered not normal
Functionalists (Secondary)
• People and social media believe that by recognizing mental illness, society uphold values about conforming behavior
Symbolic Interactionists (Third)
• See mentally ill people not as sick but more or less as victims of societal reactions of their behavior
(Crossman, 2014).
Stop the Stigma!
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You wouldn’t treat someone like this if they had cancer, so why would you if they had a mental illness?
References
• Canadian Mental Health Association: Fast Facts about Mental Illness (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://www.cmha.ca/media/fast-facts-about-mental-illness/#.VsowXSgrLIU
• Canadian Mental Health Association: Stigma and Discrimination (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://ontario.cmha.ca/mental-health/mental-health-conditions/stigma-and-discrimination/
• Bell Let’s Talk: 5 simple ways to help end the stigma around mental illness (Bell Canada, 2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://letstalk.bell.ca/en/end-the-stigma/
• Mayo Clinic: Mental Illness Definition (Mayo Foundation 1998-2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mental-illness/basics/definition/con-20033813
• About Education: Deviance and Mental Illness (Crossman, 2014). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://sociology.about.com/od/Deviance/a/Deviance-And-Mental-Illness.htm
• Workplace Mental Health: A How-To Guide (Workplace Mental Health Promotion, 2016). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://wmhp.cmhaontario.ca/workplace-mental-health-core-concepts-issues/what-is-mental-health-and-mental-illness
• Youtube: Mental Illness: What you see/ What you don’t see (Neinstein & Associates, 2012, December 14). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54sDdNa9vek
• Youtube: Mental Health (Hasudugan., A. 2013, October 9). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQYNOXXjrxQ
• Youtube: What is Stigma? (BringChange2Mind, 2014, August 19). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vkUMXaJDM4