A brief overview and sta

1. Mental Health
Depression/
Suicide
Anxiety
OCD
(Obsessive
Compulsive
Disorder)
ADD & ADHD
(Attention
Deficit Disorder)
ASD
(Autism
Spectrum
Disorder)
Eating Disorders
Schizophrenia
DID
(Multiple
Personalities)
Addictions

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Depression
 Statistics
 20% of teenagers
 1/3 women, 1/6 men
 50% don’t receive help
 Symptoms
 Low mood
 Disrupted sleep
 Loss of pleasure
 Decrease weight
 Treatment
 Therapy
 Drugs
Suicide
 Statistics
 1.5% of deaths are suicide
 70-80% are men
 Risk factors
 Male 20-30 or 70+
 Low self esteem
 Health problems
 Depression
 Addictions
 Family history/abuse
 Treatment
 Staying connected with friends
and family

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Anxiety
 Statistics
 15% of people
 Women more common than men
 Symptoms
 Abnormal high levels of stress
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Inappropriate to the situation
 Difficulties sleeping & concentrating
 Being on guard, defensive, irritable
 Treatment
 Cognitive behaviour therapy

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
 Often confused with OCPD
 Obsessive
 Thoughts that don’t go away
 Usually severely unpleasant
 Compulsive
 Actions to get rid of the thoughts
 E.g. Washing hands, ordering
 Disorder
 Usually can’t leave the house
 Treatment
 Desensitisation

5. Attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder
ADD
ADHD
 Stats
 6% of school children
 Signs
 Doesn’t finish tasks
 Daydreams a lot
 Trouble sticking with plans
 Treatment (Both)
 Drugs – Ritalin
 Therapy
 Stats
 5% of school children
 Signs
 Out of seat a lot
 Motor mouth
 No impulse control
 Similar to someone 2 years
younger
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism
Aspergers
 Stats
 Discovered after autism
 Possibly 1 in 120. Males > Females
 Types
 Low functioning
 IQ < 85
 High functioning
 IQ > 115
 Signs
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Delay in speech
Poor co-ordination
Limited social skills
Fixation on small things
Doesn’t like loud noises, some
textures
 Different
 No delay in speech
 More attempts to be social
 One point of intense interest
 Trouble with the non-literal
 Wrong reactions
 Treatment
 Therapy

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Eating Disorders
Type
Binging
Purging
Weight
Anorexia
No
Yes
Under
Bulimia
Yes
Yes
Normal
Obesity
Yes
No
Over
 Stats:
 2%: Female > male
 Binging
 Eating lots of one thing
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Chocolate, cake, lollies
 Purging
 Extreme attempts to loose
weight

Exercise, vomiting, diuretics
 Potential causes:
 Perfectionism
 Control
 Body issues/self esteem

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Schizophrenia
 Stats
 1% Males > females
 Causes
 Genetic
 Stress trigger
 Types
 Paranoid
 Catatonic
 Disorganised
 Symptoms
 Hallucinations
 No emotions shown
 Random speech
 Random movement
 Can’t interact
 Treatment
 Anti-psychotic drugs

Bad side effects

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Dissociative identity disorder
 Stats
 <1% - Controversial to
existence
 Signs
 2 or more personalities
 Different mannerisms
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Speech patterns
Dress sense
Likes/dislikes
 Memory loss
 Causes
 Extreme childhood
trauma
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Way to cope
 Treatment
 Usually have other
disorders

Depression, anxiety, PTSD
 Therapy to resolve
trauma

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Addictive personality disorder
Substance Abuse Disorder
Gambling
 Stats
 Men 11% Women 4.5%
 Substance
 Alcohol or drugs
 Signs
 Increase aggression
 Act without thinking
 Less awareness
 Stats
 UK 0.6%
 Types
 Online, pokies, sports, casino
 Signs
 Can’t manage money
 Always thinking about it
 Lying
 Long term
 Suicide risk