2. Mental Health: Up or Down
a. Keeping close relationships are
b. College and mental health
productive, accept strength and
- A vulnerable time since it is a state of
weaknesses, value themselves and
transition a new environment, new pressures,
gain fulfillment
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They do have the occasional down time but
regain strength
new found freedom, temptations
- Pay attention if you are engaging in
unproductive choices because studies show
most people that suffer from mental health
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Mentally healthy people usually have a
good job and exercise regularly
are results from such as drugs, and no sleep.
3. 1. Depression (Signs)
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Sadness, anxiety, or feelings of emptiness
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Feeling worthless, guilty or hopeless
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Low energy and fatigue
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Suicidal thoughts (or attempts)
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Loss of interest in enjoyable activities
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Trouble concentrating, remembering
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Changes in sleep pattern (insomnia, early
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Excessive crying or irritability
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Unexplainable aches and pains
waking, oversleeping)
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Appetite and weight changes (loss or gain)
4. If you have experienced five or more of these symptoms in the
past couple of weeks look more in depth
a. Recent data
b.
Famous
figures
suffered/suffer from
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1,300 college students
commit suicide per year
include
31,469 attempt to
depression
Lincoln
(engagement called off with Mary
Todd),
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Abraham
who
Marilyn
Monroe
(overdosed), and Drew Barrymore
5. 2. Anxiety (types)
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): Worries
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over general life for six or more months it’s an
Phobias: Deep fear that irrationally guide your
behavior
extreme worry over health, loved ones, money
Some further information:
anything that isn’t an immediate concern.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD):
Mental Health America: HYPERLINK
"http://www.nmah.org" www.nmah.org
Uncontrollable urge to repeat actions (hand
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washing)
National Anxiety Foundation: Lexington-online.com/naf.html
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Panic Disorder: Heart pounding attack that hurts
your chest that occurs repeatedly out of the blue
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More in book on page 351
6. Spiritual Health
“What am I going to do with my life?”
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Most college students are on a spiritual quest
They have a high tolerance and concern for
others who are in difficulty
Even though you can take classes such as
philosophy or psychology, it's ultimately up to
you. Most issues related to spirituality can be
examined on your own
Take the time to free up your time with things
such as yoga, meditation, prayer, or exercise
7. You take the wheel!
(not just Jesus)
There are 6 areas of wellness
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Stress
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Nutrition
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Exercise
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Sleep
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Alcohol
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Sex
8. Stress!
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Stress is a result of being both
anxious and fatigued
Short-terms stress can be good, it
“revs up” your immune system and
protects you
Long-term stress/chronic stress can
tear you down which may leave you
more vulnerable to illness
10. What is stressful about college?
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Goodbyes
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Academic load
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Hellos
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Academic challenge
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Grades
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Finances
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Peaks and valleys
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Eating and sleeping
habits
11. What can you do about stress?
Five suggestions
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Change the situation
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Change your reaction
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Keep up
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Improve your problem-solving skills
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Work with an expert
12. Nutrition: Feast or famine
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Most eat too little or too less
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“Freshman 15”
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3 out of 10 college students are
overweight or obese
“if you eat 100 more food calories a
day than you burn, you'll gain about
one pound a month. That's about
10 pounds in a year”
Reduce your calories and increase
your activity
You don't have to give up the foods
you love but eat sensibly, pay
attention to nutrition
13. Recommendations towards healthy eating
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Take a look at what your dinner
plate looks like and then
compare it to the image on the
left. Overall, aim for fewer
calories and make half your
plate fruits and vegetables, and
make at least half your grains
whole grains.
Limit less healthy foods.
Saturated and trans fat,
cholesterol, added sugars, and
salt make food taste good, but
they don’t do your health any
favors.
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Balance the calories you take in with the
energy you expend. If you're physically
active, you need more fuel for your body. If
you're not, eat moderately. Spending three
hours on your Facebook page, for example,
may do wonders for your social life, but it
doesn't require much physical exertion.
Replace solid fats with oils when you can.
The average American diet is fat-rich, but be
aware! Many fat-free or low-fat items contain
more calories than their fat-laden
counterparts. Become a faithful label reader,
and pay particular attention to ingredients if
you have food allergies.
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Choose fruits and
vegetables, and vary your
selections. Grab an apple
instead of a bag of chips.
Consume fat-free or low-fat
milk or milk products(like
cheese or yogurt)
Choose lean meats or
poultry-- bake, broil, or grill
it, and vary your selections
with fish, beans, nuts,
seeds, and peas.
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Consume less than one
teaspoon of salt (or sodium)
per day
Choose foods that are rich
in calcium, vitamin D, dietary
fiber, and potassium. The
average American doesn't
get enough of these
important nutrients.
When in doubt, toss it out!
Many foods spoil within two
hours or less.
17. ●
Online BMI calculators will tell you if you're
underweight, normal overweight, or obese with
your height and weight
18. The famine
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College isn't a long feast
for some, but a famine
90% of 5 million
American girls with eating
disorders are female
1% if adolescent girls
develop anorexia and 2
to 3% develop bulimia
19. Anorexics vs
bulimics
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Anorexics see themselves as fat or flabby,
when others don't and they may literally
starve themselves, induce vomiting, or
exercise excessively
Bulimics binge on food until they can't eat
anymore or are interrupted, and then
induce vomiting or take large doses of
laxatives and diuretics
Both have serious medical consequences
20. Exercise: Don’t be a couch potato!
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20 minutes of exercise clams you down for as long as 24 hours
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Rids of excessive adrenaline, pumps endorphins that blocks pain
and anxiety
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Fall asleep quicker and sleep better
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Reinforces existing connections between neurons and forges new
ones leading to a better brain
21. Sleep!
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Experts say college students should be
sleeping about 8- 9 hours of sleep per
night some experts even recommend
10 hours.
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Sleep recharges your batteries for
physical, emotional and mental
strength
22. What Sleeping Deprivation Causes:
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Learning: It is harder to learn and
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lowers ability to remember
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deprivation increases all of these. When you
sleep you forget the worries and your bodies
Grade point average: With all the
stress and work without sleep you can’t
energy focuses on fighting illnesses if sick
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score your best score
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about 1550 deaths, and 71000 injuries
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Causes irritability and decrease
interpersonal sensitivity
Car Accidents: According to National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration fatigue accounts for
Relationship strain: Who would want to
interact with a sleep deprived person?
Anxiety, Depression and illness: Sleep
Lowered Life Satisfaction: Getting less sleep
throws everything off
23. So what to do?
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Set a coffee deadline – one cup of coffee within 4-5 hours od bedtime can reduce
sleep
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Avoid using alcohol to help you sleep- causes fragmented sleep
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Save bed for sleeping- not reading or tv or homework
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Stick to a routine- sleeping in doesn’t make up for loss sleep
25. 85% of students report drinking last year
• This made drinking a high concern in
universities
• Binge drinking: for males it’s five or more
drinks in a row
• For females it’s four or more drinks in a
row
26. Binge drinking consequences
• Leading cause of preventable deaths of
college students
• Missing classes
• Lower grades
• Dropping out
• Failing
28. Mixing bad and bad
• Some students mix alcohol with energy drinks that give
them “jolt and crash” episodes
• “Jolt and crash“ episodes are the high rise of energy and
then a sodden drop of energy
• Which can lead to heart and sleeping problems
29. • Students spend $5.5 Billion on alcohol per year
• That’s more than what they spend on other
drinks and text books combined
• Approximately 1,825 college students
between 18-24 die from alcohol-related deaths
30. • Excessive drinking in general can
lead to brain damage
• Adolescents are more vulnerable
to brain damage from excessive
drinking
• College students drink more and
more often then people there age
who are not in college
• Most drinking begins at the
beginning of the first year of
college
31. • Students tend to drink more if they think there
friends drink excessively and do not disapprove
• Excessive drinking puts students in higher risk of
alcohol dependence in later in life
• It also puts both males and females in a higher
risk of heart diseases later in life
33. Protection
• For any kind of protection to work
ACTUALLY use it
• remember that "just this once, can be one
too many”
• Never take the risk
• Pills have risk and side affects and is not
appropriate if you only have sex rarely
34. • But if you have sex regularly then the pill
is recommenced along with condoms and
a cervical cap or diaphragm since you will
have a greater risk of STI/STD
35. STI/STD
• Symptoms vary from male to female, but many
STIs have the following:
• Burning, itching, rash, sores, discharge, warts,
blisters in the private area/infected area
• Also a fever and flu-like symptoms
• BUT some STIs have NO symptoms at all
36. So Remember
• Always visit you are doctor if you have any
concerns.
• It is possible to get more than one infection at a
time and that curing one dose not meant you
are cured of the other one
• There is a 1 in 4 chance of getting a STI
37. Who’s responsible?
• It is both partners that are responsible for
safe sex
• It takes two to make a baby, so it also
takes two to decide not to have one
38. I said no..
• When one partner says no and the other keeps
going it is technically rape
• Women are more vulnerable to rape
• Especially now since memory erasing drugs can
be used like Rohypnol “roofies” or GHB
• They are odorless and tasteless and can be
easily put into drinks
39. Coming out of the closet
• Coming out is a very difficult and personal
decision with many consequences to worry
about
• The reaction of family and friends
• Also some believe it is immoral because of up
bringing or religious beliefs.
• A counselor or a really good close friend can
help you
40. Not interested
• If you have not found anyone you want to have sex
with in college do not worry
• Because it is normal the reason why is simply
because you have not found the right person yet
• Or you want a more romantic, meaningful
relationship
• Getting to know some one before getting into
physical relationship is always wise
