2019 Ambassador Leaders Community Action Plan - Teenage Depression and Anxiety
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Student-led community action plan created and presented during an Ambassador Leadership Summit in 2019 at UCLA.
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2019 Ambassador Leaders Community Action Plan - Teenage Depression and Anxiety
- 1. Group 7 Teenage Depression and Anxiety
- 3. Make a Difference Made for Teens By Teens Mental Disorder Awareness M a D
- 4. Big Goal Our main goal is to develop a telephone hotline with each number on the keypad linked to a professional who can help them get through a specific mental health issue without talking to them face to face.
- 5. Research: Depression - A mental illness also known as a mental disorder, is a behavioral pattern which causes distress or weakness of personal functioning ● Depression is a common and serious illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and the way you act. ● 322 million people suffers from mental illness world-wide. ○ Depression is most common amongst teens. ● 1 in 5 teens suffer from depression before they reach adulthood. ● Roughly about half of teens that take antidepressants improve their current state. ● Female teens develop depression twice as much as male teens. ● Approximately ⅔ of teens with major depression also battles another mood disorder such as anxiety. ● Every 100 minutes, a teen commits suicide.
- 6. Research: Anxiety ● Anxiety is intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. ● Symptoms for anxiety include fast heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating and feeling tired. ● 9% of teens have some type of anxiety disorder. ○ 8.3% of those with an anxiety disorder have severe weakness as a result. ● 38% of female teens have an anxiety disorder. ● 26.1% of male teens have an anxiety disorder. ● 19.9% of teens have a specific phobia.
- 7. Depression in America by State
- 8. Action Plan Step 1: Raise funds for the amount needed to create the number for the telephone hotline. Step 2: Find various professional therapists that specialize in different issues and types of depression and anxiety. Step 3: Make each number on the keypad a representation of a different issue. The therapists that handle each specific issue will be connected to the dial number. Step 4: Each caller will first answer a few questions about why they are calling to be directed to the number that most fits their answers. Step 5: When the caller is sent to the keypad digit that most fits their current issue, they will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with qualified therapists to get the help that they need. - Set up social media accounts for advertising. - Advertise the hotline at school boards, schools, city boards, and other places of community authority.
- 9. Non-Profit Organizations Local Mental Health America of Los Angeles http://www.men talhealthameric a.net National Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) https://adaa.org National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) www.nami.org International World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) https://wfmh.glo bal
- 11. Take It Home Step 1: Present our presentation to the people in our individual People Map. Step 2: Get the word out through our advertisement. Step 3: Contact the non-profits we have included in our presentation. Step 4: Carry out our action plan!
- 12. “Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. Howard Zinn