1. Why isn’t mental health taken
more
seriously?
I’m not afraid to admit that
I suffer from anxiety and
depression.
These are illnesses, not
just “cop outs” or a way
to seek attention.
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2. Suicide takes the lives of over 30,000 lives per
year in just America.
An average of one person dies by suicide every 16.2
minutes.
We need to stop this.
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3. How do we help prevent
suicide?
Knowledge is key.
Knowledge is
power.
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4. Suicide is 100% preventable.
By reaching out, seeking help, and knowing the signs.
1 in 65,000 children
between the ages of
10-14 commit suicide
each year.
Kids, Teens,
Adults
are ALL
affected.
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<a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
5. Just by listening to this brief presentation,
You could help and/or save yourself or others.
Don’t just turn your back on the signs.
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6. If you need help, reach for it.
If you see someone struggling, reach for them.
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30420396@N03/4842823983/">'Ajnagraphy'</a>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14844674@N05/6270016020/">la_farfalla_22</a>
8. Mental illness comes in many shapes and forms
Depression, Anxiety,
Bipolar Disorder, Manic Depression,
and more.
Am
I
Crazy?
Am
I
Alone?
You
are
NOT
crazy.
You
are
NOT
alone.
: <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9092054@N08/3288432891/">Mr.lugosi</a>
9. Warning Signs:
Talking about death or suicide,
tiredness, lack of enjoyment,
excessive crying, social withdrawal,
anger, and
poor grades/work ethic.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70327545@N02/8186451012/">Ansel
Edwards Photography</a>
10. Don’t start caring TOO LATE.
Notice signs ahead of time.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49996598@N06/8341087967/">!
ogan-paig3(:</a>
11. Safety Tips:
Seek help if needed.
*Therapy & Psychiatry*
Keep firearms out of reach.
Lock up medicines and sharp objects
Call 911 if someone is hurt!
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44312356@N04/5344797750/">Instant
Vantage</a>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13519089@N03/474
6653392/">takacsi75</a>
12. Do you struggle with a mental illness?
What now?
Don’t be afraid to seek help.
Don’t feel ashamed.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/82386510@N00/2869635928/">me and
the sysop</a>
13. Does someone you love struggle with a mental illness?
How should you deal with it?
Reach out
Be positive
Don’t write them off.
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href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20581458@N00/12076256215/">GollyGforc
e - Living My Worst Nightmare</a> <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75199686@N00/4221211723/">linh.ngan</
14. Mental illness is NOT a joke.
It’s real.
It’s just as severe as any other disease.
It takes lives.
Mental illness is severe.
It’s severe as ever, right this moment.
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/103600865@N07/12844666635/">TraumaA
ndDissociation</a>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27869035@N00/2436625071/">Megyarsh</
a>
15. Schools and places of work do NOT take
Mental illness seriously enough.
Inform others. Change Ideas.
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7386864@N08/3646789729/">Tetsumo</a>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7561127@N07/22889
32018/">Sara Björk</a>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/87690240@N03/11834324693/">j0sh</a>
16. More information if you are seeking help
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-
statistics-and-prevention/index.shtml
http://www.save.org/index.cfm?
fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=705D5DF4-
055B-F1EC-3F66462866FCB4E6
Suicide Statistics:
Suicide Prevention:
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/mental-health-
screen#.Ux5WT-ddW0I
Mental Health Quiz:
17. I want everyone to put themselves in someone
with mental illness’s shoes.
Now imagine being ignored.
Imagine wanting help but being scared.
It’s not fun, funny, or a joke. People are hurting.
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43559902@N07/6289355802/">DeeAshley<
/a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34701044@N06/3234704181/">Alyssa L.
Miller</a>
18. The knowledge you have gained, you can pass to another.
By spreading the word of mental illness,
We can help this nation.
We can help those struggling.
Knowledge IS power.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10217810@N05/3819609050/">Juliana
Coutinho</a>
f="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9778703@N03/4284877923/">!unite</a>
19. Reach out,
you can save a life.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12836528@N00/2264993030/">kevin
dooley</a>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46944516@N00/238668861/">ped
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25178143@N04/276508
3201/">benjaminasmith</a>
20. Mental illness is real.
Suicide is 100% preventable.
Reach out.
Love one another
Don’t disregard the warning signs.
Lives can be saved.
BE THE CHANGE.
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33488462@N04/3674047183/">Za
Editor's Notes
Slide 1: A short story about my personal history with depression and anxiety. Photo Credit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/61411590@N03/5962791271/&quot;&gt;Key Foster&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href=&quot;http://compfight.com&quot;&gt;Compfight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/&quot;&gt;cc&lt;/a&gt;
Slide 2: Hook/attention grabber: A short story about teen and adult suicide rates and how many people do not know the severity of it.
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Slide 3: The Big Idea- If we do not start viewing mental illness more seriously then we as a society are at risk of losing more people to suicide and continuing to be depraved of knowledge on the harmful effects of mental illness.
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Slide 4: What’s in it for your audience? Explain why your topic is important or worth discussing.
Suicide takes the lives of around 30,000 Americans every single year. 1 in 65,000 children around the ages of 10-14 commit suicide each year. One person dies by suicide on average every 16 minutes in the United States. Suicide is 100% preventable by knowledge, getting help, reaching out to those who need help and by being more informed than you currently are.
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Slide 5: Why should your audience listen to you? Explain your ethos (personal experience, expertise, and credibility). My audience should listen to me because they could be clinically depressed or have a mental illness that they do not know about and can get help or they can help someone who may be struggling. My audience should listen to me because lives are literally on the line and you could possibly help save one someday just by listening to this brief presentation.
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Slide 6: Call to Adventure: You have absolutely nothing to lose when helping, even, just one person a day. You don’t even have to help them. Maybe just a smile or reach out to someone who is struggling. You have nothing to lose when you are filling your brain with knowledge that may help save someone’s life one day. What if by listening to this presentation you save your son? Your daughter? You notice the warning signs. Even if you don’t save anyone, knowledge is power.
(n.d.) Retrieved fromhttp://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/mental-health-screen#.Ux5WT-ddW0I
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Slide 7: Preview the three main points that will support your big idea:
Preview the three main points that will support your big idea: The three main points that will support my big idea is 1. People need to know more about mental illness for their own safety and for others safety. 2. We, together, can be saving lives by being more full of knowledge on this topic. 3. People need to know the severity of mental illness. They cannot just keep brushing it off. It is literally an illness. It’s not just a behavior or “attention seeking.” It is a legitimate illness that employers, teachers, parents, students, everyone needs to know about.
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Slide 8: Introduce and set up Supporting Point One: Recognizing different mental illnesses.
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Cindy, U. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-statistics-and-prevention/index.shtml
Slide 9: Factual or emotional evidence: Warning Signs of someone who is suicidal or may become suicidal. (n.d.) Retrieved fromhttp://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/mental-health-screen#.Ux5WT-ddW0I
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Slide 10: Factual or emotional evidence: What happens if someone tries to commit or does commit suicide? People start to care too late when there were warning signs all along. Stories pertaining to this. Photo Credit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/49996598@N06/8341087967/&quot;&gt;!ogan-paig3(:&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href=&quot;http://compfight.com&quot;&gt;Compfight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/&quot;&gt;cc&lt;/a&gt;
Slide 11: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Two:
Reasons why you should know about warning signs and other information on mental illness. Photo Credit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/44312356@N04/5344797750/&quot;&gt;Instant Vantage&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href=&quot;http://compfight.com&quot;&gt;Compfight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/&quot;&gt;cc&lt;/a&gt;
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Slide 12: Factual or emotional evidence Do you struggle with a mental illness? What now?
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Slide 13: Factual or emotional evidence: Does someone you love struggle with a mental illness, if so, how or what should you do? SAVE. Suicide facts [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=705D5DF4-055B-F1EC-3F66462866FCB4E6
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Slide 14: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Three:
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Slide 15: Factual or emotional evidence: Talking about how schools, business, and society brush off mental illness as just having a bad day instead of taking it more seriously. I’ll state facts and opinions on this matter. Photo Credit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/7561127@N07/2288932018/&quot;&gt;Sara Björk&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href=&quot;http://compfight.com&quot;&gt;Compfight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/&quot;&gt;cc&lt;/a&gt;
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Slide 16: Factual or emotional evidence: Where to find more information/where to seek help.
Cindy, U. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-statistics-and-prevention/index.shtml
SAVE. Suicide facts [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=705D5DF4-055B-F1EC-3F66462866FCB4E6
(n.d.) Retrieved fromhttp://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/mental-health-screen#.Ux5WT-ddW0I
Slide 17: Call to Action (pages 42-43): Think about a time you were visibly sick. Such as you were throwing up, or a terrible cold. Now I want you to think about you having to tell someone you’re sick and him or her not believing you. They would possibly say things like, “Oh, you can come into work,” even though you are throwing up viciously. “You’re just having a bad day because you have a fever of 105.” “You’ll get over it.” “Just be happy and your sore throat will go away.” “What’s the big deal about being dehydrated?” That is what people with a mental illness hear on a daily basis. Not such a great feeling to feel like no one believes you, is it?
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Slide 18: Summarize the main points: Summarize the main points: Knowing about mental illness is good for you and your loved ones, and anyone around you. You will be able to inform more people about how severe the lack of knowledge on mental illness is and how severe suicide is in America.
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Slide 19: Restate big idea:
Mental illness is a real illness, it isn’t just having a “bad day” and don’t let anyone tell you that you are just imagining your depression, anxiety, etc. Look at the signs. Reach out for help. Be the person someone can reach TO. Learn. You could be saving someone else’s life or even your own by taking mental illness more seriously.
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Slide 20: Clincher/new bliss (page 44): After my presentation, I want people to spread the word of mental illness is a severe illness and isn’t just “made up.” Mental illness is real, it ends lives, and the more people talk to others about seeking help or gaining knowledge on this subject, the more lives we can save.
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