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Title: Mental Health is a Serious Issue


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Mental Health
Same world, different view
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Let's live life one heart beat ...one thought
...one feeling at a timehttps//mimood.com/
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Characteristics of good mental health
  • They have satisfying personal relationships.
  • Active listener
  • Able to meet the demands of life
  • Expresses emotions in healthy ways
  • Feels good about themselves
  • Uses health skills
  • Stress management
  • Decision making
  • Conflict resolution
  • They make their own decisions
  • Feels comfortable with other people
  • Can be part of a team/group

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Characteristics of poor mental health
  • Aggressive and passive
  • Emotions control behaviors
  • Is pessimistic (negative)
  • Ignores/denies problems
  • Can not accept change
  • Lets stress control life
  • Does NOT share feelings
  • Aggressive and passive
  • Depressed
  • Runs from conflict
  • Close minded
  • Needs to run the group

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What word to you see first?
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Consult Psychiatrist Online
  • Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental
    disorders that affect your mood, thinking and
    behavior. Examples of mental illness include
    depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia,
    eating disorders and addictive behaviors.
  • Many people have mental health concerns from time
    to time. But a mental health concern becomes a
    mental illness when ongoing signs and symptoms
    cause frequent stress and affect your ability to
    function.

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Mental Health QuizPlease reply saying true or
false
  • Mental illness is more common than diabetes.
  • Mental illness occurs in 1 out of every 4
    families in the U.S.
  • Mental illnesses are treatable.
  • Being mentally impaired/challenged is very
    different from having a mental illness.
  • It takes medication, years of intense therapy,
    and counseling to treat a mental illness.
  • If you answered true to all youre a M.I. whiz!

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Optical Illusions
  • Same picture, different view

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Which middle line is the longest?
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Say the color of each word
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Do you see a face or a word?
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Relate how you felt if you could not figure out
an optical illusion to a person with a mental
Illness and/or disorder.https//mimood.com/mental
-health/
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Multiple Personality Disorder(Dissociative
Identity Disorder)
  • Two or more separate identities or personality
    traits

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Anxiety
  • Anxiety is your bodys natural response to
    stress. Its a feeling of fear or apprehension
    about whats to come.

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Phobia
  • An extreme, irrational fear of an object or
    situation.

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You are part of the PROBLEM if you
  • Attempt to punish, threaten, bribe, or preach
  • Cover up or make excuses for their behavior
  • Take responsibility for the person
  • Keep the problem to yourself and chose not to
    tell someone

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You are part of the SOLUTION if you
  • Remain calm, unemotional and factually honest in
    speaking to the person about your concerns
  • Attend support groups
  • Encourage your friend to seek help
  • Do not cover up or avoid the situation and
    confront the person with your concerns

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STEPS to help someone with a mental illness
  • 1. Share Concern Skill
  • I care/love
  • I see
  • I feel
  • Listen I want/would like, I will
  • 2. Ask the tough questions
  • Are you depressed? Are you starving yourself?
  • 3. Tell a trusted adult

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Behavioral Health care
  • Get a best mental health services in battle creek
    .

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Contact Us
  • Phone No- (269) 969-6108
  • E-Mail- marjanehr_at_mimood.com
  • Website- https//mimood.com/
  • Thank You!!!!!
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