WELLNESS TO EMPLOYABILITY

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WELLNESS TO EMPLOYABILITY

• Mental Health Training for
• St. Louis Job Corps Transition Students!

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Mental Health Trainingfor Transition Students
(TS)

• Goals
• TS will know how to access mental health services
  once they leave St. Louis Job Corps.
• TS will be able to recognize common mental health
  issues in themselves and others.
• TS will be able to develop a plan to manage their
  workplace mental health issues.

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Effects Of Stress

• Warning Signs
• Physical
• Emotional

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What happens when weare under stress?

• The Alarm Reaction
• Adaptation
• Breakdown

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Negative Results of Stress

• Mental
• Emotional
• Physical

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Positive Results of Stress

• Mental
• Emotional
• Physical

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Coping with Stressors

• Ineffective
• Drinking
• Yelling
• Other
• Effective
• Assertive
• Change thinking
• Other

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How to Access Mental Health Help

• Insurance Benefits
• Local sliding scale services
• PRACTICE GETTING HELP!

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Health Habits Checklist

1. I do not smoke cigarettes.
2. I do not drink more than 2 drinks a day.
3. I eat breakfast regularly.
4. I do not eat between meals.
5. I maintain normal weight.

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Health Habits Checklist

1. I avoid caffeine and sugar.
2. I exercise at least three times a week.
3. I sleep seven to eight hours a night.
4. I have a good support system.
5. I wear a seat belt while riding in a moving
   vehicle.

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How to Beat Stress

• Sit or lie down
• Uncross your arms or legs
• Shut your eyes
• Breathe in through your nose
• Count internally to three as you do that
• Breath out through your mouth to a count of five

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How to Beat Stress (continued)

• Do this cycle of breathing 10 times
• Visualize yourself in a positive scene
• See the scene in great detail
• See yourself doing only positive things
• After three to four minutes just drift awake

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Anxiety

• Feeling afraid or upset
• Neck or back pains
• Pounding heart
• Queasiness or stomach upset
• Compulsiveness

• Depression
• Nervousness
• Worry
• Headaches
• Other

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Depression

• Loss of appetite or overeating
• Problems in sleeping
• Loss of self-confidence
• Hopelessness, Helplessness

• Thoughts of suicide and death
• Difficulty getting up in the morning
• Little joy in daily activities
• Low sexual drive

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Problem Gambling

• Increased frequency and amount of money gambled
• Spending excessive time gambling
• Gambling always to topic of conversation
• Gambling to cope with stress
• Frequent mood swings
• Lying to cover up gambling

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Nightmares, difficulty sleeping
• Intrusive memories
• Hyper vigilance to noise and sights
• Irritability
• Difficulty concentrating
• Anger

• Avoidance of certain things
• Flashbacks
• Withdrawal
• Numb feelings
• Anxiety and depression

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Suicide Signs

• Talking or threatening to harm oneself
• Previous attempts
• Severe depression
• Loss of important person
• Saying goodbye

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Suicide Signs

• Abuse of drugs and alcohol
• Themes of death and dying in artwork and writing
• Plan of suicide
• Severe health problems

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Attends to everything
• Continuously in motion, fidgety
• Seems to touch everything
• Short attention span
• Distractible

• Forgetful
• Aggressive
• Little self control
• Impatient
• Loses things
• Talks loudly

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Wellness to EmployabilityPlan of Action

1. I will manage my stressors in the following ways
   . . .
2. I will manage my mental health issues in the
   following ways . . .
3. I need the following mental health help to be
   successful . . .