Mental Health Awareness

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Mental Health Awareness
Facilitator Debra Means-West
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Workshop Agenda

• Overview of the 12 hour Mental Health First Aid
  program
• Overview of the prevalence of mental health
  problems in Australia
• Addressing the myths and stigma associated with
  psychotic and non-psychotic
  illnesses
• Yogic breathing exercise

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According to the National Survey of Mental Health
and Wellbeing, 1 in 5 Australian adults will
suffer from some form of a common mental health
problem in any year
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What is the most common mental health problem in
Australia?
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PERCENTAGE OF AUSTRALIAN ADULTS WITH A MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEM IN ONE YEAR
12.0
7.1
9.7
11.1
4.5
7.7
4.2
7.4
5.8
17.4
18.0
17.7
Source Andrews et al (1999) About another 1
of the Australian population will have the less
common mental disorders such as Psychosis
(schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) in one year.
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Almost One in Three Australian Income Support
Recipients Experience a Mental Health Issue Each
YearBased on the 2003 Commonwealth
Department of Family and Community Services,
Policy Research Paper No. 21
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Do Mental Health Problems Represent Barriers to
Employment Participation?
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Myths and stereotypes around mental illness
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Non Psychotic Illnesses

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Eating Disorders
• Psychotic Illnesses - role play
• Schizophrenia
• Bi-Polar Disorder (manic depressive disorder)

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Depression in the Workplace The Facts

• Depression accounts for three to four days off
  work per month for each person experiencing
  depression thats over six million working days
  lost each year in Australia.
• The Mental Health of Australians. Mental Health
  Branch, Com Dpt. Health and Aged Care, 1999.

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Depression in the Workplace The Facts

• Depression accounts for more than 12 million days
  of reduced productivity each year, with serious
  implications for work safety.
• The Mental Health of Australians. Mental Health
  Branch, Com Dpt. Health and Aged Care, 1999.

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Depression in the Workplace The Facts

• It is estimated that each employee with untreated
  depression will cost their organisation 9,660
  per year.
• Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research,
  Policy and Economics Group

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Mental Health Quiz Show
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Depression accounts for more than _____ days of
reduced productivity each year.

• A. 12 million
• B. 1 hundred
• C. 150 thousand

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Depression accounts for more than _____ days of
reduced productivity each year.

• A. 12 million

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Panic attacks and phobias are collectively known
as

• A. Fear based conditions
• B. Pan-phobic disorders
• C. Anxiety disorders

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Panic attacks and phobias are collectively known
as

• C. Anxiety disorders

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In Australia depression accounts for over
_________ working days lost each year.

• A. Six thousand
• B. Six hundred thousand
• C. Six million

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In Australia depression accounts for over
_________ working days lost each year.

• C. Six million

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Social phobia is

• A. An excessive fear of social or performance
  situations
• B. A resistance to gatherings of more than 5
  people
• C. A dislike of hosting social get-togethers

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Social phobia is

• A. An excessive fear of social or performance
  situations

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A national survey of Australian adults found that
in any one year __ of people would have a
depressive disorder.

• A. 6
• B. 2
• C. 10

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A national survey of Australian adults found that
in any one year __ of people would have a
depressive disorder.

• A. 6

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Yogic Breathing Techniques
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Slow - Breathing Technique
Hold your breath and count to 6 ( dont take a
deep breath). When you get to 6, breathe out and
say the word relax to yourself in a calm
soothing manner. Breathe in and out slowly in
a six-second cycle. Breathe in for three seconds
and out for three seconds. This will produce a
breathing rate of 10 breaths per minute. Say the
word relax to yourself every time you breathe
out. Breathe in a smooth and light manner. Make
sure you breathe through your nose and use your
abdomen rather than chest muscles. At the end
of each minute (after 10 breaths) hold your
breath again for 6 seconds and then continue
breathing in the six-second cycle. Continue
breathing in this way until all the symptoms of
over-breathing have gone.
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Any Questions