Mental and Emotional

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• Mental and Emotional
• Health

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Mental Health

• The feeling you have about yourself and your
  abilities to deal with problems

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Emotions

• Normal
• Everyone has them
• Express them in a positive way (not negative)

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Emotions Examples

• Love strong affection or caring for someone.
• Happiness feeling of joy and well being or
  contentment.

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• Optimism feeling that life experiences will be
  positive.
• Humor a way of expressing some negative
  emotions in a more positive way.

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Fear feeling of danger

• Managing your fears
• Self talk saying things to yourself to view the
  fear more realistically.
• Environmental planning rearranging the
  environment to reduce your fear.

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Anger strong feeling or irritation.

• Managing anger
• Channel emotions appropriately, so that they are
  positive
• Recognize your feelings and the source of the
  anger

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• Guilt feeling that you have done something
  wrong or are responsible for something bad
  happening.
• Jealousy feeling of wanting something that
  someone else has or of losing something you have

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• Loneliness feeling of isolation or alienation
• Shyness- being timid or bashful

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Depression feeling of sadness loneliness and
despair.

• Family History
• Major life stressors
• Physical illness
• Substance abuse
• Gender

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• Managing depression
• Try to identify your source of depression
• Put things into perspective
• Focus on the positive things
• Talk to someone you trust

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• Self ideal - your mental image of what you would
  like to be
• Self concept the current mental image you have
  of yourself.

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Defense Mechanisms

• Techniques people use to protect themselves from
  being hurt.
• Page 160

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• Maslows Hierarchy of Needs focusing on the
  positive aspects of human behavior.
• He organized human need by priority

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• Types of Mental and Emotional Disorders

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• Organic disorder mental and emotional disorders
  resulting from a physical cause.
• Physical illness- brain tumor
• injury blow to the head
• chemical imbalance drugs to destroy brain cells

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• Eating Disorders deep emotional problems
  related to self image and self-esteem
• Required psychiatric treatment
• Increased among teens

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• Anxiety disorder a condition in which fear or
  anxiety prevents one from enjoying life and
  completing everyday task.
• Most common
• Phobias most well know
• More women then men

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• Dissociative disorder a condition in which
  someones personality changes to the point that
  the person believes he or she is someone else
• Amnesia
• Multiple personality disorder

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• Mood Disorder a condition in which one mood is
  experienced almost to the exclusion of other
  feelings
• depression

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• Personality Disorder an emotional condition in
  which a persons patterns of behavior negatively
  affects that persons ability to get along with
  others.
• Antisocial

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• Somatoform Disorder emotional condition in
  which there are physical symptoms but no
  identifiable disease or injury, physical symptoms
  are caused by psychological factors.
• Hypochondria

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Seeking Help IF You

• Have prolonged feeling of depression or
  hopelessness
• Feelings that life is out of control
• Inability to concentrate or make decisions.
• Difficulty getting along with others

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Cont.

• Intense fears
• Persistent difficulty sleeping
• Emotional problems coping with a physical illness
• Inability to stop destructive behaviors

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Types of Treatment

• Psychoanalysis examines unresolved conflict
  from the past.
• Behavior therapy focuses on the persons
  behavior now rather then the underlying problem.

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Cont.

• Group Therapy- meetings of people with similar
  problems.
• Chemical Therapy the use of drugs to treat
  mental and emotional disorders.
• (can be dangerous and addictive)

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• Self Esteem pride in and acceptance of
  yourself feeling good about yourself and your
  abilities.
• Begins at Birth

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• Body Image the view a person has on his or her
  body
• Positive self talk talking in a positive way to
  yourself about yourself.
• Self disclosure telling another person
  meaningful info about yourself

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10 Steps to Improve Self-Esteem

• 1. Think about what you are good at, and build on
  those abilities
• 2. Select supportive and encouraging friends
• 3. Practice good health habits

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• 4. Exercise!!!!!!!!!
• 5. Think positive
• Write down 3 things that make you happy everyday
• Set goals, be realistic
• Beware of perfectionist

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• Make a difference in the world, help others
• Volunteer
• Reward yourself
• Have fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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• Self Esteem more than any other factors has a
  direct effect on all 5 aspects of your health

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