INTRODUCTION:

WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH?:-

• MENTAL HEALTH REFERS TO THE MAINTAINANCE OF SUCCESSFUL MENTAL ACTIVITY.
• THIS INCLUDE MAINTAINING PRODUCTIVE DAILY ACTIVITIES AND MAINTAINNG FULLY RELATIONSHIP
WITH OTHERS.
• ABILITY YO ADAPT TO CHANGE AND COPE WITH STRESS
• IT’S TOUGH TO AVOID FEELING STRESSED, AND PRESSURE CAN BUILD UP IN MANY AREAS OF LIFE
(SOCIALLY,IN SCHOOL,AT HOME,AND WHILE MAKING BIG LIFE DECISIONS.)
• BUT FEELING VERY SAD,HOPELESS OR WORTHLESS MIGHT BE SIGN OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.
 CAUSES OF MENTAL
ILLNESS ARE COMPLICATED
GENETICS ENVIRONMENT BRAIN
DISORDER
 EXTREME
EMOTIONAL HIGHS
AND LOWS

SYMPTOMS
THINKING
DIFFICULTIES SLEEP
OR PROBLEM
FOCUSING ATTENTION
PROBLEMS
AWARENESS:-
• THE SYMPTOMS OF BRAIN ILLNESS ARE A RESULT OF ABNORMAL BRAIN
FUNCTIONING.
• MENTAL ILLNESS IS A BRAIN DISORDER.
• MENTAL ILLNESS IS RARELY IF EVER CAUSED BY STRESS ALONE.
• MANY MENTAL ILLNESS BEGINS DURING CHILDHOOD AND PERSIST INTO
ADOLESCENCE.
ILLNESS DURING CHILDHOOD

Attentinon Deficit Hyperactivity {ADHD}

Autism Spectrum Disorders {ASD}

Generalised Anxiety Disorders {GAD}

ILLNESS DURING ADOLSCENCE:-
MAJOR DEPRESSION {MD}, SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER

SCHIZOPHRENIA,EATING DISORDERS,ADDICTIONS

BIPOLAR DISORDER {BD},OBESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDR

 ANALYSIS:-
Graph showing mental illness with age
8 7.5
7
6.8
6
5.1 5.2
5
4.3 4.6 4.1
4
3.3 3.1
3

0
18 OR OLDER 18 To 25 26 or Older
Less Than 100% 100% TO 199% 200% or more
World’s 5 most found diseases
9.8M

13M

Mental Illness Heart Disease Diabetes cancer

23.M
44M
SOME POINTS:-
• MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS CAN BE TREATED
• IF YOU FEEL VERY SAD,STRESSED OR WORRIED, IT MIGHT HELP TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT HOW YOU
ARE FEELING.
• IF YOU EVER FEEL VERY ANGRY OR VERY WORRIED , DOING RECKLESS THINGS THAT CAN HARM YOU OR
OTHERS , FEEL GRIEF FOR A LONG TIME AFTER A LOSS OR A DEATH , HURT OTHER PEOPLE OR DESTROY
PROPERTY:-
• TALK TO YOUR PARENTS,TEACHER,SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR PHYSICIAN.
• SEEK FOR HELP OF NGO’S OR ANY TRUST TO HELP PATIENTS YOU FIND ANYWHERE.
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THANK YOU
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