Mental Illness Guest Speaker 

What is a mental disorder?
- Affect's a person's thinking, emotional state, and behavior
- Disrupts the person's ability to work or attend school
- Unable to carry out daily activities
- Have stable relationships

What is anxiety?
- Normal response to stress
- Anxiety can be good & keep you on your toes, make you want to succeed
- Anxiety disorder- persistent fear or worry, can't manage with it
- Need symptoms for 6 months to be diagnosed by doctor

Symptoms of anxiety
- unsocial, restlessness, feeling tense, trouble concentrating, fatigue, insomnia, sweating, pounding heart, dizziness, shortness of breath, muscle tension

Types
- panic disorder, specific phobia, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, ocd, ptsd

Causes
- school, life events, abuse, high stress, violence, heredity, brain chemistry, medical conditions

Statistics 
- 32% of teens will experience anxiety
- 80% will not receive treatment
- Average age when anxiety starts is 6 years old

Depression
- mood or loss of interest in favorite activities
- change in sleep and activities
- guilt, worthlessness
- thoughts of death and suicide

Causes
- trauma, environment, stress, hereditary, medications, alcohol and drug abuse

Statistics
- 20% of teens will experience depression before reaching adulthood
- Teenage boys report suffering from depression more than teenage boys

Suicide and self harm
- suicide, attempt to die
- suicide is second leading cause of death in ages 10-24
- self-harm is a negative coping tool

Warning
- threats to kill or harm him or herself
- making a plan for suicide
- abusing substances
- current talk of suicide

QPR 
- Q- question
- P- persuade
- R- refer
- Do not wait! Always ask question.