advanced considerations in mental illness: youth and young adults
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Advanced Considerations in Mental Illness: Youth and Young Adults. Presented by:. National Catholic Partnership on Disability & The National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry. In Partnership with the: NCPD Council on Mental Illness and the - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
National Catholic Partnership on Disability
&The National Federation for
Catholic Youth Ministry
Presented by:
In Partnership with the:
NCPD Council on Mental Illness
and the
National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL)
In collaboration with:the National Catholic Young
Adult Ministry Association (NCYAMA)
Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order
Our Sunday Visitor Institute
Warren P. Powers Charitable Foundation
Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order
Our Sunday Visitor Institute
Warren P. Powers Charitable Foundation
Robert McCarty, D.Min., Executive Director, National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM),Washington, DC
Paul Myers, Ph.D., Director, University Health Center,
University of Portland and
Staff Psychologist, Northwest Catholic Counseling Center,
Portland, OR
Linea Johnson is a self-advocate, motivational speaker, author, and blogger. She is a recent college graduate witha degree in creative writing and English from Seattle University, in Washington.
Linea says of herself, “As a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I hope to usemy experiences to speak for those unable tospeak for themselves.”
God, bless and strengthen young people and those you have called to serve, teach and heal them.
May those who are gathered this day for this webinar
draw from your Son’s example as we work each day
to build your Kingdom here on Earth.
Amen.
Patterns of crisis and mental illnesses
Levels of response
Faith and ministry perspectives
“Youth at risk” are those who by
circumstances, choices, or
mental health conditions are in
situations that expose them to
failure or harm in their personal,
academic, social, familial, or
spiritual lives.
Unable to meet their basic needs
Have poor coping skills
Have insufficient support
systemsAnd therefore, they are highly vulnerable to
riskbehaviors.
Diathesis-Stress Hypothesis
Genetic predispositions to brain chemical imbalance, triggered by experiential factors (e.g., trauma episode or chronic distress)
Social Construction Hypothesis
Adaptive behaviors for dysfunctional family or social environments
Mood Disorders
(e.g., major depression)
Anxiety Disorders
(GAD, Panic, PTSD)
Adjustment Disorders with anxiety, depression or disturbed conduct
Substance Abuse Disorders
Eating Disorders