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Managing Mental and Emotional HealthChapter 4



Managing Mental and Emotional Health

Lessons

• Lesson 1 Emotions

• Lesson 2 Understanding Emotions

• Lesson 3 Expressing Emotions

• Lesson 4 Coping with Emotions

• Lesson 5 Mental Illness

• Lesson 6 Depression

• Lesson 7 Getting Help

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Lesson 1 Emotions

Bellringer

List all of the emotions that you have experienced this

week.

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Lesson 1 Emotions

Objectives

• Describe how the brain controls emotions.

• Explain how hormones and life changes influence emotions.

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Lesson 1 Emotions

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What causes emotions?

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Lesson 1 Emotions

An Emotional Brain

• Where Do Emotions Come From? The brain

produces emotions. Each emotion is related to a specific set of feelings and behaviors.

• What Influences the Brain’s Response? Many factors affect the emotions you feel in a situation. But learning and experience can change how the brain responds to a situation.

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Teens and Emotions

• Are All of Your Emotions Healthy? Teen

emotional changes are usually healthy and normal

even though they can be confusing.

• The Effect of Hormones Hormone changes may also affect teens’ emotions. Hormones are

chemicals that help control how the body grows and functions.

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Both social and physical changes affect teens’ emotions.



Lesson 2 Understanding Emotions

Bellringer

Describe how you feel physically when you become

embarrassed.

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Objectives

• Describe how emotions can fit into a spectrum.

• Explain how to recognize emotions.

• Describe how people have unique emotional triggers.

• Explain how emotions can be felt physically.

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How could you predict your emotional response to an

event?

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An Emotional Spectrum

• What Is an Emotional Spectrum? An emotional spectrum is a set of emotions arranged by how pleasant they are.

• Learning from Emotions Both pleasant and

unpleasant emotions play an important role in learning. For example, situations that produce unpleasant emotions can make you feel

uncomfortable. These feelings can lead you to change your behavior.

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Recognizing Emotions

• Why Recognize an Emotions? If you identify your emotions, you may be able to cope with problems better.

• Barriers to Recognizing Emotions Emotions can be difficult to recognize because you can feel many

emotions at the same time and you can feel emotions of varying strengths.

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Each emotion can be felt at different levels of intensity.




Know Your Triggers

• What Are Triggers? Situations, people, and events that cause a person to feel an emotion are called triggers.

• How Knowing Your Triggers Can Help You can find creative ways to deal with unpleasant emotions

if you recognize your triggers ahead of time.

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Physical Feelings

• Emotions Are Not Just Emotional A person has

emotions because of activity in the brain. This brain activity causes physical changes in the body.

• Physical Changes and Emotions Recognizing the

physical changes caused by specific emotions can

help you identify your emotions.

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Lesson 3 Expressing Emotions

Bellringer

List five ways that you can express your emotions.

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Objectives

• Explain how to compare healthy and unhealthy emotions.

• Describe communication skills that help express emotions.

• Describe inappropriate ways to express emotions.

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How can you express emotions without using any

words?

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Healthy Emotional Expression

• Which Emotions Are Healthy? All emotions—

even unpleasant ones—can be a healthy part of life.

• Which Emotions Are Unhealthy? Unhealthy emotions can prevent people from solving problems. Harmful emotions can cause problems at school, at work, or in relationships. Learning to

express all emotions in positive ways improves emotional health.

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Communication

• Emotional Expression Expressing emotions in

healthy ways allows you to communicate them to

other people.

• Communication Helps Communicating with other people can help you figure out why you have

certain emotions. Talking about emotions can also help you feel as though you are not alone.

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Communication Skills

• Nonverbal Communications Emotions can be

expressed without words. Body language is expressing emotions with the face, hands, and posture.

• Listening Listening to other people is a major part of communication. A good listener helps other people communicate by encouraging them to

express emotions.

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Body language can help you understand how others feel.




Creative Expression

• Express Yourself There are several ways to let

go of uncomfortable feelings by expressing them privately. For example, you could:1. Exercise

2. Draw or paint3. Write4. Dance5. Perform in plays

6. Read a book

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Unhealthy Emotional Expression

• Hurting Others Expressing emotions in ways that

could hurt people—physically or emotionally—is

unhealthy.

• Making Problems Worse Hurting others or destroying property will not solve a person’s

emotional problems. These actions only make a person’s problems more difficult as he or she deals with the consequences.

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Lesson 4 Coping with Emotions

Bellringer

List five of your skills or talents that make you feel

good about yourself.

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Objectives

• Explain why self-esteem is important.

• Describe the value of thinking through your

emotions.

• Describe how defense mechanisms and good physical and social health help us cope.

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How can laughter make people feel better in tense situations?

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Self-Esteem

• What Is Self-Esteem? One thing that affects your

emotional health is self-esteem. Self-esteem is a

measure of how much you value, respect, and feel

confident about yourself.

• Improving Your Self-Esteem People can improve

low self-esteem by finding activities in which they can be successful.

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Time to Think

• Negative Thinking Negative thinking is focusing on the bad side of a situation.

• Positive Thinking Thinking positively in a bad

situation can help you cope with the unpleasant emotions it triggers. Positive self-talk is thinking about the good parts of a bad situation.

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Sometimes simply talking about emotional problems can make you feel better.

Talking with Someone




Defense Mechanisms

• What Are Defense Mechanisms? Automatic behaviors used to reduce uncomfortable stress are called defense mechanisms.

• Mature Defense Mechanisms Mature defense mechanisms help people relieve stress honestly and directly.

• Immature Defense Mechanisms Defense

mechanisms are immature if they help you postpone or ignore dealing with stress.

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Influences You Can Control

• Staying Healthy One way to reduce the stress of these emotions is to maintain good physical, social, mental, and emotional health.

• Do Things You Enjoy Encourage positive

emotions. For example, you could find activities that you enjoy can help you to feel good about yourself and feel happy.

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Lesson 5 Mental Illness

Bellringer

List some symptoms that you associate with mental

illness.

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Objectives

• List two factors that can lead to a mental illness.

• Describe the differences between anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and schizophrenia.

• Explain how some mental illnesses share symptoms.

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What do you think causes mental illness?

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Understanding Mental Illness

• What Is a Mental Illness? Mental illness is a disorder that affects a person’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. One out of every six people has a

mental illness.

• What Causes Mental Illness? Many of these illnesses are more common in some families than in others. So, inherited traits may influence mental

illness. Stressful events can trigger a mental illness, so the environment may also influence mental illness.

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Anxiety Disorder

• What Is an Anxiety Disorder? An anxiety disorder

is an illness that causes unusually strong

nervousness, worry, or panic.

• Types of Anxiety Disorders All of the following are types of anxiety disorders:

1. Panic disorders2. Phobias3. Obsessive-compulsive disorders

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Bipolar Mood Disorder

• What Is a Bipolar Mood Disorder? Bipolar mood disorder (BMD) is one kind of mood disorder. BMD causes a person to experience two extreme

moods: depression and mania.

• Treatment of BMD Some symptoms of BMD occur in several mental illnesses. This can make BMD hard to recognize and treat. However, once people

who have BMD find and continue proper treatment, they can often lead ordinary lives.

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Green shading represents time during which a patient took medicine. Medicine can be used with therapy to help control mental illness.




Schizophrenia

• What Is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a disorder in which a person breaks from reality in several ways.

• Treatment for Schizophrenia Schizophrenia, like other mental illnesses, affects a person’s thoughts and actions. However, once treatment is established for people who have schizophrenia or

another mental illness, they can often lead happy lives.

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Lesson 6 Depression

Bellringer

Describe some symptoms of depression.

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Lesson 6 Depression

Objectives

• Describe how depression is different from feeling

sad.

• List eight warning signs that someone is severely depressed.

• Explain where to seek help when a person is in

danger of suicide.

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Lesson 6 Depression

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What is depression?

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Lesson 6 Depression

More Than Feeling Blue

• What Is Depression? Depression is a mood

disorder in which a person feels extremely sad and hopeless for at least two weeks.

• Depression Is Serious Depression can take over a person’s life. Without treatment, depression can continue for years.

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Depression Is Dangerous

• Thoughts of Suicide The most dangerous

symptom of depression is suicidal thinking. Suicidal thinking is the desire to take one’s own life.

• An Emergency Situation Suicidal thinking is an emergency condition. Someone who is thinking about suicide should be taken to a hospital emergency room.

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Lesson 7 Getting Help

Bellringer

List careers that involve helping people who have

emotional problems.

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Objectives

• Explain why one should get help for emotional

problems and disorders immediately.

• Describe three sources of help for people with emotional problems or disorders.

• List four types of mental health professionals.

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Where could you find help for an emotional problem?

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How Serious Is It?

• Determining Your Mental Health How can you

know when your feelings become unhealthy? The easiest way may be to talk to someone you trust about what you are feeling.

• Other Signs Noticing how long your unpleasant

emotions last and how often they occur can help you know when they are unhealthy.

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Finding Help for Other People

• Other People’s Emotional Problems If someone

you know has an emotional problem and will not

ask for help, you should find help for them. The next slide shows you how to find help.

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Preventing Further Problems

• Talk with Your Friend If you think a friend has an

emotional problem, you can let that person know

that you are concerned.

• Turn to an Adult If the person will not ask for help, you can let an adult know what is going on. An adult can help the person get proper treatment.

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Help for Emotional Problems

• Ask for Help Friends, family, and trusted adults can be very helpful. People who know you well can help you see your problem from a different point of

view.

• Sources for Advice Sources of help can include teachers, principals, school counselors, social workers, school nurses, clergy, peer counseling

groups, and teen hotlines.

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Professional Help

• Counselors A counselor is a professional who

helps people work through difficult problems by

talking.

• Psychologists A psychologist is a person who

tries to change thoughts, feelings, and actions by finding the reasons behind them or by suggesting

ways to manage emotions.

• Psychiatrists A psychiatrist a medical doctor who specializes in illnesses of the brain and body that affect emotions and behavior.

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