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Dr Michael Carr-Gregg Child and Adolescent Psychologist
www.michaelcarr-gregg.com.au
20th May 2014
The 10 most important things you should know to build
your own resilience and happiness
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN
AUSTRALIA
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Mental disorders affect 1 in 4 secondary
students (Slade, 2009)
Mental disorders affect 1 in 7 primary
students (Slade, 2009)
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THE CHALLENGE
75% of mental illness emerges before age 25! (Kessler, 2005)!
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80% males and 70% females aged 16 to 24 with mental disorders do not seek help (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008, National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary of Results, 2007. Cat No 4326.0)
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• The delay between the onset of symptoms and the
provision of first effective treatment can span 15 years.
• Without effective treatment, mental health problems can deteriorate, impacting significantly on a young person’s:
• quality of life
• posing challenges to relationships with family, friends
• participation in educational and vocational pursuits
WHAT ARE SCHOOLS DOING TO INCREASE HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOUR?
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WHAT ABOUT OUR BOYS AFTER THEY LEAVE SCHOOL?
A REPUTABLE REPORT RELEASED HALF WAY
THROUGH 2013
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SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS?
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FLOURISHING = PERMA
• positive emotion • Any positive emotion like
• peace • gratitude • satisfaction • Pleasure • inspiration • Hope • curiosity • love
• falls into this category
FLOURISHING = PERMA • engagement • When we're truly engaged
in a situation, task, or project, we experience a state of flow: • time seems to stop • we lose our sense of
self • we concentrate
intensely on the present
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FLOURISHING = PERMA • relationships • As humans, we are "social
beings," and good relationships are core to our well-being.
• people who have • Meaningful • Positive relationships
• with others are happier than those who do not
FLOURISHING = PERMA
• meaning • Meaning comes from
serving a cause bigger than ourselves.
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HOW TO BUILD A RESILIENT YOUNG PERSON?
Resilience “…is the human capacity to face,
overcome, be strengthened by
and even be transformed by
adversity.”
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“…You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you…”
Tyler-Moore
FIRST PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY ON ‘RESILIENCE’
• studied a cohort of children from Kauai, Hawaii in 1970
Professor Emmy Werner
the first scientists to use the term ‘resilience’ in 1970s
Source: Werner, E. E. (1971). The children of Kauai : a longitudinal study from the prenatal period to age ten. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
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KAUAI, HAWAII
• High levels of unemployment
• High levels of parental substance abuse
• High levels of mental illness
Source: Werner, E. E. (1982). Vulnerable but invincible: a longitudinal study of resilient children and youth. New York: McGraw-HillNew York: McGraw-Hill
KAUAI, HAWAII
• 2/3rds exhibited destructive behaviours as teens (eg: years, chronic unemployment, substance abuse, teen pregnancy)
• 1/3rd did not exhibit destructive behaviours.
Source: Werner, E. E. (1982). Vulnerable but invincible: a longitudinal study of resilient children and youth. New York: McGraw-HillNew York: McGraw-Hill
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THE 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESILIENT YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT EVERY PARENT AND EMPLOYER NEEDS TO KNOW
Resilience
Charismatic Adult
Social/Emotional competencies
Spirituality
+ self talk
Islands of competence
“…Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” - Oscar Wilde
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YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO EXPERIENCE A LITTLE ADVERSITY
“…The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
Ernest Hemingway
WHAT ARE THE 10 BEST MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE WE CAN GIVE
OURSELVES?
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NUMBER1
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• Count your blessings: Write down once a day 3 things for which you are currently thankful from the mundane to the magnificent. Psychologist Sonja
Lyumbomirsky from the University of California found taking these 8 steps will substantially boost your life satisfaction:
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PROFESSOR SELIGMAN
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NUMBER2
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“...There is nothing either good or bad - but thinking makes it so” Hamlet (Act II - Sc. II) William Shakespeare
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MY LIST OF HOW I CAME TO THINK ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY
1. Died quickly – no suffering 2. Died in Africa a country he loved 3. Died doing what he loved 4. He had the pleasure of having me as
a brother 5. His memory will live on in his two
boys
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PTG • a 'seismic' disruption to how we see
ourselves;
• the recognition that we have changed in some significant way for the better as a result of the event;
• a reconfiguring of how we make meaningful sense of the world;
• deepening personal relationships through sharing and depending on others;
• development or mastery of new skills;
• re-prioritisation of goals and priorities, or setting of different ones; and even
• a greater spiritual belief or connection to something bigger.
NUMBER3
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REGULAR EXERCISE & RELAXATION
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WHAT DOES SLEEP DEPRIVATION DO TO LAB RATS?
Normal life expectancy
2-3 years
No REM sleep
death at 5 weeks
45 Source: Everson CA, et al. Sleep. 1989 Feb;12(1):13-21
No sleep
death at 3 weeks
SLEEP CYCLE
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EXERCISE
• For millions of years our brains thrived under constant motion
• We walked up to 19.3 kilometres a day
• Cars, couches and cubicles have replaced walking
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AMONG 27 YO, A 12 WEEK EXERCISE PROGRAM SHOWED WHAT HAPPENS TO BRAIN FUNCTION WHEN YOU START AND
STOP
Harada, T. et al (2004) Jogging improved performance of a behavioral branching task: implications for prefrontal activation Neuroscience Research 49: 325 - 337
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SLEEP TRACKING
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Light sleep REM sleep
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NEW APP
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NUMBER 4
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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”
• Practice acts of kindness
- these should be random (let someone ahead of you in traffic) to the systematic - take an elderly neighbour's garbage in and out, volunteer to do some door knocking for the Salvos Psychologist Sonja
Lyumbomirsky from the University of California found taking these 8 steps will substantially boost your life satisfaction:
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KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS
They showed viewers either a nature documentary, a funny TV clip or an uplifting segment from the Oprah Winfrey Show, and
then then asked them to voluntarily help with another task. Participants that watched Oprah and subsequently experienced
an elevated feeling were more likely to help.
HENRY JAMES
“…Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.”
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NUMBER5
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SUNDAY AGE 4TH MAY 2014
Social wellbeing, including
friendship, turned out
to be the number one predictor of
survival.
J Clin Oncol. Feb 1, 2011; 29(4): 406–412. Published online Dec 20, 2010. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.30.6951
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• Invest time and energy in family and friends - strong personal relationships is the single biggest contributing factor - get balance in your life....
NUMBER6
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Stages of Adolescence and finding the spark
Early Middle Late
Security Exploration
Co-operate Spark
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GREAT WAY TO RELAX AND DE-STRESS IN 2014
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• Perform better • Learn better • Better health • Better
Relationships
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• Savour life's joys - pay close attention to momentary pleasures and wonders. Focus on the smell of a rose the beauty of a sunset. Take a mental photo to review in less happy times
Psychologist Sonja Lyumbomirsky from the University of California found taking these 8 steps will substantially boost your life satisfaction:
NUMBER 7
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NUMBER 8
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THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF FINDING MEANING IN OUR LIVES.
• For some people it comes through experiences (often difficult ones), others through deep reflection, others from loving and being loved and others just from the way they choose to approach other people and the world around.
• We can each find our own way - but it's important to remember the imporance of meaning when making the big choices about our families, jobs, lifestyles and priorities.
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NUMBER9
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NUMBER10
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