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What must you do if you suspect someone intends to attempt suicide or hurt someone else?
What is NOT your responsibility when someone does not want to seek treatment?
What should you do if a person is contemplating or has taken steps toward suicide?
What does enabling someone to continue without treatment NOT do?
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If your friend is too depressed to complete their homework, what is a correct approach?
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What is a permissible reason to intervene when a person is experiencing mental illness?
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Why might some people not want to seek help for mental illness immediately?
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What does NOT help if someone is too depressed to function normally?
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What should your response be if you know someone is ready to seek help?
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What should you do if a person threatens to hurt someone else but refuses to get help?
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Study Notes
Understanding Mental Illnesses
- Mental illnesses are health conditions that require professional treatment, just like physical health conditions.
- Most mental illnesses do not improve without treatment.
- Self-harm is a sign that someone might need to seek professional help.
Locating Mental Health Resources
- Talk to school counselors, school nurses, or doctors to find a therapist.
- Many community agencies and institutions offer mental health counseling.
- Confidentiality is maintained by mental health professionals, except in cases of intent to harm oneself or others, or report abuse or neglect.
Forms of Self-Harm
- Cutting or burning oneself
- Pulling out hair or breaking bones
- Self-harm is a dangerous pattern of behavior that signals the need for professional help.
Treating Mental Illnesses
- The purpose of mental health treatment is to help people with mental illnesses live healthy, productive, and fulfilling lives.
- Mental health treatment involves therapy, medications, or a combination of both.
Types of Mental Health Medications
- Antidepressants: treat major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders
- Anti-anxiety medications: treat anxiety disorders
- Stimulants: treat ADHD
- Antipsychotics: treat schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, severe depression, ADHD, stress-related disorders, OCD, eating disorders
- Mood stabilizers: treat bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder
Inpatient Treatment
- Inpatient treatment is used when people are at serious risk of harming themselves or others.
- Treatment involves around-the-clock supervision, mental health medications, and therapy in a hospital setting.
Overcoming Barriers to Treatment
- Stigma attached to mental illnesses can prevent people from seeking treatment.
- Cost of mental health treatment can be a barrier.
- Harmful beliefs about mental illnesses can prevent people from seeking help.
Harmful Beliefs about Mental Illnesses
- Mental illnesses are not real health conditions.
- Mental illnesses only affect unsuccessful people.
- Mental illnesses are a phase that will go away in time.
- People can fix mental illnesses themselves with just a little effort.
Advocating for Mental Health
- Mental illnesses are treatable conditions that do not define who a person is.
- People with mental illnesses can be and typically are functional, stable members of society.
- The causes of mental illness are complex and not the fault of a person's character.
Cultural Influences on Mental Health
- Perception of mental illness varies across cultures.
- Cultures have different views on the causes of mental illnesses.
- Cultural influences play a role in how people react to those with mental illnesses.
Helping Someone with a Mental Illness
- Share your concerns with the person in an open and honest way.
- Offer to find a mental health professional who can help.
- Accompany the person to talk with a professional.
- Take care of your own needs while supporting someone with a mental illness.
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Description
Learn about mental illnesses, their treatment, and how to find mental health resources. Discover the importance of seeking professional help and the confidentiality of mental health services.
