Mental Health Presentation PDF

Mental Health Morgan Cortazar, Maggie Osborne, Shae Thomas, Nathan Isaacs Topic and Problem Statement Topic: Mental Health Health Problem: Depression Health Problem Statement:Extreme depression can lead a child to think about suicide or plan for suicide. For youth ages 10...

Mental Health Morgan Cortazar, Maggie Osborne, Shae Thomas, Nathan Isaacs Topic and Problem Statement Topic: Mental Health Health Problem: Depression Health Problem Statement:Extreme depression can lead a child to think about suicide or plan for suicide. For youth ages 10-24 years, suicide is among the leading causes of death (CDC,2024)  Brief background What is Depression Depression according to the national institute of mental health is a common but serious mood disorder it causes severe symptoms that affect how a person feels, thinks, and handles daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working. (Depression, n.d.) Disparities: Children who grow up in low income households have less access to outside resources such as healthcare, education and extracurricular activities. Children that come from different cultural backgrounds, such as African americans and Hispanics, face racial biases in society. Children who identify as a sexual minority have three times increased odds to committing suicide. Social Determinants of Health Religious beliefs: children who are religious or may have to wear religious attire may get bullied. Age groups: Children who appear to be larger, too tall, too short or dont look like they fit their age group may be singled out by teachers, parents and/or peers, leading to exclusion and insecurity. School environment: High academic pressure or difficulty in school can increase depression symptoms. Family Structure: DIvorce, single parent households and/or same sex parents can increase feelings of insecurity in kids, raising the risk of depression. Prompt: “What is the best solution for solving depression in teens and young adults?” We chose this prompt because it will give us an answered based on the group we are focusing on. As well as possibly go into more specific details as to why there is such a high percentage of depression among this group of individuals.  Timeline: Form of communication Submit midterm project Gathered all of our phone Went through the entire In-person work numbers and created a group project and read the slide we chat on imessage so that we worked on separately and Met in person to assign roles were able to communicate the doubled checked information. on project and get a start on it. little things over the phone. Thurs, Sep Thurs, Oct 26 4 Tue, Sep 24 Tue, Oct 1 Tue, Oct 8 Discuss the plan and Check-In developed a solution Facetimed to check in and see Due to the weather and being how we were all doing on our virtual for the day we slides. facetimed and talked about the next steps. We also developed a final solution this day. Responsibilities: Morgan Cortazar- Topic and Problem Statement, Background, and SDOH’S Shaelyn Thomas- Timeline, Responsibilities, Topic and Problem Statement, and Prompt. Maggie Osborne- Topic and Problem Statement,Background, and SDOH’S. Nathan Isaacs- Topic and Problem Statement, Background, and SDOH’S.  Citations Disparities in pediatric mental and behavioral health (2022, September, 15.). https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/4/e2022058227/189498/Disparities-in-Pediatric-Mental-and- Behavioral Depression. (n.d.). National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression