This document discusses mental health and well-being in adolescents. It defines mental health as a state of well-being where one can cope with stress, work productively, and contribute to their community. It recommends enhancing social skills, problem-solving skills, and self-confidence to prevent mental health problems. The document lists "red flags" like changes in sleep, appetite, interests, and academics that could indicate depression or other issues. Key mental health issues are identified as depression, eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, and substance abuse.
This document discusses mental health and well-being in adolescents. It defines mental health as a state of well-being where one can cope with stress, work productively, and contribute to their community. It recommends enhancing social skills, problem-solving skills, and self-confidence to prevent mental health problems. The document lists "red flags" like changes in sleep, appetite, interests, and academics that could indicate depression or other issues. Key mental health issues are identified as depression, eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, and substance abuse.
This document discusses mental health and well-being in adolescents. It defines mental health as a state of well-being where one can cope with stress, work productively, and contribute to their community. It recommends enhancing social skills, problem-solving skills, and self-confidence to prevent mental health problems. The document lists "red flags" like changes in sleep, appetite, interests, and academics that could indicate depression or other issues. Key mental health issues are identified as depression, eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, and substance abuse.
ADOLESCENCE Group 4 MENTAL HEALTH • STATE OF WELL-BEING • CAN COPE WITH NATURAL STRESSES IN LIFE • CAN WORK PRODUCTIVELY AND FRUITFULLY • BENG ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN THE COMMUNITY PREVENTING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ENHANCING: • SOCIAL SKILLS • PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS • SELF CONFIDENCE MENTAL HEALTH “RED FLAGS” SHOULD BE ALERT FOR: • Excessive sleeping, beyond usual teenage fatigue, which could indicate depression ; difficulty in sleeping, insomnia, and other sleep disorders. • Loss or Self esteem. • Abandonment or loss of interest in favorite pastimes. MENTAL HEALTH “RED FLAGS” SHOULD BE ALERT FOR: • Unexpected and dramatic decline in academic performance. • Weight loss and loss of appetite, which could indicate an eating disorder. • Personality shift and changes, such as aggressiveness and excess anger that are sharply out of character and could indicate psychological, drug, or sexual problems. KEY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES • Depression - While all of us are subject to "the blues" clinical depression is a serious medical condition requiring immediate treatment Watch for: • A. Changes in sleep patterns • B. Unexpected weeping or excessive moodiness • C. Eating habits that result in noticeable weight loss or gain • D. Expression of hopelessness or worthlessness • E. Paranoia and excessive secrecy • F. Self-mutilation, or mention of hurting himself or herself • G. Obsessive body-image concerns • H. Excessive isolation • I. Abandonment of friends and social group KEY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES • EATING DISORDERS Body image concerns can because obsessions, resulting in starting weight loss, severely affecting adolescent's health: A.Anorexia: Avoidance of food and noticeable changes in eating habits should trigger concern. B.Bulimia: Purging (forced vomiting) after eating - be alert for both dramatic weight loss without changes in eating habits (which could of course indicate other health issues that require a doctor's attention) and also for immediate trips to the bathroom or other private spot after a meal KEY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES