Grade 11 Healthy Active Living Education Additional Supports ...

Positive Mental Health and Stress
Public Profile
Unit #3 Activity #4
Teaching Learning Strategy #4
Teacher Resource (Background Information)
Mental Health Disorder Flow Chart
Mental Health
Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Personality
The emotion of
feeling sad, ÔblueÕ,
down-in-the-dumps,
and unhappy are
part of the normal
range of emotions
experienced by
everyone.
Mood disorders
refer to biochemical
imbalances, that
cause persistent
changes in a
personÕs mood,
behaviour and
feelings, for
extended period of
time, and which
interferes with their
everyday living.
ÔAnxietyÕ is a
common and normal
emotion,
experienced by
when faced with a
stressful situation.
An Anxiety Disorder
is when this anxious
feeling persists, is
combined with
physiological
symptoms, and
interferes with
normal everday
functioning.
Catholic Profile
Unit #5 Activity #2
Teaching Learning Strategy #3
Disorders
Personality
Disorders are an
enduring pattern of
inner experience and
behaviour that
deviates markedly
from the individualÕs
culture, is pervasive
and inflexible, has
an onset in
adolescence or early
adulthood, is stable
over time, and leads
to distress or
impairment.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a
thought disorder,
characterized by a
history of acute
psychosis, and
chronic
deterioration of
functioning, lasting
for at least six
months. It is
thought to be
caused by changes
in brain chemistry,
structure, and/or
genetics, which
affects thinking,
perception, mood
and behaviour.
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