1 / 24

WHAT IS A DEPRESSIVE DISORDER?

WHAT IS A DEPRESSIVE DISORDER?. A depressive disorder is a “whole body illness, involving your body, mind, and thoughts It affects the way you eat and sleep. It affects the way you feel about yourself It affects the way you think about things.

chars
Download Presentation

WHAT IS A DEPRESSIVE DISORDER?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. WHAT IS A DEPRESSIVE DISORDER? • A depressive disorder is a “whole body illness, involving your body, mind, and thoughts • It affects the way you eat and sleep

  2. It affects the way you feel about yourself • It affects the way you think about things

  3. A depressive disorder is not the same as a passing blue mood • It is not a sign of personal weakness, or a condition that can be willed or wished away

  4. REACTIVE DEPRESSION • Most common for teenagers • A reaction to stressful events in a persons life

  5. Death or divorce of a parent • Death of a special pet • Pressure to succeed • Moving • Peer pressure • Conflicts or violence at home • End of a close friendship

  6. ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSIONORIGINATING FROM WITHIN THE BODY • Caused by a chemical imbalance within the body • May also be caused by outside sources such drugs, alcohol, or stress!!!

  7. DEPRESSION INVENTORYIF YOU HAVE HAD 4 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS CONTINUALLY FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS, YOU MAY BE DEPRESSED • Noticeable change of appetite, with either significant weight loss or weight gain • Noticeable change in sleeping patterns, sleeping too much, or not being able to sleep

  8. Loss of interest in activities you used to enjoy • Loss of energy, fatigue • Feelings of worthlessness • Persistent feelings of hopelessness

  9. Inability to concentrate or think, disturbed thinking • Recurring thoughts of death or suicide, wishing to die, or attempting suicide

  10. WHAT MAKES TEENAGE DEPRESSION DIFFERENT?

  11. Teenagers who suffer from depression often act out, instead of acting sad • Their behavior may be wild and angry. They don’t seem to care what happens to them or anyone else

  12. GETTING INTO TROUBLE AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, OR WITH THE LAW MAY BE THEIR WAY OF SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS

  13. WHAT CAN YOU DO?

  14. QPR! Question Persuade Refer

  15. QUESTION the person about suicide • Have you been unhappy lately? • Do you ever wish you could go to sleep and never wake up? • Are you thinking about suicide?

  16. The most important step in QPR is asking the question • Asking the suicide question does not increase risk

  17. Once the question has been asked, most people thinking of suicide want to talk • Now is the time to apply step two, Persuade.

  18. PERSUADELISTENING • Give your full attention • Don’t interrupt • Don’t rush to judge or condemn

  19. The goal of persuasion is simple • Getting the person to agree to get help

  20. REFERRAL • Teacher • Counselor • Administrator • Parent • Brother/Sister • Neighbor • Church leader

  21. When you apply QPR you plant the seeds of hope • Applying QPR brings a personal crisis out of the dark and into the light • QPR is a positive, hopeful technique. And hope, more than anything else, can reduce the risk of premature death by suicide

  22. THANKS FOR LISTENING

  23. DEPRESSION

More Related