Mental Health Awareness

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This presentation is done in aims to assist educators in how they can help their student's mental health awareness as well as assist students who are already struggling in their class. Helping to promote both educator and student knowledge regarding the risks and signs associated with mental health in youth particularly while they are in school.

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Bringing awareness and recognizing the stages of grief and loss is different for someone currently in the stages, as a supporter, or as someone who is a parent or educator.

As grief and loss are normal and inevitable for every person, bringing awareness to the topic can help reduce the stigma surrounding mental health and mental illness. As well, recognizing the stages can shed light on exploring coping strategies if one is committed.

Overall, the more educated you can become on mental health, the easier it is to have empathy towards yourself or others who may be struggling!

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It is not surprising, but one's mental health may not be as stable during periods of grief and loss, and that is totally normal and okay! Reaching the 7th stage, acceptance or hope, is not the easiest path and differs for everyone. Complicated grief and depression can sometimes occur, where the stages of grief and loss have evaded the daily activities and processes of one's life. Remember, everyone is different when they process the stages.

Reference:
Kamkar, K. (2016). Coping with loss and grief. CAMH. Retrieved from https://www.camh.ca/en/camh-news-and-stories/coping-with-loss-and-grief.

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This diagram provides simple phrases that can be associated with each stage of grief and loss.

Why is this important?
Sometimes it is hard to articulate your feelings or completely understand them. Knowing which stage you or someone you know is in or being able to recognize previous stages can help understand where your mind is at when processing the events that have occurred.

Reference:
Cripps, L. (2021, Oct 25). Lecture Seven: Grief and the Stress Cycle. Brock University Sakai, Personal Communication.

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Grief is very normal.
Loss can be felt in a number of ways no matter how big or small.
Both can be combined in 7 different stages that can be felt in different orders and amounts of time...

Reference:
Cripps, L. (2021, Oct 25). Lecture Seven: Grief and the Stress Cycle. Brock University Sakai, Personal Communication.

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When thinking about mental health, grief and loss have a great influence. Did you know that grief and loss have 7 stages? Understanding these stages can help you understand your own mental health and actions or thoughts associated with it. As well, as an outsider, you can better understand the feelings of someone who is struggling with grief or loss. Becoming educated on these stages can benefit in a variety of ways and help to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health!

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In this last post about stigma, you will learn what you can do in your community to make a difference for those with mental health struggles. Every one of us have the opportunity to change the lives of those that are impacted by mental health by improving the attitudes and beliefs of others, and ourselves.

We hope that you learned something about stigma from our page and will be able to implement some of the strategies to combat stigma in your life and community!

Sources

2. CAMH. (n.d.). Stigma-Understanding the Impact of Prejudice and Discrimination. https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/guides-and-publications/stigma

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This post talks about self stigma. This is when an individual with a mental illness starts to believe the negative things that are said about mental health which affect their self worth.

Sources

3. Corrigan, P. W., & Watson, A. C. (2002). Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illness. World psychiatry, 1(1), 16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1489832/
4. Cripps, L. (2021, Oct 4). Lecture Four: Stigma. Brock University Sakai, Personal Communication.

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The next two posts will dive into the impacts of stigma on those with mental illnesses. In this post, you will learn more about public stigma. This type of stigma comes from society and targets people with mental health challenges.

Sources

3. Corrigan, P. W., & Watson, A. C. (2002). Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illness. World psychiatry, 1(1), 16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1489832/

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This post gives your more information about stereotypes and prejudice, the last two underlying factors of stigma.

Sources

2. CAMH. (n.d.). Stigma-Understanding the Impact of Prejudice and Discrimination. https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/guides-and-publications/stigma
4. Cripps, L. (2021, Oct 4). Lecture Four: Stigma. Brock University Sakai, Personal Communication.

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The next two posts go over the four factors that underly stigma; assumptions, generalizations, stereotypes and prejudice. In this post you will learn about the first two.

Sources

1. Sen, O. (2019, May 20). 6 Assumptions About Mental Health We Need To Do Away With. The Breakthrough Voice. https://inbreakthrough.org/assumptions-mental-health/
4. Cripps, L. (2021, Oct 4). Lecture Four: Stigma. Brock University Sakai, Personal Communication.

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