Essential tools Mental Illness Prevention & Mental Health Awareness
Channel: Doc Snipes
Date: 2018-02-16

Essential tools Mental Illness Prevention & Mental Health Awareness
#mentalhealthawareness  #prevention #mentalillness

A direct link to the CEU course is https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/search?q=Prevention+Mental+Illness

Strategies for the Prevention of Mental Illness
Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD, LPC-MHSP

00:00 Introduction
00:30 Objectives
 Identify strategies for the prevention of mental illness including 
 Community education
 Early intervention services
 Community resource development
 Improving accessibility
 Improving cultural sensitivity
 Enhancing protective factors in the environment
 Drug and domestic violence courts to break the cycle 

03:00 Community Education
 Educate all individuals in the community about the effectiveness and social and economic benefits of prevention 
 Reduced health care costs
 Disease
 Weight
 Smoking
 Alcohol
 Chronic pain
 Reduced absenteeism
 Improved productivity
 Improved energy and mood
 Improved relationships

14:00 Principles of Child Education
 Children are curious and eager to learn. They have an inherent desire to make sense of themselves, the world and others.
 Children are active participants in their environment and learn through with all of their senses.
 Children learn and express themselves through play, which is central to their well-being and development.
 Each child has an individual pattern and timing of growth and development as well as individual styles of learning.
 Children need to experience challenge, success, positive direction and positive redirection more than failure or criticism to form a positive self-concept. 
 Children learn best when active and interested. When they engage in a meaningful and relevant way, they can experience the joy of learning and feelings of success.
 Children learn best when they experience warm and stable personal relationships with their caregivers.
 Children develop holistically and benefit from integrated experiences and education.
 The brain learns best when having fun. 
 When learning happens in a positive emotion environment, it is stored in the hippocampus. This is later transferred to the brain cortex, where long term memory happens- thus affecting our ability to remember. 
 Unpleasant events and fast learning, on the other hand are stored in the amygdala, the part of the brain that stores "what not to do".
 Children emulate positive models

25:00 Principles of Adult Education
 Adults are autonomous and self-directed
 Adults are goal and relevancy oriented
 How does this help me meet my goals and objectives
 Adults already have a wealth of knowledge
 How does prior learning impact current learning
 How does current learning enhance/build off of prior learning
 Adults are motivated to learn by:
 Social relationships
 External expectations
 Social welfare
 Personal advancement
 Escape/stimulation
 Cognitive interest
Principles of Adult Education
 Barriers to Adult Learning
 Responsibilities
 Lack of time 
 Lack of money
 Lack of confidence or interest
 Lack of information about opportunities
 Scheduling problems
 Problems with childcare or transportation

Community Resource Development

Improving Accessibility

Enhancing Protective Factors
Problem Solving Courts
Summary
 Prevention is accomplished by providing accessible, culturally appropriate, age-relevant education and screening services
 Top prevent mental illness people need safety, health, love and belonging and self-esteem needs met.
 Community opportunities for economic self-sufficiency, safe housing, community involvement and socialization are all beneficial.
 Communities that care promote greater growth and retention of residents.
 Prevention on average saves $8 for every dollar spent.
 Prevention activities benefit people physically, socially, emotionally and occupationally
 Problem solving courts ensure that people who have begun to develop problems are connected with recovery resources instead of just incarcerated.


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0:00 Introduction
0:38 Objectives
1:01 What "causes" mental illness
10:36 What is Needed to Be Happy
15:13 Principles of Child Education
23:04 Principles of Adult Education
36:25 Community Resource Development
39:24 Improving Accessibility
48:45 Enhancing Protective Factors