MENTAL AND

EMOTIONAL HEALTH

STRESS, TYPES OF STRESSOR AND ILLNESSES AFFECTING MENTAL AND

EMOTIONAL HEALTH
OBJECTIVES:

• To be able to explain the factors that affect the promotion of good health
• To be able to identify what is stress
• To be able to determine the importance of have a good health
• To be able to identify and classify mental disorders and its symptoms
• To be able to practice healthful strategies in coping with stress and mental
disorders
WHAT IS HEALTH?
Health is most often being related to solely the physical well-being of an individual.
Little do people know that health is more than looking healthy. Health has various
dimension: PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL, MORAL-SPIRITUAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL. Aside from looking healthy, an individual must also be
feeling, thinking, and interacting healthy to achieve wellness.
STRESS: DEFINITION, STRESSOR AND
OTHER TYPES
WHAT IS STRESS?

• Stress is defined as the physiological [or physical] and emotional responses to a significant
or unexpected change or disruption in one’s life.
• It may also refer to “what you feel when you react to pressure, either from outside world
(school, family, friends) or from yourself i.e. wanting to fit in, wanting to do well in school.
WHAT IS A STRESSOR?

• The word stressor refers to the things that make a person stressed.
• There are 2 different kinds of stress- EUSTRESS and DISTRESS.
EUSTRESS AND DISTRESS
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EUSTRESS
AND DISTRESS?
EUSTRESS
• It refers to a POSITIVE and HEALTHY
response of the body from a stressor.
• It produces good effects to one’s well-
being.
DISTRESS
• It refers to a NEGATIVE reaction of the
body towards a given stressor.
• It may cause problems in health, alter the
mood and emotions, and even affect the
way a person thinks.
COMMON STRESSORS:

• Lack of Work-life balance

• Obsession with Smart Devices
• Stressful Home Environment
• Few Quality Relationships
• Personal insecurities
HOW TO HANDLE STRESS?
• Stress management skills are techniques that can be used to cope with harmful
effects produced by stress. One type of skill focuses on doing something about
the cause of stress. Learning and using responsible decision-making skill can help
solve the stressor that is causing stress. A second type of skill focuses on keeping
the body healthy and relieving anxiety; exercising and eating a healthful diet are
effective skill of this kind.
MENTAL ILLNESSES
- are disorders that disrupt thinking, feelings, moods, add behaviors and impair
daily functioning.
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

• It is normal to feel sadness and grief when faced with difficult situations. However, a
person may develop a major depressive disorder when depression is on a daily basis,
characterized by “persistent sadness, despair, and hopelessness.
HERE ARE OTHER SYMPTOMS OF MAJOR
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER:
• Lack or loss of motivation
• Overthinking
• Lack or loss of energy
• Slow to react
• Difficulty in concentrating and remembering
• Loss of appetite
• Excessive gain or loss of weight
• Withdrawal from others/feeling alone
BIPOLAR DISORDER

• Also called manic-depressive disorder, it is a “form of depression characterized by

alternating mania and depression”. A person who experiences this disorder may at times
feel very happy and elated, then at an instant may feel utmost sadness and despair. Other
symptoms include:
• Rapid speech and racing thoughts
• Difficulty in decision-making
• Recklessness and impulsiveness
• Agitation

• Difficulty in concentrating
• Extreme irritability
SCHIZOPHRENIA

• It is a “mental illness with biological origins that is characterized by irrational behavior,

severe alternations of the senses and often inability to function in the society”.
• A person with this illness may experience hallucinations or feeling of being detached and
away from reality.
• He or she may lose the functions of the sense organs and thinks and imagines very
differently than that of a normal person.
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

• A person may have this disorder when he or she experienced a traumatic situation such
as being abused, raped, or involved in an accident.
• Symptoms may vary from being spaced out (tulala), extreme sadness or frustration,
irritability, avoidance to people or isolation, and others.
SUMMARY

• Mental and emotional health plays an important role in the overall well-being of a person.
It deals with how a person balances his/her thoughts and feelings to be able to make
good decisions for him/herself. Mental and emotional health is greatly affected by the
person’s way of life, external influences, and other situations that occur at any time.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!
QUESTION AND ANSWER
QUIZ
QUESTIONS:
SCORE: /30
• What is health? (3pts)
• What is stress? What is a stressor? (4pts)
• Give the two types of stressor. Define each. (4pts)
• Cite 2 examples of common stressors. (2pts)
• Define what is mental illness. (2pts)
• Give the 5 common mental illness. Define each. (8pts)
• As a young teenager, what can you advise to other teenagers who are suffering from
stress and depression? (7pts)