Mental Health - 1

Apr 20, 2026 17:37 · 12:54 · English · Whisper Turbo · 2 speakers

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0:00

S… Speaker 2 (Mental Health - 1)

Welcome today to our first module, the Mental Health Foundation. Excited to be here and going to talk through a little bit about what these upcoming modules are going to look like for learning more about mental health and signs and symptoms and really ways to understand mental health and impacts of those around you. So our first module today is on what is mental health.

0:26

S… Speaker 2 (Mental Health - 1)

These are the five modules that over the course of this year you'll be walked through. So the first one is what is mental health. The second module will be signs and symptoms. Third module will be coping skills and self-care. Fourth module will be ways to help. And our fifth module will be about crisis management. Through some of our biggest findings on mental health in America that comes from the State of Mental Health in America survey.

0:51

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

So from 2003. So this really indicates that about 21% of adults are experiencing at least one mental illness. So we'll talk about this more, but mental illness is defined as a diagnosable disorder. And then of those, over 50% of adults are not receiving any treatment for it. And then we get into how many adults, which is over 12 million reported serious thoughts of suicide last year.

1:18

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

uh and then as we all are aware of and we'll talk about a little bit is 42 a little bit over 40 reported there are no affordable options for mental health care and many lacked awareness about where to go for services or they didn't have time to get the treatment that they needed so really just speaks to the needs and the difficulties that are out there

1:40

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

Now, how common are mental health disorders? So think about in a room of 25 people, right? Think about how many will have a diagnosable mental health disorder in a single year. Think of that. So it's approximately one in five adults in the United States are diagnosed with a mental health disorder in a single year. So it's five in a room of 25. Really, there are some resources coming out in this year, 2024, that it may be more like one in four.

2:08

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

And then as we talked about above, more than half of all U.S. adults will experience at least a mental health challenge at some point over the course of their lifetime. So this may not escalate to the degree of a diagnosable mental health disorder. It may. More than half of adults will at least experience some significant struggles with mental health if they are not already over the course of their lifetime.

2:32

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

So when we talk about specifically what it looks like in the workplace, you can see here some just important stats to think of that a lot of employees don't seek help due to fear of stigma. Many have left their jobs for mental health reasons, many skipped work days, and really many employees who feel comfortable talking about mental health is only about 44%. So things to keep in mind when we're talking about how this impacts functioning at work, especially in the stigma that still exists in regards to mental health.

3:01

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

These are some common myths and facts, so really to talk through. So one of the myths that's out there is that mental illness makes you violent, when really, in fact, people with mental health concerns are more likely to be victims than they are to be perpetrators. There's a myth that if they wanted, that people could just snap out of depression. Really, a lot of times people experience depression, especially moderately or significantly, need some time and professional services for that.

3:30

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

Myth that anxiety is purely mental and you can just think differently or just think positive when really it involves a lot of different factors in the person's life and it needs to be addressed through treatment, through coping skills, through a lot of things that we're going to talk about over the course of these modules. There's a myth that a mental health disorder is due to some kind of...

3:49

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

personal failing or that people aren't trying hard enough, that they just need to get out of bed and do differently. When it's really trying to push back against that mess with that, a mental health disorder is caused by a variety of circumstances. And this puts blame on the other person that somehow they are intentionally causing themselves significant distress, when in fact there's a lot of different factors to it.

4:15

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

And really some kind of treatment or skills or being able to process events really can help some of these symptoms. And the development of a mental health disorder is complex, and we're going to talk about it. We're really trying to push back at someone that it is of their fault that they are struggling significantly really puts unnecessary shame and guilt in regards to struggling with mental health.

4:41

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

for really what is mental health and why we are talking about it at work right in this in this presentation so really mental health is a diverse spectrum of experiences it's a result of many factors that include work it's all of our life experiences put together and that really is tied to our identities a lot of times and

5:00

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

our life experiences so i have a couple visuals to show you guys that really kind of defines this so really that stigma that mental health stigma is at the core of all of this and we really have to be aware that a stigma still exists and there can be a range of no diagnosis for mental health concerns so this is someone who has no disorders positive mental health

5:19

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

They might have maybe minimal mental health symptoms, right? And then we have people on the other end that have severe diagnoses. They have a really difficult time coping with their day-to-day. And then when it talks about kind of that other axis of well-being, mental well-being and fitness, this is where we fit in like coping skills, management, engaging in treatment. So you do have people who don't have a diagnosed mental health disorder. That's at bottom right.

5:46

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

They might not be diagnosed. It might not be significantly impacting them in multiple areas of their life, but they're still struggling with their mental health. It's not at a diagnosable level. And then we have people who maybe have severe mental illness but are actively in treatment, actively engaging in treatment. That's at top left. So they really have positive mental health with a diagnosis. It's really about thinking about all of these symptoms together. This can look like...

6:15

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

disorders or mental health diagnoses like bipolar, OCD, but this can also look like grief, burnout, fatigue, stress management. All of those things feed into this spectrum.

6:27

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

And it's really trying to understand that an organization's culture and environment and work itself is one of those places where it can exacerbate or support our mental health. One of the things that impact people are what we call risk factors. So these are the things that are really impacting us, all of these different embedded circles on top of each other in our microsystems, our macrosystems, as some would say.

6:50

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

All of these different environments and system in our lives that impact our day-to-day functioning and can exacerbate our mental health concerns, our mental health symptoms, our mental health overall. So culturally, these look like historical trauma, mistrust in the health system. Socially, these look like poverty, stigma, poor social relationships. If there's family history of substance use or mental health concerns, if there's stressful life events.

7:16

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

psychologically, so it's internally, mentally, if you had any kind of life experiences that have caused trauma, abuse, mistreatment. And biologically, there's also biological underpinnings and foundations of mental health concerns and risk factors that can impact your mental health symptoms, like family history, chronic medical conditions, really your daily physical health can all impact your mental health concerns.

7:40

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

On the opposite end, we have protective factors. So protective factors are things that we can implement and or increase or exist already in our lives that help to protect against our mental health symptoms and signs worsening. So culturally, this looks like maybe religious beliefs or spiritual beliefs, a sense of cultural belonging. Socially, this looks like a good social support system, economic stability. Family looks like consistent family routine and habits.

8:09

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

Psychologically, mentally, this looks like self-esteem, self-worth, using coping skills. And biologically, it's these things that you're doing for your physical body that are helping to protect you against significant stress. So physical movement, nutrition, breathing, all of those kinds of things, diet and exercise.

8:29

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

So one of the specific risk factors that we need to keep in mind is the impact of trauma. Now, trauma can be misused and has been misused, but it really speaks to the fact that there is a spectrum similar that we've talked about with mental health. There can be a spectrum of trauma that happens, and really the definition of it is an event or series of events or circumstances that an individual experiences as being physically or emotionally harmful.

8:55

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

It has lasting adverse effects on an individual's functioning and overall well-being. Now, trauma impacts each person differently. That's where I get back to that continuum. So what that means is some people may have the same defined traumatic event and have a different reaction to it, have a different level of resiliency, have a different level of all of those.

9:17

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

overlapping circles that we talked about in those other pictures, right? It's about how trauma interacts with your risk factors. It's how trauma interacts with your protective factors that you have in your life, about how you're able to cope and the impact of it. But what's important to keep in mind is really the trajectory of trauma, of course, of your lifetime. What that looks like is you may have what's called an ACE. So that's an adverse childhood experience. So it's something that may happen in early childhood that is

9:46

S… Speaker 2 (Mental Health - 1)

traumatic or significant even in your life. And that if when we get to the higher levels of trauma, that really can disrupt your neurodevelopment, whether that's socially, emotionally, psychologically, cognitively.

10:00

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

of these biopsychosocial areas it can impact it directly so when that happens we start to really have some kind of disruptive neurodevelopment we continue to develop we continue to grow but we may be a little stuck or we may miss

10:15

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

or have maladaptive skills dependent on our childhood experiences. Then that can cause social, emotional, cognitive impairment. This is where it may cause some of those mental health symptoms, right? That's why we talk about it being a significant risk factor. And then because of that, individuals might start adopting risky behaviors. So this can be impulsive decision-making, maladaptive coping skills, substance use.

10:40

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

all of those kinds of increased symptoms and trying to find ways to cope with these impairments and symptoms in an unhealthy way. And then at this most significant end of the spectrum that can lead to chronic disease, it can lead to significant disabilities, significant impact on functioning in all our environments, professionally, personally, socially, all of those things, and really at its highest.

11:04

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

risk, it can lead to early death when there's significant trauma or there is trauma with all these other risk factors and limited protective factors available. Wrapping up from all of this, we're going to do this at the end of each one of our modules. We're going to give you three resources to remember. We'll include links in these presentations to some of the information we may share or videos we may share. Two things hopefully you've learned from this presentation and one action that you can take leaving from this.

11:32

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

Three resources to remember. We have the 2023 State of Mental Health in America. And then we have NAMI, which is our National Alliance of Mental Illness. It's a website. They have local chapters across the country. Really can provide resources, materials, crisis hotlines, anything you need in terms of mental health. And the Mental Health First Aid is a really good resource. It has additional training for individuals that are interested. And some of the resources that you're going to see us use throughout these modules.

11:59

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

is informed by mental health first aid the idea behind it is that similar to cpr first aid that we use for medical issues we want to take the same approach with mental health so the intention is not for you to be a therapist or a mental health provider for people that is struggling it's so you have those initial set of skills that you can notice and connect that person with appropriate help if they need it

12:23

S… Speaker 1 (Mental Health - 1)

So hopefully the two things that you all have learned is that everyone struggles with mental health at some point in their life. So we all have mental health. It is on a continuum. And we're really about how approaching it and how understanding it and that we all will struggle with it at some point in our life. And that there are a lot of risk factors and protective factors that can impact positively and negatively the severity of mental health symptoms and our ability to manage them.

12:49

S… Speaker 2 (Mental Health - 1)

And trying to really approach people is the action to take from a trauma-informed stance.

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