I designed this presentation to raise awareness on anxiety and depression, including other mental health issues.
We are facing a global crisis on mental health and people aren't talking about it nearly enough. Employers also aren't aware of the many stresses that modern life places on some of their staff.
They need to take mental health more seriously in the workplace.
This presentation is dedicated to JewWario, Justin Carmical who committed suicide only recently. He was suffering from depression.
3. “Few people today would
dispute that chronic
stress is a hallmark of
our times or that anxiety
has become a kind of
cultural condition of
modernity.”
S C OT T S T O S S E L
4. 1 in 7 People
Suffer from some kind
of anxiety disorder
5. British Adults
1 in 4
Experience at least one
diagnosable mental health
problem in any one year
14. Anxiety
SOCIAL
Persistent fear about
social situations & being
around people. One of
the most common
anxiety disorders.
disorder
15. Anxiety
GENERAL
A long-term condition
that causes you to feel
anxious about a wide
range of situations
and issues, rather
than one specific
event.
disorder
16. Disorder (OCD)
OBSESSIVE-
COMPULSIVE
Is a mental health
condition where a
person has obsessive
thoughts & compulsive
behaviour such as
washing their hands
often.
17. Stress
POST-TRAMATIC
disorder
It can develop
immediately after
someone experiences
a disturbing event or
it can occur weeks,
months or even
years later.
24. Kids spend more time in
front of the TV & Video
Games Consoles
Than ever before.
25. Children in the United States watch
an average of three to four
hours of television a day. By the
time of high school graduation, they
will have spent more time
watching television than they
have in the classroom
American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry
26. The media loves to vilify
video games but they can be
a great stress reliever
used in moderation
27. Lack of Family Values
Dinner table disappearing
TV Dinners
28. Poor Diet & Lack of Exercise
Obesity Rates
rising
29. 34%
USA
30%
Mexico
27%
New
Zealand
Australia
25%
UK
25%
GLOBAL
OBESITY RATES
Source: OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development
36. The problem is we’re not out
hunting wild beasts anymore…
DOMINATE SPECIES ON EARTH.
we’ve evolved into the
37. “The lizard brain will fight
(to the death) if it has to, but
would rather run away.
It likes a vendetta and has
no trouble getting angry.
The lizard brain cares what
everyone else thinks,
because status in the tribe is
essential to its survival.”
S E T H G O D I N
38. “You have a genius inside of you, a
daemon with something to share
with the world. Everyone does. Are
you going to continue hiding it,
holding it back, and settling for less
than you deserve just because your
lizard brain is a afraid?”
S E T H G O D I N
78. Photo Credits
Thank you to the following:
Slide 19: Satish Krishnamurty-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/unlistedsightings
Slide 10: Lulu Hoeller - https://www.flickr.com/photos/toaireisdivine
Slide 22: Bark - https://www.flickr.com/photos/barkbud
Intro Slide: Craig Sunter -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/16210667@N02
Slide 69: Mike McCune https://www.flickr.com/photos/mccun934
79. References & Sources
Stats and data from:
Slide 7: 40,000,000 Americans suffer from anxiety disorders –
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
Slides 5, 8-9: Mental Health Foundation
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-information/mental-health-
statistics/
Slide 10: Stat from (World Health Organisation, 2001)
Slide 1: The Culture and Costs of Anxiety
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/08/my-age-of-
anxiety-stossel/
The
Culture
and
Costs
of
Anxiety
Slides 14-18: National Health Service UK
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anxiety/pages/introduction.aspx
80. References & Sources
Stats and data from:
Slide 20: Between 35 Percent and 85 Percent of all patients
diagnosed with one condition show symptoms of the other
[source: Seltzer]
http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/depression/
questions/depression-and-anxiety-related.htm
The
Culture
and
Costs
of
Anxiety
Slide 4: Depression Facts -
http://www.whitecloudfoundation.org/depression-facts