Psychological problems

• Mental health is on the rise
• There is not more mental illness these days than ever before
• People are just more likely to seek help these days
• Changes in addiction over time
• Changes in depression over time
• How mental health affects us

  You need to be able to explain how depression and addiction affect us individually (socially, emotionally and occupationally) and at a societal level (healthcare, crime and costs)
• How mental health affects the individual and society

  • Individual: Social, Emotional, Occupational
  • Society: Healthcare, Crime, Cost
• Addiction


  People need to have or do a particular thing - a substance or activity - in order to be able to go about their normal routine
• Withdrawal


  A set of unpleasant physical or psychological symptoms someone gets when they are trying to quit or cannot satisfy their addiction
• Some facts and figures about the prevalence of addiction