Public Speech
Mental Health & You
Your name
Informative Speech
Public Speaking class, Southern States University
What is Mental Health?
versus
(Moran, 2020)
(Mental Health 2020, 2020)
What is Mental Health Illness?
Exists in many forms (American Psychiatric Association, 2020)
Ranges mild to severe (American Psychiatric Association, 2020)
Does not discriminate (American Psychiatric Association, 2020)
Can lead to a crisis (Hackensack Meridian Health, 2018)
Myths associated (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2020)
(National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2019)
(National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2019)
Mental Health Prevention and Treatment
(Anderson, 2018)
Early Prevention Strategies (American Psychiatric Association, 2020)
Immediate Crisis Hotlines (National Institutes of Mental Health, n.d.)
Daily Support for Each Other (Holthaus, n.d.)
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2018, August). American Psychiatric Association. Retrieved from American Psychiatric Association: https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/what-is-mental-illness
Anderson, L. (2018, August 6). Mental Health Carers NSW. Retrieved from Mental Health Carers NSW: https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/use-this-pain-scale-to-assess-your-mental-health-article/
Geneva Healthcare. (2018, October 10). Scoop Health. Retrieved from Scoop Health: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1810/S00059/what-is-mental-health-and-who-wants-to-talk-about-it.htm
Hackensack Meridian Health. (2018, June 20). How to recognize a mental health crisis and intervene. Retrieved from Hackensack Meridian Health: https://carrierclinic.org/2018/06/20/how-to-recognize-a-mental-health-crisis-and-intervene/
Holthaus, J. (n.d.). The importance of mental health awareness. Retrieved from Pine Rest Mental Health Services: https://www.pinerest.org/mental-health-awareness-blog/
Moran, A. (2020, April 29). VeryWellMind. Retrieved from VeryWellMind: https://www.verywellmind.com/definition-of-mental-illness-4587855
National Alliance on Mental Illness. (2019, September). National Alliance on Mental Illness. Retrieved from National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/mhstats
National Institute of Mental Health. (n.d.). Help for mental illnesses. Retrieved from National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2020, May 28). mentalhealth.gov. Retrieved from https://www.mentalhealth.gov/basics/what-is- mental-health