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Research and Website done by Ethan Miller and Luke Jaynes
Special thanks to Nicole Taylor, Bryan Owens, Greg Mathis, Sarah Mulder Ghulam, and Betsy Aspinwall.
This website was made by 8th graders (age 13) at Center for Inquiry 2 for the community (capstone) project.
Mental health is the well being of our acts, emotions, and thoughts.
Main causes for mental illness
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Trauma - Trauma is Something awful that can cause physical, emotional, or psychological harm. Examples: any form of abuse, bullying, traumatic grief, medical trauma, natural disasters, other scary events, and more
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Genetics - When a family member had a mental illness it would get passed down to you
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Certain injuries and chemical imbalance - Brain injuries that could cause Chemical Imbalances and certain types of surgery could cause mental health issues
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Issues during pregnancy - Getting exposed to chemicals or having viruses when pregnant
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Substance abuse - When someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol
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Serious mental conditions - Diseases that are life threatening like cancer
Main Treatments
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Medicine - Like SSRIs, or anti depressants can help treat mental mental health. Taking medicine only works if you keep taking it
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Self management - Having good hygiene or staying healthy. Self management can improve mental health but it wont always treat it.
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Coping techniques - Is having a hobby like sports or working out also there's being a problem solver or meditating there are a lot of different coping techniques. Coping techniques can improve your mental health.
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Therapy - Is the best way to treat mental health illness. There are different types of therapy like Cognitive behavioral therapy that helps with depression and anxiety.
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