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The British Society for Mental Health and Deafness (BSMHD) WHO are - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The British Society for Mental Health and Deafness (BSMHD) WHO are - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The British Society for Mental Health and Deafness (BSMHD) WHO are BSMHD ? Only charity in the UK who focus 100% on Mental Health and Deafness WHY ? Deaf people almost twice as likely to have some form of MH episode in a lifetime compared
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- Information hub
- Networking
- Conferences
- Regional seminars
- Training
WHAT do we do ?
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World Mental Health Day 10th October 2016
Mental Health First Aid
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Mental Health First Aid
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- Internationally recognised course
(43 Countries)
- Started in Australia in 1999
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Described by the BBC as “Plasters for the Mind”
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- To preserve life where a person may be a
danger to themselves or others
- To provide help to prevent the mental
health problem developing into a more serious state
- To promote the recovery of good mental
health
- To provide comfort to a person
experiencing a mental health problem
- To raise awareness of mental health issues
in the community
- To reduce stigma and discrimination
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Aims of MHFA
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Accessible to Deaf people ??
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The mental health continuum
Minimal mental health problems Maximal mental health problems
A person with a diagnosis of a serious illness but who copes well and has positive mental health A person with no diagnosed illness
- r disorder but who has poor
mental health A person with no illness or disorder and positive mental health A person with a diagnosis of a serious illness and who has poor mental health
_ No absolutes _ The continuum . . .
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Minimal mental wellbeing Maximal mental wellbeing
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Good mental health Bad mental health
The Mental Health Cycle
Serious mental health problem Mild mental health problem
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What’s in your stress bucket?
Vulnerability is shown by the size of the bucket
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(Source: Brabban & Turkington 2002)
Stress flows into the bucket
Good coping = tap working lets the stress out Bad coping = tap not working so water fills bucket and overflows
If the bucket
- verflows,
problems develop
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The Stress Bucket
If the bucket
- verflows, this
can cause problems
But if we use ‘self- help strategies’, we can get the tap working to get that stress out!
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But if we use ‘self- help strategies’, we can get the tap working to get that stress out!
The Stress Bucket
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- Have delivered 19 courses in
England over a 2 year period
- 200 students trained
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