CELEBRITIES WITH MENTAL HEALTH

DISORDERS

There are many people who have mental

health disorders.

They are many famous people dealing

with these problems everyday.

If you recieve the correct treatment you

can battle the disease.

CATHERINE ZETA JONES

• Catherine Zeta Jones is a

Welsh actress.

• She suffers with Bipolar

disorder 2.

• This means that she lives

with very difficult thought

processes and although she

reaches very extreme highs

and lows with the disease,

Bipolar disorder 2 means

that she will never fully

reach complete mania.

PABLO PICASSO• Pablo Picasso suffered

with Schizophrenia in his

later life.

• Schizophrenia affects

about one person in every

100.

• Some symptoms of

Schizophrenia are:

• Hallucinations

• Trouble focusing or paying

attention

• No logical thought process

• Unhappiness in every day

life

TYPES OF MENTAL DISORDERS

• ANXIETY DISORDERS: a lot of fear, rapid heartbeat, and reacting

without control.

• MOOD DISORDERS: for example, Mania, Depression or Bipolar

disorders.

• PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS: halluciations, hearing noises. Like

Scizophrenia.

• EATING DISORDERS: Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa .

• IMPULSE AND ADDICTION DISORDERS: Pyromania (starting

fires), Kleptomania (stealing disorder), Alcohol and drugs are

common objects of addictions, and also gambling.

• PERSONALITY DISORDERS: When thinking patterns and

behavior differ from the behavior of the rest of society. For

example OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – can become

obsessed with certain things, for example washing hands 100

times a day.

HOW TO COMBAT MENTAL ILLNESS

• The best way to start with a mental illness is to see experienced

professional help, who specialise in the subject of mental

health.

• This way they can diagnose you with the correct Mental Illness

as they are all extremely different even if they have similar

characterstics.

• From Depression to Schizophrenia there are ways of living and

dealing with your illness.

• For example, a doctor may perscribe you medicine that can

reduce the effects of theillness, for example with Bipolar

disorder, the medicine given by professionals is to reduce the

intensity of the sufferers highs and lows, so that their mind and

behavior is more balanced.

• Another way of recieving help for mental illnesses is mental

therapy.. There is a wide range of therapy to recieve for mental

illness for example Psychotherapy and Cognitive therapy. The

therapy you recieve will depend on the illness you have.