1. By: Amanda Miller
Contemporary Social Issues – 30 GNED2057
Teacher: Emily Brett

2. Well-Being
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Bullying
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Mental Health
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Substance Abuse

3. Bullying: Cyber
FACTS
- About 43% of kids have been bullied online
Ranks as highest concern by teachers
 Cyber bullying includes:
 Sending mean messages or threats
 Spreading rumors online or through texts
 Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social media
 Stealing a person's account information
 Pretending to be someone else online to hurt others
AFFECTS
Bullying victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to consider committing
suicide.
More likely their grades drop
More likely to be abusive to themselves or others
Disinterested in their life
Ill and unhappy

4. Bullying: Physical
FACTS
- Physical bullying tends to increases in elementary school, tops in
middle school and decreases in high school
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Physical bullying includes:
 Hitting
 Pushing
 Tripping
 Spitting
AFFECTS
46 percent of males admit to being victims while 26 percent of
females have admitted to being victims
Violence is commonly linked to gangs and drugs,

5. Bullying: Verbal
FACTS
one in four people have been verbally attacked
more than once
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Verbal bullying is insulting others with words including:
threating
name calling
spreading rumors
AFFECTS
affects one's self image, and affect in emotional and psychological ways.
can lead to low self-esteem and depression
the bullied may turn to substance abuse or suicide.
physical consequences

6. Bullying Solution
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Zero tolerance in school resulting in
suspension, removal from teams ect.
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Parents speak to children about being bullied and the bully
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Self-esteem support groups
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Bully education day

7. Metal Health: Youth
FACTS
- Around10-20% of Canadian youth are affected by a mental illness or disorder
- Mental illness is increasingly threatening the lives of our children
- Suicide is among the leading causes of death in 15-24 year old Canadians,.
- mental disorders in youth are ranked as the second highest hospital care
- 20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime.
- 1 out of 5 children who need mental health services receives them.
- Anxiety disorders affect 5% of the household population
Mental Health Includes – ADHD - self-esteem,
- eating disorders
- depression - bipolar disorder - anxiety
AFFECTS
- Success in school, trouble with relationships, overwhelming feeling
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8. Mental Health: Adults
FACTS
-20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime
- ADHD affects 3% to 10% of school-aged children and an estimated 60% of those will
continue to have symptoms and affect them as adults.
- Prevalence rates for ADHD in adults are not well determined but are in the 4% to 5%
range.
- ADHD affects males at higher rate than females in childhood and adulthood
Mental Health Includes – ADHD - self-esteem,
- eating disorders
- depression - bipolar disorder - anxiety
AFFECTS
- Its hard to hold a job concentrate and be organized
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- When its not managed behavioral, emotional, social and academic problems occur

9. Mental Health Videos
 Here’s
a video on Mental Health stats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww
n52-d6Sc0
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Stop The Stigma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ
fpjnAC-qE

10. Mental Health: Solution

Talk about it
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Awareness and Educate

Positive Supportive Appmosphere
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Therapy/ Support groups
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Family Involvement

11. Substance Abuse: Legal Drugs
FACTS
 83% of Ontario students drink alcohol in grade twelve
 49% admit to binge drinking
 Between 1991 and 2007, opioid-related deaths doubled in Ontario.
AFFECTS

inflammation of the liver which can lead to cirrhosis

lowered blood pressure increasing chances of heart disease, stroke

ulcers from irritated stomach lining
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inflammation of the pancreas
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increased risk of cancers in the mouth, throat, larynx and oesophagus

12. Substance Abuse:Illegal
FACTS
- Percent of persons 12 and over with any illicit drug use
in the past month: 8.9% (2010)
- Percent of persons 12 and over with marijuana use in the
past month: 6.9% (2010)
AFFECTS
- Changes the way your brain functions, leads to irritability, paranoia, delusions,
and anxiety
- Destroys the body, infects the lining of your hearts
and valves, sores and weight loss
- Effects the brain and heart leading to cardiac
arrest or seizures, and respiratory failure
-Health problems like liver disease, lung
disease, HIV/AIDS and blood clots

13. Substance Abuse: Solution

More awareness
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Law makes it harder to produce/buy/sell
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More rehab centers with better/cheaper cost
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Al-Anon

14. Well Being Theory
- These relate and affect society because
everyone has dealt with one of the topics
previously discussed and has a strong opinion on
it.
- Theses opinion's make up how people with
theses problems are treated and seen in the
world. Which affects how they help their
community.

15. References
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(n.d) 11 Facts About Cyber Bullying Retrieved from
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying
Bullying Statistics - Stop Bullying, Harassment, and Anti-Bully in School/Work (2013)
Retrieved from http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/
Canadian Mental Health Association (2013) Fast Facts about Mental Illness Retrieved from
http://www.cmha.ca/media/fast-facts-about-mental-illness/
CDC (2013) Illegal Drug Use Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/druguse.htm
Sherri, G. (2013) 6 types of bullying Retrieved from
http://bullying.about.com/od/Basics/a/6-Types-Of-Bullying.htm
Teen Challenge Canada (n.d) retrieved from
http://www.teenchallenge.ca/gethelp/educational-resources/alcohol-abuse-facts
The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (n.d) Above the Influence Retrieved
from http://abovetheinfluence.com/facts/drugfacts
WedMD (2013) Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/adhdteens