TRUE or FALSE
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
TRUE
A sudden feeling of acute and disabling anxiety; intense fear or anxiety along with physical symptoms
Panic Attack
A symptom of depression is a persistently ____ mood.
SAD or DEPRESSED or UNHAPPY
What are healthy coping skills?
Taking deep breaths
listening to calming music
taking a walk
A mood disorder characterized by depression that occurs at the same time every year; occurs in climates where there is less sunlight at certain times of the year.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
True or False: Children are too young to develop a mental illness like depression or anxiety.
FALSE
Disorder associated with episodes of mood wings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs
Bipolar disorder
Hearing voices or seeing things that others do not hear or see is known as this.
hallucinations
Your friend is upset and wants to talk. You listen without interrupting and allow them to express their feelings. What skill are you demonstrating?
active listening
Deep sorrow, specifically caused by someone's death
Grief
TRUE OR FALSE SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A DISORDER THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY EXCESSIVE WEIGHT GAIN OR LOSS
FALSE
When depression is on a daily basis, characterized by persistent sadness, despair and hopelessness.
Major Depressive Disorder
Strong, excessive worry that is difficult to control can be a symptom of this.
anxiety
Name two people someone could reach out to when they are struggling.
trusted friend
family member
counselor
therapist
peer support
staff member.
26% of Americans ages 18 and older - about 1 in 4 adults - suffers from what?
Mental Health Disorder
True or False: People with mental health challenges have to take special tests to get a job or buy a house.
FALSE
Symptoms of this disorder include excessive washing or cleaning, repeated checking, extreme hoarding, aversion to particular numbers, etc.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Believing something strongly despite evidence that it is not true is called this.
delusion
Expressing good things from your day is a coping strategy known as ________
Gratitude
Name 3 things you can do to help a friend who thinks they may have a mental health problem.
Listen to them
spend time with them
encourage them to seek help
help them make appointments/go with them.
True or false: all stress is bad.
False.
Some stress can be motivating and is a natural reaction your body has to certain events. It can sometimes give us an "extra push". When stress becomes too much to handle, that might be an indication to start making some positive mental health changes
THIS MENTAL DISORDER IS COMMON TO MILITARY FORCES
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Speaking very rapidly, having racing thoughts, and needing very little sleep may occur during this.
mania
Describe the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Strategy
A technique that asks you to find things you can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste (5 senses) to calm down when feeling anxious or distressed.
5 - See
4 - Touch
3 - Hear
2 - Smell
1 - Taste
True or False: medication is the only treatment method that works for mental health problems.
False:
medication can be helpful, but therapy and counseling are also effective forms of overcoming mental illness.