Types
What are 3 common mental health conditions/disorders?
Depression, anxiety, PTSD
This is a healthcare professional you usually see on a weekly basis for the treatment of your mental health?
Therapist
This is a practice that involves writing about your thoughts and feelings?
What is journaling?
Trying to treat your symptoms with drugs and alcohol is considered?
Self-medication
What are 3 medications that treat depression?
Prozac, Lexapro, Wellbutrin, Zoloft, etc.
Which disorder includes a lack of energy, feelings of hopelessness, little interest in doing things that once made you happy and can lead to social disconnection?
Depression
This is a healthcare professional you see for medication to treat mental health.
Psychiatrist, PNP, PCP
This involves shifting your attention to another topic to limit racing thoughts/rumination.
Distraction, change of scenery
This involves stereotypes related to mental health (a negative view of mental health).
Stigma
This class of medications are used to treat anxiety but they have an addictive profile?
Benzodiazepines
Which disorder involves obsessions and compulsions (rituals)?
OCD
A place you can go and stay to be treated for your mental health?
Inpatient
This is an activity that involves a personal interest and for one's leisure?
Hobby
True or false - all cultures and religions believe in mental health disorders?
False
True or false - antidepressants work immediately to help you feel better.
False
Which condition can include racing thoughts, increased heartrate, sweating, panic, dread and internal turmoil?
Anxiety
This type of therapy is used to treat trauma and involves bilateral stimulation.
What is EMDR?
This activity involves finding things in your environment to help you feel more present.
Grounding skills
Name a movie where the main character struggles with a mental health condition.
Girl Interrupted, Silver Linings Playbook, Benny and Joon
What is called when you take your medications regularly?
In compliance
Which condition includes mood swings from depressed to manic?
Bipolar disorder
This is a newer medical treatment for PTSD that comes in nasal form.
What is ketamine?
This involves an activating event, your beliefs about the event and the emotional consequences associated with those beliefs?
What is the ABC model?
True or false - Mental health disorders can be passed on from one generation to the next.
True.
What is considered the gold standard medication for bipolar (manic-depression)?
Lithium