Mental Health Awareness Month
What month is mental health awareness month?
What is May?
1 in ___ adults live with a mental illness
What is 5?
Anxiety is the most common mental health concern worldwide
What is True?
Anxiety disorders are the most common, impacting nearly 30% of adults at some point in their lives.
A student is unusually quiet, exhausted, and stopped doing activities they normally enjoy. This could be a sign of this mental health struggle.
What is depression/burnout/stress?
This actress founded the "Be Kind to Your Mind" campaign to raise mental health awareness
Who is Demi Lovato
What color ribbon represents mental health awareness month?
What is green?
1 in ___ youth ages (6-17 years old) have a mental health disorder
What is 7?
Stress is always bad for you
What is False?
learning new skills, problem solving skills, short term manageable challenges
Someone feels shaky, has racing thoughts, and worries constantly before presentations.
What is anxiety/stress?
This singer has also launched the Born This Way Foundation, which works to promote mental health awareness and support
Who is Lady Gaga
This 3-digit dialing code is the National Mental Health Crisis and Suicide hotline, launched in 2022.
What is 988?
Which race group has the highest prevalence of mental illness among U.S. adults?
Multiracial: 35.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 25.9%
Hispanic or Latino: 20.7%
Black: 20.9%
White: 25.1%
Alcohol and drugs can cause brain functioning problems or health problems down the line.
What is True?
Alcohol and drugs stop your brain from properly developing the way it's supposed to! The human brain is not fully developed until age 25, so any substances you use prior to this could cause damage.
Alcohol and other substance can cause heart, lung and other health problems later in life.
A friend suddenly stops replying to everyone and isolates themselves after conflict. Name one supportive thing you could do.
Examples: check in calmly, listen, encourage support.
The most decorated Olympian swimmer of all time has shared his struggles with ADHD and depression, becoming an advocate for mental health awareness and therapy
Who is Michael Phelps
What is this years theme for mental health awareness month?
More good days together
This percentage range of teens report feeling persistent sadness or hopelessness in national youth surveys in recent years.
What is around 40%?
Trauma can only be diagnosed in a war veteran.
What is False?
Trauma can be diagnosed with someone whose experienced mental, physical, sexual or emotional abuse along with other symptoms/ situations, NOT just as a diagnosis based on having experienced combat.
When the brain feels unsafe or in danger
You notice a classmate joking about never sleeping and being overwhelmed constantly. Why could humor sometimes hide stress?
What is masking emotions/avoiding vulnerability?
This athlete has been vocal about her struggles with depression and is an advocate for mental health awareness in sports
Who is Simone Biles
When was mental health awareness month established?
What is 1949?
Mental Health America launches the first Mental Health Week, which grew into a full month of awareness in May.
Approximately what percentage of mental health conditions begin before age 14?
What is about 50%?
If someone in your family has a mental illness, you will also have it.
What is False? — Family history increases risk but does not guarantee you will develop the same condition
A student keeps saying, “If I mess up once, I’m a failure.” This is an example of this unhealthy thinking pattern.
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
This tennis champion withdrew from tournaments and highlighted mental health in sports.
Who is Naomi Osaka?