Mental Health Disorders
Characterized by feelings of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Anxiety
Involves physical activity, releases endorphins, which act as natural mood boosters and help reduce stress.
Exercise
This country has the highest rate of mental health disorders in the world.
USA
A stress reaction developing in people working in an area of unrelenting occupational demands. Symptoms include impaired work performance, fatigue, insomnia, depression, and reliance on alcohol or other drugs of abuse for temporary relief.
Burnout
This country consists of a chain of over 7000 islands.
Philippines
Characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead to compulsive behaviors.
OCD
Writing down thoughts, feelings, and experiences to gain insight into our lives.
Journaling
This is the most common mental health disorder.
Generalized anxiety disorder
A mental state characterized by a disconnection from reality, often involving hallucinations, delusions, and impaired thinking.
Psychosis
One of these floats and the other sinks.
Lemons float, but limes sink.
A form of depression that is caused by the decrease in the amount of natural light during fall and winter months
Seasonal affective disorder
The action of delaying or postponing something. Typically in response to feelings of anxiety.
Procrastination
When is mental health awareness month?
May
The simultaneous appearance of two or more illnesses
Comorbidity
This animal can sleep for up to 22 hours per day.
Koala
An anxiety disorder characterized by reoccurring unexpected anxiety attacks.
Panic Disorder
Focus on the positives rather than dwell on the negatives. This can be done through journaling, verbal affirmations, or other creative methods.
Gratitude
1 in ___ people worldwide will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime.
5
Inability to experience pleasure from activities that usually produce pleasurable feelings
Anhedonia
The most venomous fish in the world.
Stonefish
A chronic mental health condition characterized by a disregard for the rights of others, deceitful behavior, impulsivity, and lack of remorse. Sometimes called sociopathy.
Antisocial Personality Disorder.
This involves systematically tensing and releasing muscle groups to promote physical and mental relaxation.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
In the United States, 2.6% of the population has been diagnosed with this disorder.
Bipolar disorder
The coexistence of contradictory emotions, attitudes, ideas, or desires with respect to a particular person, object, or situation.
Ambivalence
This country has more pyramids than any other country in the world.
Sudan