Coping/Ed
Name 2 coping skills you could use to manage anxiety/panic
-TIPP skills (ice, paced breathing, PMR, intense exercise)
- Grounding skills
-Distraction
-Talking to a support
-Journaling/brain dump
- Taking a break
-Prioritizing self-care
MYTH OR FACT: Mental health struggles are a result of people being weak/being unable to handle their problems.
MYTH. Mental health conditions have complex causes, including genetics, brain chemistry, and environmental factors. They are in NO way character flaws.
Recurrent, intrusive thoughts that ruminate and cause anxiety and compulsive behaviors or rituals to attempt to control this anxiety are symptoms of what diagnosis?
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
This type of medication is used for the treatment of anxiety and depression. Examples are Prozac and Lexapro
What are anti-depressants or SSRIs?
TRUE OR FALSE. Otters hold hands when they sleep to stay connected with their companions and to avoid drifting apart.
What is TRUE? (and so cute)
Name at least 3 cognitive distortions/automatic negative thoughts
What is...?
-Magnification and minimization: Exaggerating or minimizing the importance of events. -
-Catastrophizing: Seeing only the worst possible outcomes of a situation.
-Overgeneralization: Making broad interpretations from a single or few events.
-Magical thinking: The belief that thoughts, actions, or emotions influence unrelated situations.
-Personalization: The belief that you are responsible for events outside of your control.
-Jumping to conclusions: Interpreting the meaning of a situation with little or no evidence.
-Mind reading: Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others without adequate evidence.
-Fortune telling: The expectation that a situation will turn out badly without adequate evidence.
-Emotional reasoning: The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are.
-Disqualifying the positive: Recognizing only the negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive.
-“Should” statements: The belief that things should be a certain way. “I should always be perfect.”
-All-or-nothing thinking: Thinking in absolutes such as “always,” “never,” or “every.” “I never do a good enough job on anything.
MYTH OR FACT: Talking about suicide will make a person more likely to act on suicidal thoughts
MYTH. Actually, the opposite is true! Talking about suicide can lead to decreased stigma and getting people the help they need before it's too late.
Delusions and hallucinations are positive symptoms of what mental health diagnosis?
This is one of the highest levels of care in mental health and usually involves staying in a hospital for acute safety concerns
What is inpatient/residential treatment?
An octopus has this many hearts
What is three?
Name the three parts of the cognitive triangle
What are thoughts, feelings and emotions?
MYTH OR FACT. The highest instances of mental health diagnoses are with individuals between the ages of 18-25.
FACT. The highest prevalence of mental health diagnoses is in the age group 18-25 (33.7 % of adults). The second highest is 26-49 (28.1%) and the third highest is ages 50+ (15%)
Name 3 symptoms of anxiety
- Excessive worry/fear
-Not being able to stop/control worrying
-Worrying too much about different things
-Trouble relaxing
-Being restless
-Being easily annoyed/irritable
-Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen
Name at least one option for treatment of a substance use disorder
What is...?
-Residential/inpatient CD treatment
- IOP chemical dependency treatment
- Support groups (AA, SMART recovery)
This is the world's deadliest animal (to humans)
What is a mosquito?
Mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever, kill 725,000 people each year. Mosquitoes outnumber every other animal except ants and termites
In CBT, this is a person’s most central ideas about themselves, others, and the world. These beliefs act like a lens through which every situation and life experience is seen.
What are core beliefs?
MYTH OR FACT: Therapy is always confidential, no matter what you disclose.
MYTH. Where the potential for imminent harm, or actual harm, is disclosed then confidentiality cannot be maintained.
Name 3 symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
What is...?
-Flashbacks/intrusive memories of event
-Nightmares or event
-Avoidance of reminders of the trauma
-Hypervigilance/hyperarousal
-Difficulty maintaining a positive affect
Name at least two types of psychotherapy or "talk therapy"
What is...?
-CBT
-DBT
-Solution-focused therapy
- Family therapy
-Group therapy
-Individual therapy
- Play therapy
-Psychodynamic theray
-Somatic therapy
Dolphins purposely inhale the toxins of this fish to "get high" as the toxins produce a narcotic and hallucinogenic effect
What is pufferfish?
In DBT, this term describes the middle ground between the logical/rational mind and the emotion mind, also known as "walking the middle path"
What is wise mind?
MYTH OR FACT: Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental health diagnosis in the US currently.
FACT. Approximately 19.1% of adults in the US reported experiencing an anxiety disorder in the last year
What are at least 3 signs and symptoms of a manic episode?
What is...?
-Feeling euphoric/on top of the world
-Decreased need for sleep
-Increased energy levels
-Increased irritability
-Rapid speech/thoughts
-Inflated self-esteem
-Participation in high-risk activities
Name the 4 levels of care in mental health treatment
(hint... the highest level requires hospital admission)
What is...?
-Inpatient/residential
- Partial hospitalization (PHP)
- Day treatment/intensive outpatient (IOP)
- Individual outpatient therapy
This small sea creature is the loudest animal in the world
What is a pistol shrimp?
(The Pistol Shrimp is capable of snapping its claw shut so rapidly, that it creates a bubble which collapses to produce a sonic blast, louder than a Concorde’s sonic boom.)