Mental Health Basics
What month is recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S.?
What is May?
What Pixar film personifies emotions inside a young girl’s mind?
What is Inside Out?
This LA beach activity can help clear your mind while you listen to the waves.
What is a beach walk?
This organ controls thoughts, emotions, memory, and mood
What is the brain?
What is the minimum number of supervised hours required for BCBA certification?
What is 2,000 hours?
What does the acronym ABA stand for?
What Netflix show sparked global conversations about teen suicide and mental health?
What is 13 Reasons Why?
What app, popular in LA, was co-founded by a former monk and promotes mindfulness?
What is Headspace?
According to National Institute of Mental Health, more than 1 in 5 U.S. adults live with this
What is mental illness?
What condition are screening tools like PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 used to screen for?
What is depression?
What is the DSM-5 used for in behavioral health?
What is diagnosing behavioral health disorders?
What famous singer canceled a tour in 2022 due to panic attacks and anxiety?
Who is Shawn Mendes?
What iconic LA venue hosted a mental health awareness concert in 2023?
What is the Hollywood Bowl?
Getting enough of this helps your brain with learning, memory, focus, and mood
What is sleep?
This technique means saying kind or encouraging words to yourself
What are positive affirmations?
What self-care practice involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax and help reduce stress?
What is Mindfulness?
“Born This Way” singer started a foundation focused on kindness and youth mental health
Who is Lady Gaga?
What is the largest public mental health department in the U.S., serving over 250,000 clients annually?
What is the L.A. County Department of Mental Health?
This “feel-good” brain chemical is often linked with pleasure, reward, and motivation
What is dopamine?
This tool means reaching out to someone you trust when you need support
What is asking for help?
What physical activity has shown strong links to reduced symptoms of depression?
What is walking/running/cycling/jogging/swimming?
What 1999 film explores dissociative identity disorder and stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton?
What is Fight Club?
This popular LA wellness activity combines stretching, breathing, and mindfulness.
What is yoga?
What federal act mandates mental health parity in insurance coverage?
What is Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA?)
Which technique originally developed for trauma uses bilateral stimulation (like eye movements) to process distressing memories?
What is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)?