BPD
BPD stands for:
Borderline Personality Disorder
PTSD stands for:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
What is GAD?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Manic episodes that last at least 7 days or manic symptoms that require hospitalization. Depressive episodes occur as well and typically last 2 weeks.
The boy who made Harry Potter a household name at the age of ten has been struggling with OCD since he was five. DOUBLE JEOPARDY: PICTIONARY (YOUR TEAM MUST ANSWER CORRECTLY)
Daniel Radcliffe
With this sign of BPD in men, diagnosed men may struggle to accept responsibility if they’re at fault, not knowing how to cope with their overwhelming feelings of guilt and despair. DOUBLE JEOPARDY: PICTIONARY (YOUR TEAM MUST ANSWER CORRECTLY)
Blame-Shifting
In due time, one with PTSD should transform their sense of self from “victim” to “survivor", and then to a "_______".
Thriver
A brief episode of intense anxiety, which causes the physical sensations of fear. These can include a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling and muscle tension. DOUBLE JEOPARDY: PICTIONARY (YOUR TEAM MUST ANSWER CORRECTLY)
Panic Attack
Besides medication, this evidence-based treatment for people with bipolar disorder was shown effective:
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
In a January 2024 appearance on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, The Price is Right host and comedian opened up on his years-long battle with depression, which led him to attempt suicide when he was 18 and in his early 20s.
Drew Carey
These types of medication can used to treat BPD symptoms, but not the disorder (NAME ONE):
Anticonvulsants, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, Antipsychotics
Name one of the three factors that influence PTSD.
Severity, Age, Lack of Support After Event
The severity of the trauma, the age at which the trauma occurs, and the degree of support that the victim receives during and after the event.
This type of therapy is not only best with PTSD, but great with assisting with arachnophobia.
Exposure Therapy
A pattern of depressive episodes and hypomanic episodes, but not full blown manic episodes
Bipolar II
This American swimmer, who has won a record-breaking 19 Olympic medals during his swimming career, also lives with attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder and depression.
Michael Phelps
An evidence-based treatment for people with borderline personality disorder
Mentalization-based therapy (MBT); Dialectical-based therapy (DBT)
This brain chemical is what controls our "fight or flight" response:
Cortisol
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Bipolar has many causes, but one is said to be an overabundance of this neurotransmitter. DOUBLE JEOPARDY: PICTIONARY (YOUR TEAM MUST ANSWER CORRECTLY)
Dopamine
This famous in-demand drummer played with John Lennon and Frank Zappa and co-wrote “Layla” with Eric Clapton. In 1983, he stabbed his mother to death. He said he “snapped” from the torment of hearing her voices in his head. He was then diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has been denied parole from prison multiple times, most recently in 2018.
Jim Gordon
The suicide rate for those struggling with BPD is ___%.
Ten
Distrust of others, feelings of abandonment, helplessness, fear of change, blaming others, and inability to take responsibility for our healing process. DOUBLE JEOPARDY: PICTIONARY (YOUR TEAM MUST ANSWER CORRECTLY)
Victim-Stance Thinking
According to the TED Talk "Overcoming Anxiety" by Jonas Kolker, one in _____ people experience anxiety to the degree that they have to make active changes in their lives.
Five
Numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms as well numerous periods of depressive symptoms lasting for at least 2 years. However, the symptoms do not meet the diagnostic requirements for a hypomanic episode and a depressive episode.
Cyclothymic
This Saturday Night Live actor-turned-announcer is best known for impersonations of Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and other famous faces, was told he had schizophrenia and manic depression, also called bipolar disorder.
Darrell Hammond