Help Yourself or a Friend
Signs and Symptoms
True or False
School Support
Family/Relationships
100
Name 3 places/people you can go to if you are having a hard time or feel you have a mental health problem.
What are a trusted family member, friend, church member or teacher, a mental health crisis line (1-866-260-8000), your doctor?... keep going to people/places until you find help!
100
These are 3 symptoms of depression.
What are feelings of hopelessness, tiredness, big changes in eating and sleeping, wanting to be alone most of the time, frequent headaches or stomachaches, inability to concentrate, thoughts of hurting yourself or thoughts of suicide?
100
Mental health problems are rare.
What is false. About 1 in 5 people ages 15 to 24 report having a mental disorder, substance abuse concern, or a learning disability.
100
This is a service in school that allows you to receive speech therapy, occupational therapy, and counseling, and help with learning difficulties.
What is special education?
100
People who may or may not live with you, who help to take care of you
What is a family?
200
Taking a bubble bath, going for a jog, listening to music, talking to a friend are all ways to do this.
What is taking care of yourself/coping with stress?
200
Someone who frequently gets up in the middle of class, cuts in the lunch line, and has trouble finding his school supplies might have this disorder
What is ADHD?
200
If your counselor wants to talk to your parents about your problems, they should ask your permission first.
What is true, but if there is a safety concern (for example, thoughts of hurting yourself or others) the counselor is required to tell your parents.
200
A service to allow for a quieter workspace, small group work, more time for assignments, and/or cooling off time.
What is a 504 plan?
200
Family game night, alone time or outings with each parent, eating together, and talking about feelings
What are things you do in a healthy family?
300
Take deep breaths, take a walk or exercise, talk to a friend or a pet, write in a journal, listen to music, think of a happy place or time
What can you do when you are feeling anxious or worried?
300
Sweating, nausea, trembling, tightness or pain in the chest, difficulty breathing, blurred vision, feeling like you might have a heart attack
What is a panic attack/anxiety attack?
300
All stress is bad
What is false. Stress is your body's way of dealing with a challenge. It can help us get things done that we need to do, like studying for a test. But when you feel like you have too much stress and your life is out of balance, you can learn ways to control that stress.
300
Someone is calling you names, pushing you, threatening you, making you feel unsafe.
What is bullying?
300
You are rewarded for making good choices
What is positive discipline?
400
You or your friend are having thoughts of hurting yourself or someone else. What can you do?
What is to call 911 or the 24 hour hotline: 1-800-273-8255?
400
Worrying about things that may or may not happen, often thinking the worst, worrying what other people think, being nervous more than others
What is anxiety?
400
Kids who cut or hurt themselves are just trying to get attention.
What is false. The majority of teens who hurt themselves go to great lengths to hide their scars and their behaviors from adults, and particularly their parents. Cutting often is a silent cry for help, and not designed just to attract attention.
400
These are three things you can do if someone is bullying you.
What are: say calmly "bullying is not cool" and walk away, tell a trusted teacher or other adult, ask your parent for help in reporting the incident?
400
Give your brother or sister space, compliment your siblings, do things they like to do, share your things
What are ways to get along with your siblings?
500
He or she listens to you, helps you when you're sick, hangs out with you, forgives you, makes you laugh.
What is a good friend?
500
Overeating or not eating enough, or making yourself throw up
What is an eating disorder?
500
If a friend tells you she might harm herself, but to keep it a secret, you should keep that promise.
What is false. It is better to have a friend alive and well, and mad at you, than to lose that friend. If you think your friend is serious about committing suicide, do not be afraid to call 911.
500
Someone you can talk to when you are having trouble with classes, other students, or at home
Who is the school counselor?
500
What you can do if you feel unsafe in your home, or there is an emergency
What is telling a trusted adult outside of the home, or calling 911?
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