Mental Health Awareness
Definitions
Correct the Stigma Statements
Coping Mechanisms
Random
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True or False: Mental Illness involves a chemical imbalance in the brain that can be impacted by genetics and a person's environment.
True: These brain scans show a difference in healthy and unhealthy brain activity.
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Develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of harm. Flashbacks of the incident occur frequently cause intense stress.
What is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder?
100
Are you high again?
Highlight the behaviors:
Hey I am noticing (behaviors). Has there been any recent use?
100
The practice of focusing the mind to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.
What is meditation?
100
A person's overall sense of worth or value
What is self esteem?
200
The leading mental health diagnosis in America
What is Depression?
200
Condition identified by periods of intense depression that alternate with periods of manic moods
What is Bipolar Disorder?
200
Have you taken your medication today?
You seem (emotional state) Is there anything that I can do to help?
200
Doing this can be a reliable coping skill for stress. Biking, Walking, & Yoga are included in this category.
What is exercise or physical activity?
200
988
What is the suicide prevention hotline
300
Fill in the blank with the correct age:
50% of all mental illness begins by age _________ and 75% by age 24.
What is 14 years old?
300
Fill in the blanks: Heavy drinking is ___ or more drinks for woman and ___ or more drinks for men in a day.
4,5
Heavy drinking is: For women—4 or more drinks on any day or 8 or more per week. For men—5 or more drinks on any day or 15 or more per week
300
Why can't you just get better?
I understand getting better is a process that takes time.
300
This self-soothing technique is useful when trying to address racing heart rate when anxious.
What is controlled breathing?
300
A stressor that can increase anxiety/depression
What is (up to the discretion of person)
400
True or False: Medication can treat and cure mental illness and addiction. No other form of treatment is needed.
False: Medication is a part of recovery but not all. Recovery can include therapy, healthy supports, community involvement, and utilizing healthy coping skills.
400
A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
What is clinical depression?
400
Why can't you just get over it (past trauma)?
How can I support you?
400
These coping skills can help you process feelings and emotions that are hard to describe or understand in a creative way.
What are Art, Music, Dance, Movement?
400
Doing this for 8 hours a day can make you feel energized and help boost your mood.
What is sleep
500
The three main responses to stress
What is fight, flight, or freeze?
500
An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts and or repetitive behavior
What is Obsessive-Compulsive disorder?
500
Your an addict/nutcase.
You are a person in recovery. You are a person with a mental illness.
500
A group of people with common experiences or concerns who provide each other with encouragement, comfort, and advice.
What is a support group?
500
Being in the present; being aware of our thoughts and feelings in the moment
What is mindfulness?