Mental Health Diagnoses
This condition is a persistently low or depressed mood and a loss of interest in activities that you used to enjoy. The symptoms must last for at least two weeks to receive a diagnosis.
Depression (MDD or Clinical Depression)
Name one coping skill.
Any coping skill.
The number of continents on Earth.
Seven.
The name of the therapist.
Ben Solensky
A mental health condition that cause fear, dread and other symptoms that are out of proportion to the situation.
Anxiety (Anxiety Disorder)
This technique involves breathing in for four seconds, breathing out for seven seconds, holding your breath for eight seconds, and then repeating.
4-7-8 Breathing
The number of planets in the solar system.
Eight (sorry Pluto)
These are the days and times that the evening Mental health IOP meets.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
A common mental health condition that can develop after a traumatic event. It involves symptoms like flashbacks, anxiety, negative thoughts and beliefs, and hypervigilance.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This technique involves identifying things you can see, things you can hear, things you can touch, things you can smell, and things you can taste in an attempt to ground you.
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique
These three atoms make up water.
Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
We had a discussion about this topic yesterday and the therapist provided an article with tips for improving this skill.
Patience.
A chronic mood disorder that causes intense shifts in mood, energy levels and behavior. Individuals with this condition often go through manic episodes and depressive episodes.
Bipolar Disorder
This is a type of therapy focused on trauma that involves manipulating the body's natural processing through eye movement to process past traumas.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
This is the world's fastest animal. (HINT: Its a bird.)
Peregrine Falcon
This is one of the names of the women who check in patients at the front desk.
Eryn, Cheryl, Lauren, Danielle.
A mental health condition in which you have frequent unwanted thoughts that cause you to perform repetitive behaviors.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
This is what the acronym TIPP stands for. These four things help us regulate our bodies during moments of heightened anxiety.
Temperature
Intense Exercise
Paced Breathing
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
This is the heavist organ in the human body.
The Liver.
This is the total number of sessions for a typical IOP stay. (HINT: It is a range of numbers.)
12-18