Mental Health
If someone is experiencing a mental health crisis or thoughts of self-harm, this is the most important first step.
Telling a trusted adult
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with depression and mental health disorders
TRUE
Why don’t some people share negative feelings such as sadness, being hurt, frustration?
Worried about being judged, or laughed at or seen as vulnerable. This can be due to the stigma around dealing with our mental health.
True or False: medication is the only treatment method that works for mental health problems.
False: medication can be helpful, but therapy and counseling are also effective forms of overcoming mental illness.
Name one greek god.
etc.
This is a common and serious mental health issue that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Characterized by low moods for longer than 2 weeks
Depression
Name 3 ways we can take care of ourselves and improve our mental health
Medication
Counseling
Coping skills
self-care
boundaries
This is a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Mindfulness
What age range do we typically see someone get diagnosed with schizophrenia?
Late teens early 20s
This famous artwork by Leonardo da Vinci was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and missing for over two years.
Mona Lisa
Name 3 people you can go to talk to if you are having a hard time while you are here
Doctor - Nurses – Therapist – and Support Staff
This chemical in the brain is often connected to feelings of happiness and well-being. This is what anti-depressants act on.
Serotonin
Exposure therapy is most commonly used as a treatment for these types of disorders.
Anxiety Disorders and Phobias
This mental health professional often helps connect clients with community resources, housing support, and case management services
Social Worker
This fish weighs over 500 pounds and is the largest fish after sharks and whales. What is its name.
Mola Mola or Ocean Sunfish
This term describes the negative stereotypes or shame sometimes associated with mental illness.
Stigma
What behaviors can happen when you suppress feelings?
Emotional outbursts (yelling, fighting, crying)
Self-harm
Isolation
What does OCD stand for?
Obsessive compulsive disorder
This mental health professional is a medical doctor who can diagnose mental illnesses and prescribe medication
Psychiatrist
Tennessee touches how many other states? If you can name all -- Ill double it.
8 -
The states bordering Tennessee are:
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive behavioral therapy
What are symptoms of anxiety?
overthinking, overwhelmed, racing heart persistent worry
This disorder may include symptoms such as flashbacks, hypervigilance, nightmares, and avoidance behaviors
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
This country consumes the most chocolate per capita in the world.
Switzerland