Diagnoses
This diagnosis usually involves delusions (false beliefs), hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that don’t exist), unusual physical behavior, and disorganized thinking and speech. It is common for people with this disorder to have paranoid thoughts or hear voices.
Schizophrenia
Myth or Fact?
Mental health issues are rare in the United States
MYTH
1 in 5 American adults experience a mental health condition any given year
1 in 6 young people have experienced a major depressive episode
1 in 20 Americans have lived with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression
Participating in activities that bring joy and relaxation, like reading or gardening, is known as this.
Engaging in hobbies
Symptoms include: low energy, changes in sleep & appetite, impaired concentration, difficulty making decisions, feeling empty, numb, or sad nearly every day, increased physical aches and pains.
Depression
What is the smallest country in the world?
This diagnosis describes a constant feeling of anxiety or fear. More than just worrying about occasional stressful events most of us experience in our lives, people with this disorder have an ongoing experience of frequent anxiety that may last for months, or even years.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Myth or Fact?
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a condition in which some people experience a significant mood change when the seasons change. SAD is not considered a separate disorder but is a type of depression.
FACT
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is triggered by changes in seasons. This form of depression usually occurs during the fall and winter months when there is less sunlight, and the days get shorter. SAD usually lifts during the spring and summer months.
This tool is often used to track personal thoughts and emotions for better understanding.
Journaling
This episode can cause physical symptoms such as a rapid heartbeat, sweating, shaking, dizziness, trouble breathing, and numbness/tingling, as well as intense fear or feelings of doom. The episode comes on quickly, and may resolve within minutes or hours.
Panic Attack
Which letter of the alphabet is not used in any of the names of the US states?
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This diagnosis causes unusual shifts in mood and changes in their energy, thinking, behavior, and sleep. During these episodes, it is difficult to carry out day-to-day tasks, go to work or school, and maintain relationships.
Bipolar Disorder
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What is the primary symptom that differentiates Bipolar I from Bipolar II?
Myth or Fact?
People with mental health conditions are just as productive as other employees, especially when they are able to manage their mental health condition well.
FACT
Employers often do not know if someone has a mental health condition, but if the condition is known to the employer, they often report good attendance and punctuality as well as motivation, good work, and job tenure on par with, or greater than, other employees.
This practice involves visualizing a peaceful place or situation to reduce stress.
Guided Imagery Meditation
A stimulus that causes a strong adverse emotional reaction such as distress or anxiety. The stimulus can be internal (thoughts, memories) or external (your senses, phrases, locations).
Trigger
Which common condiment was once sold as medicine?
Ketchup
In 1834, Dr. John Cook Bennett of Ohio claimed that tomato ketchup could cure ailments like diarrhea, indigestion, rheumatism, and jaundice. He believed that tomatoes contained nutrients like pectin and lycopene that had medicinal properties.
This disorder includes not being able to focus, being overactive, not being able to control behavior, or a combination of these. This is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder in children.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Symptoms of ADHD fall into three groups:
Myth or Fact?
People with mental health diagnoses are no more likely to be violent than the general population is.
FACT
Only 3% to 5% of violent acts across the US can be attributed to individuals living with a serious mental illness.
In fact, people with severe mental illnesses are over 10x more likely to become a victim of a crime compared to the general population.
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These types skills target your ability to manage and respond to emotions in a healthy way. This may include: identifying emotions, controlling impulses, filtering information, and communicating effectively.
Emotion Regulation Skills
DAILY DOUBLE:
Name one DBT Skill that focuses on Emotion Regulation.
A psychological state when a person experiences a break in their connection to their thoughts, feelings, memories, body, or sense of identity causing them to feel disconnected from themselves and/or their surroundings.
Dissociation
True or False?
The continent of Australia is wider than the moon.
TRUE
Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 2,500 miles, while the moon's diameter is about 2,159 miles.
This personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others. More men than women are affected by this condition.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Myth or Fact?
Personality Disorders cannot be treated and do not improve over time.
MYTH
The outlook of treatment of personality disorders depends on how severe the condition is, and whether the person is willing to accept help. Long-term talk therapy, behavioral treatments, and skill-building can help to reduce the severity of symptoms.
This CBT/DBT technique involves evaluating the evidence for and the evidence against a specific thought to help us focus on facts rather than feelings.
Thoughts on Trial
This word describes the inability to experience joy or pleasure. You may feel numb or less interested in things that you once enjoyed. It's a common symptom of many mental health conditions like depression
Anhedonia
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This famous restaurant once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli.
McDonald's! The idea was to make broccoli taste like a childhood favorite so kids would choose it over less healthy options. The project was eventually shelved because kids were confused by the taste and didn't want to eat it.
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What year was bubblegum-flavored broccoli introduced?