Mental Wellness
This professional helps people understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and may provide therapy and coping strategies.
What is a psychologist?
This condition can cause ongoing sadness, hopelessness, low energy, and loss of interest in things you normally enjoy.
What is depression?
This professional helps people navigate challenges such as family problems, mental health concerns, and access to community supports.
What is a social worker?
These are limits you set about what you are comfortable with in a relationship and how you expect to be treated.
What are boundaries?
This three-digit number is used in Canada to contact emergency services when someone is in immediate danger or needs urgent police, fire, or ambulance assistance.
What is 911?
This medical doctor specializes in mental health, can diagnose mental illnesses, and can prescribe medication.
What is a psychiatrist?
This condition can involve excessive worry, fear, nervousness, or feeling constantly on edge.
What is anxiety?
This support professional helps people experiencing housing challenges connect with housing, shelter, financial, and community resources.
What is a housing worker?
Treating someone with kindness, consideration, and valuing their feelings and opinions demonstrates this.
What is respect?
This three-digit number connects people in Canada with free, confidential support for thoughts of suicide or emotional distress.
What is 988?
Taking slow breaths, noticing your surroundings, or focusing on the present moment are examples of this.
What is mindfulness/grounding?
This condition involves unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors that can be difficult to control.
What is OCD?
This skill involves listening carefully to understand someone rather than simply waiting for your turn to speak.
What is active listening?
A relationship where both people feel safe, valued, supported, and able to be themselves is an example of this.
What is a healthy relationship?
This is when a person continues to use a substance or engage in a behavior despite harmful effects and has difficulty stopping.
What is addiction?
Recognizing your emotions and finding healthy ways to respond to them rather than reacting automatically is called this.
What is emotional regulation?
This eating disorder involves episodes of binge eating followed by behaviors to try to prevent weight gain.
What is bulimia nervosa?
A new student joins your class and doesn't know anyone. You introduce yourself and invite them to join your group. What are you demonstrating?
What is inclusion?
Sharing your thoughts and feelings clearly, while also listening to the other person, is an important part of this.
What is communication?
This happens when someone feels pressured by friends or others to do something they may not want to do.
What is peer pressure?
This type of medication may be prescribed by a doctor or psychiatrist to help treat depression.
What is an antidepressant?
This mental health condition can develop after a traumatic or frightening experience and may cause flashbacks, nightmares, fear, or feeling constantly on alert.
What is PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
Two friends have an argument in class. Rather than taking sides or spreading the story, you encourage them to seek the help of a trusted adult at school in their office.
What is a guidance/school counselor?
A relationship involving controlling behavior, manipulation, constant jealousy, disrespect, or making someone feel unsafe may be described this way.
What is a toxic relationship?
This serious medical emergency can happen when someone takes too much of a drug or substance, causing potentially life-threatening effects.
What is an overdose?