Understanding Mental Distress
This is a common mental health condition characterized by overwhelming feelings of fear and panic, often causing physical symptoms like sweating and difficulty breathing.
What is a panic attack?
According to Mary O'Hagan's "Alien Test," behaviors linked to mental distress might seem ________ to an alien observer.
What is strange?
This is when people treat others unfairly because of their mental health condition.
What is discrimination?
The "Alien Test" encourages us to view mental distress with this, rather than immediately labeling it as abnormal.
What is curiosity?
This approach sees mental health distress as something that needs understanding and empathy, not just treatment.
What is the social model of mental health?
This mental health condition involves persistent sadness, withdrawal from activities, and a loss of interest in daily life.
What is depression?
An alien might think this is happening when they see someone having a panic attack because they don’t understand human emotions.
What is a physical problem or injury?
This group advocates for the rights of people who have had bad experiences with psychiatric care.
What is the Psychiatric Survivor Movement?
The "Alien Test" suggests we view mental distress in this way, rather than seeing it as something strange or abnormal.
What is a natural response?
This model treats mental health conditions like physical diseases, with treatments like medication or therapy.
What is a the medical model?
This behaviour, such as repeatedly washing hands or checking locks, is often linked to anxiety and is a hallmark of this disorder.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
The “Alien Test” asks us to think about human behaviors as if we were this type of observer.
What is an alien?
This term refers to the negative attitudes or beliefs about people with mental health conditions, often leading to discrimination.
What is mental health stigma?
This is one of the main goals of the "Alien Test,"is to develop which helps reduce stigma and increase understanding of mental distress.
What is empathy?
Some cultures see mental distress as this, instead of a medical issue.
What is a spiritual experience?
This mental health condition involves experiencing intense mood swings, including periods of extreme highs (mania) and extreme lows (depression).
What is bipolar disorder?
In the "Alien Test," this type of behavior might seem confusing or strange to someone who doesn't understand human emotions.
What is mental distress?
This movement celebrates people with mental health conditions and encourages them to embrace their "madness.
What is Mad Pride?
O'Hagan recommends this approach to mental health, which focuses on understanding the individual rather than simply treating symptoms.
What is a person-centered approach?
The "Alien Test" encourages people to do this to mental distress, instead of viewing it with fear or misunderstanding.
What is accept or embrace?
A person might experience intense feelings of fear or even when there’s no clear threat. These feelings may trigger the fight-or-flight response.
What is anxiety?
The “Alien Test” encourages us to see mental distress not as a flaw, but as this.
What is a human experience?
One way to reduce mental health stigma, as encouraged by Mary O'Hagan’s "Alien Test," is to consider mental distress from an outsider's view, which helps challenge our ________ about “normal” behavior.
What are assumptions?
The goal of the “Alien Test” is to help us recognize these in how we view mental health.
What are biases?
The "Alien Test" helps us do this, reducing judgment and promoting understanding of mental health behaviours.
What is reducing stigma?