Hispanic Heritage Month
The month Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated?
What is September (October will be accepted)
Intense and persistent sadness, lowness or moodiness is defined as what?
What is depression?
physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation. (Our body's response to pressure)
What is stress?
learning the warning signs, promoting prevention and resilience, and a committing to social change (TRUE or FALSE)
True
a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
The people that are celebrated during Hispanic Heritage Month?
Who are Hispanics and Latinos?
major depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, or panic disorder are examples of what?
What is a mental illness/disorder
a psychological reaction occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event.
What is post traumatic stress disorder?
death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with intent to die as a result of the behav
What is suicide?
Alzhiemer's disease affects this organ.
What is the brain?
Latin Singer who is known as "Queen of Tejano Music"
Who is Selena?
Eat large quantities of food and then immediately purges.
What is bulimia nervosa?
an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions or compulsions or both that cause significant distress, are time-consuming or interfere with normal daily functioning, and are recognized by the individual affected as excessive or unreasonable
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
There is one suicide death in the US every ____ minutes.
What is 11 mins?
An estimated ________ Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's in 2023.
What is 6.7 million?
The year Hispanic Heritage week began?
What is 1968?
Nightmares, agitation, and restlessness are what type of response to stress
What is psychological?
A mental health expert who can diagnose and prescribe medications for mental illness.
What is a psychiatrist?
Suicide is the ______ leading cause of death in the world for those aged 15-24 years.
What is the 2nd?
Almost ______ of Americans with Alzheimer's are women.
What is Two-Thirds?
In 2019, the percentage of the US population that is Hispanic?
List 3 negative ways to cope with stress?
Compulsive spending, reckless driving, aggressive behavior, drug abuse, etc.
a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
What is Psychosis?
The ____ Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States. (Answer is numerical)
What is 988?
True or False
False, no cure but there are some treatment methods that may lower symptoms. Also, preventative methods to lower risk of developing disease.