Stigma
True or False: Everyone has mental health
True
Name a type of self care
Meditation, Running, Journaling, Baking, Napping, Snuggling your Dog, Gaming, Bubble Baths, etc
Name one mental health diagnosis someone may receive in their lifetime
Depression, PTSD, Anxiety, OCD, DID, ED, Schizophrenia, BPD, ADHD, etc.
True or False: You need to be in crisis in order to reach out to a mental health professional
False
True or False: Trauma is the same for everyone
False. Trauma is as unique as the person.
One way to fight stigma
Education
How much time does it take to do self-care
It depends! The purpose of self-care is to be mindful when engaging in it
Name a positive outcome to receiving a mental health diagnosis
Access to care
Support systems
Education
Medication
True or False: Informed Consent is a onetime only process?
False: Informed consent should be ongoing.
Adults need how many hours of sleep each night?
6-8 Hours
What makes discrimination different from stigma?
Discrimination is an ACT
Stigma is a THOUGHT or BELIEF
Making a budget, understanding taxes, and managing money are all examples of what type of self care?
Suicide is ranked where for cause of death for youth ages 15-34
2nd.
What is one area in which confidentiality must be broken during counselling
You are at immediate risk of harming yourself
Someone else is at immediate risk of harming you
Child or Elder being hurt
Court Subpoena
Fight and Freeze are 2/3 Fs of anxiety. What is the third?
Flight
This type of stigma refers to the negative attitudes, including internalized shame, that people with mental illness have about their own condition.
Self-Stigma
How many positive thoughts do we need to outweigh one negative thought each day?
3:1.
You need 3 positive thoughts to help balance 1 negative.
These 2 diagnoses cost the Canadian economy nearly 50 Billion dollars each year
Depression (32.3 Billion)
Anxiety (17.3 Billion)
What is the biggest difference between a counsellor and a psychologist/psychiatrist
Counsellors do not diagnose. Psychologists can diagnose but they cannot prescribe medication. Psychiatrists are mental health doctors who can both diagnose and prescribe medication.
Duration of symptoms
ASD < 4 weeks
PTSD >4 weeks
Most people living with mental illness see their first symptoms before what age?
18
When does self-care become self-harm
When it is negatively impacting your life and the lives of those around you. When you are unable to cope without a particular type of self-care.
This diagnosis is associated with the highest mortality rate of any other mental illness
Eating Disorder (specifically anorexia nervosa)
Name a famous psychologist/theorist
Freud, Jung, Pearls, Adler, Seigal, Rogers, Gottman, etc.
Name a Part of the Brain.
Temporal Lobe
Medulla Oblongata
Amygdala
Pituitary Gland
Occipital Lobe
Broca's Area
Corpus Collosum (And many more)