Mental Health 1
This is how you are feeling emotionally.
What is mood?
What does the acronym PTSD stand for?
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Positive statements you tell yourself are called _____.
What are affirmations?
These can be used to reduce stress and feelings of anxiety while also improving our mental wellness.
What are coping skills?
This disorder is characterized by hallucinations and delusions.
What is Schizophrenia
Name one common mental health condition.
What is depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, etc.?
These are warning sign and symptoms of a relapse.
What are insomnia, restlessness, crying spells, thoughts of death.
Name one personal strength.
What is resilience, honesty, kindness, etc.?
This type of communication helps you express boundaries respectfully.
What is assertive communication?
Recovery includes progress, not _____.
What is perfection?
I am a coping tool that involves all 5 senses.
What is 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Technique.
The first step focuses on admitting this.
What is powerlessness over substances?
This stress response prepares your body to act.
What is fight-or-flight?
True or False: All people living with mental health problems are violent and unpredictable.
False
A disorder that has extreme intense depressive symptoms that alternate between manic moods
What is Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)
What is a Mental Health Disorder
This coping strategy includes expressing good things from your day.
What is Gratitude
Feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe.
Anxiety
This is the most common cognitive disorder.
What is Alzheimer's Disease.
I belong to the substance-related disorders. I involve continued use of alcohol or drugs despite negative consequences. People with this disorder may struggle to stop using even when they want to.
Who Am I?
Substance Use Disorder
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
What is Panic Attack.
This is a group of people who support recovery.
What is a 12-step meeting?
Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness can cause these other thoughts.
What is suicidal ideation.
This neurotransmitter has been found to be low in patients who have committed suicide.
What is serotonin.
Doing this can promote positive mental health.
What are mindfulness, exercise, going to church, socializing.
These are examples of coping skills
Listening To Music, Going Out For A Walk, Exercise, Talk To A Friend or Family, Talk To A Mental Health Professional (Case Worker, Social Worker, etc), Creative Expression, Breathing Techniques, etc
A key message of 12-step programs is “one day at a ____.”
What is time or day?
These are fixed beliefs that are not based in reality.
What are delusions.
This mental disorder is common in Veterans.
What is PTSD
The recommended maximum amount of alcohol consumption in a week.
What are 14 or less alcoholic drinks.
A person with this diagnosis has a hard time focusing, sitting still and finishing things.
What is ADHD.
Having a plan can help prevent this.
What is relapse?
This disorder occurs after the birth of a child.
This term describes the ability to identify and express emotions.
What is emotional awareness or emotional intelligence?
I belong to the anxiety disorder category. I involve excessive worry about many areas of life, even when there is no clear reason. People with this disorder often feel tense or on edge most days.
Who Am I?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Symptoms of this disorder include lasting and unwanted thoughts that keeping coming back or urges or images that are intrusive and cause distress or anxiety.
What is OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder).
The ability to bounce back from a hardship.
Resiliance
These are the two most common mental health disorder.
What are Depression and Anxiety
These techniques will help calm down a panic attack.
What is grounding techniques (Focus on your breathing, Stamp on the spot, Stamp on the spot Dive response)
I belong to the mood disorder category. I involve long periods of feeling very sad, tired, or hopeless. People with this disorder may lose interest in things they once enjoyed.
Who Am I?
Major Depressive Disorder