Acronyms
OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
People with this disorder experience unusual thoughts or opinions (obsessions), and they use unusual behaviors like counting or pacing (compulsions) to deal with those thoughts.
The confidence and worth you feel about yourself is called...
Self-esteem
When you become so preoccupied with food and weight issues that you find it hard to focus on other aspects of your life, it may be a sign of a(n)...
Eating disorder
______ is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
Stress
People with mental health disorders are violent and unstable
False
The vast majority of people with mental health problems are no more likely to be violent than anyone else. Most people with mental illness are not violent and only 3%–5% of violent acts can be attributed to individuals living with a serious mental illness. In fact, people with severe mental illnesses are over 10 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than the general population.
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder
People who survive or witness an event in which lives were lost or lives were at stake can emerge with this mental illness. Nightmares, nervousness, and addiction are all common co-occurring PTSD problems.
Having confidence in what you do because you believe you can do well is what type of self-talk?
Positive self-talk
_________ causes dramatic highs and lows in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly.
Bipolar disorder
Eating healthy, exercise, and getting plenty of sleep are _______ ways to cope with stress.
Positive / Healthy / Good
Low self-esteem correlates with poor mental health, poor academic achievement, and mood disorders such as depression.
True
Studies have shown that there are links between self-esteem and mental health. People with higher self-esteem tend to have a more positive outlook on life.
MDD
Major depressive disorder
People with major depression lose the ability to work, sleep, study, enjoy life, or eat due to their depression symptoms. People with this disorder may experience many such episodes throughout life.
Good advice on how to improve yourself is called...
Constructive criticism
________ causes people to lose touch with reality, often in the form of hallucinations, delusions and extremely disordered thinking and behavior.
Schizophrenia
Stress releases powerful neurochemicals and hormones that prepare us for action. This process is called the ______ or ______ response.
Fight or flight
It is impossible to prevent mental illnesses.
False
Prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders focuses on addressing known risk factors such as exposure to trauma that can affect the chances that children, youth, and young adults will develop mental health problems.
SZA (no, not the singer)
Schizoaffective disorder
People with this disorder have schizophrenia symptoms paired with mood disorder symptoms. They may have depression, mania, or anxiety riding along with schizophrenia symptoms.
A collection of beliefs about oneself is called...
Self-concept
________ is characterized by severe, unstable mood swings, impulsivity and instability, poor self-image and stormy relationships.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD)
Name the two types of stressors
Eustress and distress
Eustress is moderate or normal psychological stress interpreted as being beneficial for the experiencer.
Distress refers to negative stress that causes anxiety and is unpleasant.
Once someone develops a mental health issue, they will never recover.
False
Studies show that people with mental health problems get better and many recover completely. Recovery refers to the process in which people are able to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities.
SSRI
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
A class of drugs that are typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders.
The achievement of the best that a person can be is called...
Self-actualization
_______ is characterized as disruptions to a person’s thoughts and perceptions that make it difficult for them to recognize what is real and what isn’t.
Psychosis
The three types of stress are...
Acute, episodic acute, and chronic stress
Acute stress is the most common form of stress. It comes from demands and pressures of the recent past and anticipated demands and pressures of the near future.
When acute stress happens frequently, it’s called episodic acute stress. People who always seem to be having a crisis tend to have episodic acute stress.
If acute stress isn't resolved and begins to increase or lasts for long periods of time, it becomes chronic stress.
Different races/ethnicities are more prone to mental illness.
All races and ethnicities are affected by the same rate of mental illness. There is no single group of people more likely than others to have a mental health condition.