Diagnosis
Characterized by overwhelming feeling of worry
What is Anxiety Disorder
talking with a therapist to understand problems and find solutions that you can apply to your life
What is treatment
The best thing to do with emotions in a healthy way is
What is express them
Refuse to face the reality of a negative behavior
What is denial
True or False: Mental health disorder do not discriminate
True
Characterized by hyper activity and impulse
What is ADHD
Therapy assignments that challenge you to become more aware of your behavior and learn effective ways to cope with triggers
What is clinical or therapy projects
Learning to communicate feelings, exercise, and listen to music to handle stress.
What is stress management.
Acting younger than your age
What is regression
True or False: "Snap out of it" is good advice for someone suffering from a mental health disorder
False
Characterized by low moods and avoiding activities.
What is Depression
This mental health disorder is characterized by obsessing over things and acting compulsively
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Learning to deal with anger by not letting it cause you to get in trouble
What is anger management
Excuse and justify mistakes
What is rationalization?
True or False: People with mental illness often have slightly lower IQs than the rest of the population.
False. Mental Illness is often correlated with higher creativity.
Characterized by severe disobedience to authority
What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Characterized by a loss with reality
What is Psychosis
Taking up for yourself, when needed in a respectful manner.
What is advocating
accepting the standards of others to be seen as cool even when it's not your belief
What is introjection
True or False: People with mental illnesses will not get better
False. There is over 50% chance of recovery with treatment of most mental illnesses.
What disorder is characterized by episodes of both depression and mania?
Bipolar disorder
When you see and hear things that aren't there
What is hallucinating
Making excuses for doing the wrong thing
What is justifying
Burying negative views of the self because they are too hurtful to deal with
What is repression.
True or False. Mental illnesses are a consequence of a weakness in character.
False!