Facts about mental health
Stigma
People
Miscellaneous
Fact or Myth
100
This is diagnosed by a clinical interview with a mental health professional.
What is Mental Illness
100
Refers to negative opinions and attitudes about mental illness.
What is stigma
100
This was a famous painter diagnosed with bipolar.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh
100
The most common type of hallucincation
What is hearing voices
100
People with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, are usually dangerous and violent.
What is myth....(The truth is that the incidence of violence in people who have a brain disorder is not much higher than it is in the general population. Those suffering from schizophrenia are more often frightened, confused and despairing than violent.)
200
This refers to the process in which people are able to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities.
What is Recovery
200
Negative thoughts or feelings toward self.
What is self stigma
200
This person was a prime minister diagnosed with depression.
Who is Winston Churchill
200
Eating and sleeping too little or too much is a sumptom of
What is depression.
200
Depression is not a normal part of the aging process.
What is Fact... (It is not normal for older adults to be depressed. Signs of depression in older people include loss of interest in activities, sleep disturbances, and lethargy. Depression in the elderly is often undiagnosed, and it is important for seniors and their family members to recognize the problem and seek professional help.)
300
Scientists beleive that symptoms of a mental illness are cause by this..
What is Chemical imbalance
300
MAkes it illegal to discriminate in the areas of employment, transportation, communication, or recreation.
What is the American with Disabilities Act.
300
This person was a famous mathematrician diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Who is John Nash
300
Extremely high moods is called what
What is Mania
300
Depression and other illnesses, such as anxiety disorders, do not affect children or adolescents. Any problem they have are just a part of growing up.
What is myth..(Children and adolescents can develop sever mental illnesses. In the United States, one in ten children and adolescents has a mental disorder severe enough to cause impairment. However, only about 20 percent of these children recieve treatment. Left untreated, these problems can get worse. Anyone talking about suicide should be taken very seriously.
400
This means that people have false beliefs.
What is delusions
400
Prohibits housing discrimintion.
What is Fair Housing Act.
400
This person was the 16th president of the United States that was diganosed with a mood disorder.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
400
This is when a person lacks energy, motivation, pleasure and expressiveness.
What is negative symptoms
400
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as "shock treatment" is plainful and barbaric.
What is Myth...(Modern ECT has given a new lease on life to many people who suffer from severe and debilitating depression. It is used when other treatments such as psychotherapy or medication fail or cannot be used. Patients who recieve ECT are asleep and under anesthesia, so they do not feel a thing.)
500
This means that people hear, see, feel, or smell something that is not actually there.
What is hallucinations
500
Name four strategies for responding to stigma
What is 1. Education, 2. Correct information, 3. selectively disclose information, 4. be aware of legal rights.
500
This person is a famous female pop star that was said to have been experiencing the symptoms of bipolar.
Who is Brittany Spears
500
Problems with concentration, memory, and abstract reasoning is known as what
What is cognitive difficulities
500
Addiction is a lifestyle choice and shows a lack of willpower. People with a substance abuse problem are morally weak or "bad"?
What is myth...(Addicition is a disease that fenerally results from changes in the brain chemistry. it has nothing to do with being a "bad" person.)
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