All about MH
True or false:
The covid-19 pandemic has been a source of stress for many people.
True
True or false:
Being isolated from others are healthy.
False
A persistent, intensely felt, and irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation
What is a phobia?
An alteration in mood that may be expressed by feelings of elation, inflated self-esteem, grandiosity, hyperactivity, agitation, racing thoughts, and accelerated speech.
What is mania?
Lithium carbonate
What is a treatment for bipolar disorder?
Mental health _________ is when a person is viewed in a negative way for having a mental health diagnosis.?
Stigma
Mental health stigma is when a person is viewed in a negative way for having a mental health diagnosis.
These can be used to reduce stress and improve our mental wellness.
What are Coping skills?
A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life?
Depression
Classical conditioning
Who is Pavlov?
Recommended treatment for MDD in elderly
What is ECT?
Listening before speaking, fully listening to what others are saying, not interrupting, calmly communicating ideas, etc.?
Examples of Effective Communication
What is self-care?
Taking time to do things you enjoy, and taking care of yourself. When used consistently, self-care can reduce stress, relieve uncomfortable emotions, and improve physical health
An emotional response to anticipation
of danger
What is anxiety
The stages of mania included...
cute mania, and delirium?
A scientific structuring of the environment to effect behavioral changes and to improve the psychological health and functioning of the individual.
What is the milieu environment?
26% of Americans ages 18 and older - about 1 in 4 adults - suffers from what?
Mental Health Disorder
A therapeutic technique where you focus your awareness in the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting ones feelings, thoughts, and body sensation.
What is Mindfulness?
A sudden, overwhelming feeling of terror or impending doom.
What is panic?
Always thinking that the worst will occur without considering the possibility of more likely positive outcomes is considered....
What is catastrophic thinking?
Used to decrease agitation and psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
What are anti-psychotics?
In 2018, what were the two most common mental health disorders?
Depression and Anxiety
Various techniques are incorporated to help clients learn how to change (reframe) their thinking and behavior in ways that will enhance mood, functioning, and sense of well-being.
What is cognitive behavior therapy?
Depressed mood, excessive anxiety, mood swings during the week prior to menses, improving shortly after the onset of menstruation, and becoming minimal or absent in the week postmenses.
What is premenstrual dysphoria disorder?
The presence of prominent hallucinations and delusions that are judged to be directly attributable to substance intoxication or withdrawal
What is a substance-induced disorder?
Name three characteristics of assertive behavior.
What is eye contact, body posture, facial expressions etc.