Mental Health
What is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties and the ability to bounce back from stressful times?
What is Resilience.
Medication is one treatment for mental health issues, but what is the best way to treat someone experiencing mental health issues that are impacting their day to day life?
What is medication and therapy/counselling.
What is the recommended amount of sleep teens should get nightly?
What is 8-9 hours?
It helps with emotional well being.
Talking to someone you trust, laughing, relaxing and positive self talk. What are these?
What are healthy coping skills
What can you catch but not throw?
What is a cold.
Lack of chemicals in the brain like serotonin and dopamine and stressful life events are causes of what mental health issue?
What is depression.
Name 2 reasons that teens hesitate to get help with their mental health?
It is difficult to talk about, fear of being judged, stigma associated with it and they don't want to bother anyone as they feel others may have it worse.
What is the recommended amount of daily exercise suggested for teenagers?
What is 30 minutes a day.
This increases endorphins and the feel good neurotransmitters in a natural way to help you feel better.
This coping skill requires you to write your thoughts down. What is it called?
What is journaling.
What goes around the world but stays in the corner?
What is a stamp.
This disorder is characterized by depression, anxiety as well as flashbacks. What is it?
What is PTSD. Post tramatice stress disorder.
Why is treatment and support important?
What is it can improve your motivation, productivity, mood and even extend your life expectancy.
In a high stress situation a person can experience the fight, flight or freeze response. Name one of the changes a body can experience?
What is a racing heart, increase in adrenaline, increased perspiration or feeling of anxiousness.
Name a benefit of having healthy coping skills?
What is, you have a better mood, you better manage your emotions and you can decrease your mental health symtoms.
If you have it but you don't share it, what is it you have?
What is a secret.
Some symptoms of this disorder can include sweating, sense of dread, rapid breathing and increased heart rate. What is it called?
What is Anxiety.
This form of psychotherapy helps a person learn to recognize negative patterns of thought and replaces them with healthier ways of thinking. What is it called?
What is CBT - Cognitive Behavior Therapy
What are 2 positive stressors?
Riding a rollar coaster, exercising, having a job interview.
Not all stress is bad - we have a survival response to stress - stress hormones release and then brain signals that you are safe, so then the body stops producing stress hormones.
What are 2 healthy coping skills?
What is reading, breathing exercises, spending time with a pet, muscle relaxation and listening to music.
Is this true or false - It is rare for teens to get a mental health diagnosis?
False - 1 in 5 youth between 15 and 24 have a mental health diagnosis.
This mental health disorder affects all genders, ages and races, it can be biologically influenced, there are risks of complications and full recovery is possible. What is it?
What is an Eating Disorder.
What is the Maltby Centre and Addictions and Mental Health Services?
What are supports in Napanee where you can seek help.
Over time this can contribute to serios health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure and some mental health issues. What is it?
What is long term stress.
What are these - over sleeping, isolating yourseslf from others, and over use of substances?
What are unhealthy coping strategies.
True or false - There is no cure for Mental health disorders?
True - you can recover and it can be managed, but it isnt a cure. You can lead a healthy, productive life.