Symptoms and Conditions
A condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.
What is mental illness?
The practice of being aware of the present moment.
Mindfulness
What are some negative thought patters? Which ones do you use?
Catastrophizing
Overgeneralizing
Black/White Thinking
Magnification/Minimization
Fortune Telling
Jumping to Conclusions
Name three positive coping skills
deep breathing, mindfulness, physical activity, talking with therapist, drawing, letter writing, journaling...
The use of marijuana before what age may have an impact on brain development?
25
Negative Symptoms are most frequently observed in this disorder. These symptoms include anhedonia and anergia.
Depression
Expressing good things from your day is a coping strategy known as ________
Gratitude
Name one physical/external sign of anger
Flushed face, clenched fists, yelling.
Name 3 things you can do to help a friend who thinks they may have a mental health problem.
Listen to them, spend time with them, encourage them to seek help, help them make appointments/go with them. If it is serious then tell someone else
In 2017, _______ was responsible for more than 28,000 deaths in the US, which is more deaths than from any other type of opioid.
Synthetic opioids or Fentanyl
Traumatic events such as an accident, assault, or natural disaster can have lasting effects on an individual’s mental health. Some will develop long term symptoms that can lead to a diagnosis of what?
PTSD affects about 9 million U.S adults. A common myth is that PTSD is only experienced by individuals who have been involved in military combat. The truth is, any individual who experiences a life-threatening or traumatic event can develop PTSD.
Word meaning deliberately staying away from most people..
Isolating
Name three negative coping skills...
Substance use, self-harm, isolating, denying problem, etc...
Describe the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Strategy (Or the 5 senses strategy). When would you employ this?
A technique that asks you to find things you can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste (5 senses) to calm down when feeling anxious or distressed.
What is the link between substance abuse and mental health?
Substance abuse can trigger mental health problems. Substance abuse can cause changes in a person's life that result in serious and prolonged distress. This distress can contribute to the onset of mental health problems.
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
What is a Panic Attack?
Term for anything that causes stress...
Stressor
At its core, stigma about mental illness is caused by what root problem?
Experts suggest incorporating activities and practices from five dimensions into your self-care routine. These five dimensions include: physical, mental, spiritual, ______ and ________.
Social and Emotional.
What month is National Recovery month?
September
Impulsively buying things on Amazon and staying up for days may be associated with what diagnosis?
Bipolar disorder
Word meaning, "the capacity to recover from difficulties" or "the ability to bounce back."
Resilience
Which Grammy award winner and advocate shared that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and said: “I have a mental illness, and I struggle with that mental illness every day.”
What are the 4 modules (components) of DBT?
mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
What is the term for when someone experiences a mental illness and a substance use disorder simultaneously?