Mental Health Disorders
This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed.
What is depression?
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
What is TRUE?
This is a common symptom of anxiety, which often results in a sense of doom or panic.
What is a racing heart or rapid heartbeat?
True or False: medication is the only treatment method that works for mental health problems.
False: medication can be helpful, but therapy and counseling are also effective forms of overcoming mental illness.
Why do cats make good warriors?
Because they’ve got nine lives.
This disorder involves extreme mood swings, including emotional highs (mania) and emotional lows (depression).
What is Bipolar disorder?
Give three reasons why is it important to make time for ourselves and have fun?
Self-care is important because it: • Gives us a break so we can reenergize • Helps us cope when times are harder • Releases endorphins (happy hormones) • Reduces stress • Feels good • Can help us have more energy to be helpful to others
This symptom involves a persistent feeling of low energy, lack of motivation, and difficulty concentrating.
What is fatigue or mental fog?
What are two things that can promote positive mental health?
Exercise, mindfulness, positive friendships, talking about your problems, having an outlet for anger and frustration, getting enough sleep, eating healthy
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map
This anxiety disorder is characterized by sudden and unexpected panic attacks.
What is panic disorder?
Expressing good things from your day is a coping strategy known as ________
What is Gratitude?
This symptom is common in depression, involving a loss of interest or pleasure in activities once considered enjoyable.
What is anhedonia?
This common myth about therapy suggests that people should be "fixed" and "cured" rather than supported.
What is "Therapy is only for people with severe mental health problems"?
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet you miss me when I have flown. What am I?
What is Time?
This disorder, often confused with autism, involves repetitive behaviors and obsessive thoughts.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
This hormone is released when the body is under a lot of stress and is part of the fight or flight response.
This term refers to the persistent repetition of thoughts, often irrational, that are difficult to control.
What are obsessive thoughts?
Mental health disorders are only caused by "bad parenting." True or False?
What is False?
What has no hands but might knock on your door, and if it does, you better open up?
Opportunity
This disorder affects the ability to perceive reality, often leading to hallucinations and delusions.
What is schizophrenia?
This breathing technique requires one to inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 4, hold for 4, and repeat.
What is box breathing?
This term is used when someone experiences vivid and uncontrollable thoughts of harming themselves or others.
What is suicidal ideation?
Describe the 5 senses Coping Strategy
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 kind of ship has two mates but no captain?
What is a Relationship?