Mental Health
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?
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
What is TRUE?
26% of Americans ages 18 and older - about 1 in 4 adults - suffers from what?
Mental Health Disorder
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.
These types of statements are often the best way for an individual to communicate what they are feeling in a non-threatening way to encourage a healthy team-focused discussion.
"I feel (emotion) when you (specific instance of behavior) because I want us to (goal or desire for relationship)"
This is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.
Depression
True or False: Children are too young to develop a mental illness like depression or anxiety.
What is FALSE?
True or False: People with mental health challenges have to take special tests to get a job or buy a house.
What is FALSE?
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...??
This is a hallmark of a strong relationship which is required for each individual to feel safe taking risks in relationships.
What is Trust/Equality/Respect?
A symptom of depression is a persistently ____ mood.
WHAT IS SAD or DEPRESSED or UNHAPPY
Expressing good things from your day is a coping strategy known as ________
Gratitude
These can help calm you down when in distress or when experiencing a trigger and can help you take a step back from processing when it becomes too much.
What are coping skills
True or false: all stress is bad.
False. Some stress can be motivating and is a natural reaction your body has to certain events. It can sometimes give us an "extra push". When stress becomes too much to handle, that might be an indication to start making some positive mental health changes
Name 3 specific types of abuse
Manipulation
Gaslighting
Isolation from support system
Controlling behavior
Threats
Violence
Impulsively buying things on Amazon and staying up for days is commonly associated with this.
What is Mania or Bipolar?
Assistance from these and being compliant allow us to focus the mind to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state
What is meditation
The main function of this professional is to aid in problem-solving, living arrangements and promote social change. They work with people to enhance their ability to function in society.
What is a Social Worker
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
This relationship style often leads to enmeshed boundaries where the individuals are unable to define themselves as individuals
What is codependent
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
What is a Panic Attack?
This is a simple technique that is excellent for managing emotions. Not only is it effective, but is also discreet and easy to use at any time and any place.
Deep Breathing
While these particular things are compelling, they're not always reliable b/c they distort reality and may negatively affect how we behave.
What are Feelings?
What is important to remember when you become angry?
STOP and think before acting.
Respond, don't react
Practice coping skills (deep breathing, counting, self-talk, etc.)
Walk away and remove yourself from the situation if needed
What term refers to the form of manipulation where an individual's perspective is entirely invalidated to make them question their own sanity or powers of reasoning.
What is gaslighting?
List 3 coping skills?
1= Listen to music
2= Talk to someone
3= Go for a walk
Changes require us to ______ and _______.
Experiencing too many changes within a brief period of time often creates the idea that we aren't in control of events
adjust and adapt
What is anything that causes stress
Stressors
Describe the 5-4-3-2-1 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.
These describe how people think or behave in relationships and are often, but not always, based primarily on their connection to their primary caregiver from a young age.
Attachment styles