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: Therapy and Medication are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
TRUE
THIS MENTAL DISORDER IS COMMON TO MILITARY FORCES VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS and HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS.
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
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.
THIS ALSO THE SAME AS AN EXCESSIVE SADNESS BECAUSE OF THE DEATH (or LOSS) OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE or CARE DEEPLY ABOUT.
GRIEF
This is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act over a long-stretch of time.
Depression
True or False: Children are too young to develop a mental illness like depression or anxiety.
False.
Traits that are passed down from your family tree are called ________?
HEREDITARY or GENETIC
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.
SEEING THINGS THAT ARE DETACHED FROM THE REAL WORLD AS A HALLUCINATION. WHAT IS THIS MENTAL DISORDER?
SCHIZOPHRENIA
WHEN KAREN IS STRESSED AND HER FRIEND CONVINCES HER TO GO SHOPPING TO FEEL BETTER.
IMPULSIVENESS IN SPENDING / RETAIL THERAPY
TRUE OR FALSE: SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A DISORDER THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY EXCESSIVE WEIGHT GAIN OR LOSS
FALSE
IF YOUR FATHER HAS MENTAL ILNESS IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU NOT TO HAVE MENTAL ILNESS. True or False.
TRUE. You are NOT your parents, necessarily.
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. If it is serious then tell someone else that can have a larger impact (i.e., a parent, a teacher, NOT A PEER!)
What is a PHYSICAL, Healthy, Emotional Release, and a Stress Reliever?
Going for a quickly-paced walk, run or jog.
When depression is on a daily basis, characterized by persistent sadness, despair and hopelessness for months-on-end.
MAJOR DEPRESSION
WHICH TYPE OF DOCTOR IS USEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A MENTAL DISORDER?
PSYCHIATRIST
While these particular things are compelling, they're not always reliable because they can distort reality and may negatively affect how we behave.
What are Thoughts and/or Feelings?
THIS TREATMENT IS ALSO KNOWN AS "TALKING."
COUNSELING or THERAPY
IGNORING AN UPCOMING PROBLEM FOR A WHILE IS A HEALTHY WAY TO DEAL WITH IT. True or False.
FALSE
List 3 coping skills.
1= Listen to music
2= Talk to someone
3= Go for a walk
4= Exercise
5= Sit With Thoughts / Meditate
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 -- Long INHALE = More ENERGY, Long EXHALE = More CALM
What is anything that causes stress referred to as?
Stressors
Ana is drinking alcohol because she is stressed and she thinks this will help. Healthy or unhealthy?
UNHEALTHY (but why?)
Writing in a personal journal is an excellent way to let feelings out in a safe way that ensures that your thoughts or feelings stay hidden from others, yet they still get to be "let out." True or False.
True.