Mental Health
What can negatively impact your mental health?
What causes mental health problems?
- childhood abuse, trauma, or neglect.
- social isolation or loneliness.
- experiencing discrimination and stigma, including racism.
- social disadvantage, poverty or debt.
- bereavement (losing someone close to you)
- severe or long-term stress.
- having a long-term physical health condition.
- Etc…
Name 3 examples of negative or harmful coping mechanisms
Some of the most common unhealthy coping mechanisms are:
Avoiding issues.
Sleeping too much.
Excessive drug or alcohol use.
Impulsive spending.
Over or under eating.
Up to how long can Hep-C last on a surface?
1 month
True or False: Harm Reduction promotes abstinence?
False: For some people not using drugs or alcohol is an option but this is not the only approach to harm reduction.
What are is an example of mental health stigma?
person with anxiety may be labelled as being cowardly rather than having an illness.
People with depression may be told to 'snap out of it'. People living with schizophrenia are incorrectly described as having a 'split personality'. These are all examples of stigma against people with mental illness.
Name three healthy coping mechanisms.
Some common coping strategies are:
Lowering your expectations.
Asking others to help or assist you.
Taking responsibility for the situation.
Engaging in problem solving.
Maintaining emotionally supportive relationships.
Maintaining emotional composure or, alternatively, expressing distressing emotions.
What is the length of treatment for Hep C?
Usually between 8 and 12 weeks
Using and drinking alcohol in the heat can increase your risk of what?
Overdose, heat stroke, and alcohol poisoning
What is mental health?
a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.
Name three of the five stages of grief?
the stages of grief are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
What percentage of people engage in spontaneous clearance of the Hep-C virus?
Which acts faster, nasal or needle naloxone?
Needle!
Sometimes people internalize negative beliefs, leading them to experience feelings of shame, anger, hopelessness, or despair that keep them from seeking social support, employment, or treatment for their mental health conditions. What is this state of being called?
Self stigma
Where can you access support when struggling with mental health?
You can reach out to trusted friends or family, Meeting Place staff, case managers, or health professionals
True or False: There's a vaccine against Hep-C?
False!
How can you reduce your risk of overdosing?
Get drugs from a trusted source, use low and slow, use with a friend, call the National Overdose Response Service (NORS), get drugs tested before using
What are the three types of attachment styles that inform how we engage with the world?
Secure: People with this style are generally comfortable with intimacy and independence, and they tend to have healthy, balanced relationships.
Avoidant: These individuals tend to value independence and may avoid closeness, often feeling uncomfortable with emotional intimacy.
Anxious: Individuals with this style often seek high levels of intimacy and approval, but may also fear rejection and abandonment.
Listen
Share your perspective if they are hallucinating i.e. "I don't see the bugs you're seeing but I can imagine that's really scary, what can we do to distract you?"
Co-regulate by doing deep breaths together, maintaining a calm voice, keeping open body language.
What liver injury can be caused by Hep C?
Liver Cirrhosis
In what country was the harm reduction model first conceived?
The Netherlands