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.
Mental Illness
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
What is TRUE?
Why don’t some people share negative feelings such as sadness, being hurt, frustration?
Fear of judgement or being labeled in a certain way
These can be used by a person to reduce stress, manage emotions and improve our mental wellness
Coping Skills
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 is a common and serious mental health illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, your energy level, and how you act.
Depression
Give one reasons why Self-care is important?
Build resilience, Mentally reset, Cope with hard times, Reduce stress, etc.
What number can you call if you need mental health help?
211
What are two things that can promote positive mental health?
Exercise, mindfulness, positive friendships, talking about your problems, etc.
Keeping to yourself, stopping communication with friends and family, and wanting to be alone most of the time is called what?
Isolating or Avoiding
Name 3 people you can go to talk to if you are having an increase in psychiatric symptoms?
Psychiatrist, Primary Care Physician, Social Work, Case Manager
Expressing good things from your day is a coping strategy known as ________
Gratitude
Humor as a Coping Skill: Why did the scarecrow win so many awards?
He was out standing in his field.
Name one thing 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, etc.
What is important to remember when you become angry?
Think before acting, Respond-don't react, Coping skills, Walk away, etc.
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason, often mistaken for a heart attack, is an example of this.
What is a Panic Attack?
An external treatment that helps us to focus the mind to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state by reducing troublesome symptoms
Medication
Who won the 2025 Super Bowl?
Philadelphia Eagles
What Month is Mental Health Awareness Month?
May
This is a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, being fully aware of what is happening art the time, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Mindfulness
True or False: All stress is bad stress?
False. Stress can be good at levels that help motivate us, called Eustress
This is a simple technique that is excellent for managing emotions. It helps to lower heart rate by taking in oxygen and expressing Co2
Deep Breathing
1 in how many adults in the US experience symptoms of a mental illness each year
1 in 5 adults (20%)
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.
This practice involved repeating positive statements to oneself to cultivate self compassion and improve mood.
Positive Affirmations