Mental Health
these can be used to reduce stress and improve our mental health wellness
coping skills
The broad term used to describe a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood, these conditions can impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others
Mental illness
An ancient system of practices used to balance the mind and body through exercise, meditation (focusing thoughts), and control of breathing and emotions.
Yoga
Poor mental health increases the risk for long-lasting (chronic) physical conditions like
A) Heart Disease
B) Stroke
C) Cancer
D) All of the above
What is D) All of the above
expressing good things from your day/life is a coping strategy known as:
gratitude or being grateful
What illness causes manic and depressive symptoms
Bipolar Disorder
This is a simple technique that is excellent for managing emotions. Not only is it effective, but it is also discreet and easy to use at any time and place
deep breathing
Mental illnesses are
A) Very Common
B) Not Very Common
C) Fairly Common
What is A) Very Common
About 1 in 5 Canadians experience mental illness at some point in their lives. By the time Canadians reach 40 years of age,1 in 2 have or have had a mental illness.
Name two healthy coping skills
Various answers accepted.
Mental health __________ is when a person is viewed in a negative way for having a mental health diagnosis
Stigma
this type of meditation is where you focus on a real or imagined place:
Safe Place or Inner Peaceful Place
Which Grammy award winner and advocate shared that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and said: “I have a mental illness, and I struggle with that mental illness every day.”
True or False: all stress is bad?
False....Eustress is good stress
Stress can be good when it is used for motivation to get a goal completed.
What is the mental health hotline #?
988
True or False: you have to stay focused during meditation for it to work?
FALSE: accepting that your mind will wander is beneficial and allowing yourself to do so is okay. Just acknowledge it and bring yourself back to the meditation.
When is Mental Health Awareness Month?
MAY 1949 connecticut society of mental hygiene
True or False: People with mental illness are violent.
False.The vast majority of people with mental illness are no more likely to be violent than anyone else. In fact, people with mental illnesses are more likely to be victims of violent crime than the general population.
True of False? Mental Illness can be treated?
TRUE Mental illness can be treated. Research shows that people with mental illness can get better and many recover completely.
This type of meditation is where you work on tensing different parts of your body:
(PMR) Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Mental health is:
A) More than the absence of mental disorders
B) Only important for some people
C) An important part of overall health and well-being
What is C An important part of overall health and well-being