Symptoms
A symptom of depression is a persistently ____ mood.
Answer: SAD or DEPRESSED or UNHAPPY
Give the name of one antidepressant.
Answers: PROZAC, ZOLOFT, PAXIL, CELEXA, LEXAPRO, LUVOX, EFFEXOR, CYMBALTA, WELLBUTRIN
A cause of depression is an imbalance in ____.
Answer: Antidepressants work to correct imbalances in neurotransmitters.
A natural way to get in shape and increase feelings of happiness is to ____.
Answer: EXERCISE
Why are ghosts such bad liars?
Answer: Because you can see right through them.
Name 2 symptoms of withdrawal.
Answers: SWEATING, GOOSEBUMPS, VOMITING, ANXIETY, INSOMNIA, or MUSCLE PAIN
What should you do if you are having trouble affording your medications or believe you will have trouble affording your medications?
Answer: SPEAK TO YOUR DOCTOR. Let's get you resources that may help.
If these people in your life have a history of mental illness (depression, bipolar, schizophrenia), you may develop these disorders too.
Answer: FAMILY
Who could you talk to about your feelings?
Answers: FAMILY, CLOSE FRIEND, COUNSELOR, SPONSOR, DOCTOR, THERAPIST, ETC.
How do you make seven an even number?
Answer: Take out the S.
Name a symptom of anxiety.
Answer: SWEATING, FAST HEART RATE, SHAKING, UPSET STOMACH, INSOMNIA, ETC.
When a person begins medication, what symptoms improve before the depressed mood improves?
Answer: ENERGY LEVELS AND THE ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION (MAKE DECISIONS).
Name 2 major life events that may cause someone experience depression or anxiety.
Answers: DEATH OF A LOVED ONE, MAJOR LOSS OR CHANGE, CHRONIC STRESS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, VICTIM OF ABUSE.
What are benefits of having good coping skills?
Answers: ABILITY TO DECREASE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION OR CRAVINGS, BETTER MANAGEMENT OF EMOTIONS, A BETTER MOOD, OR HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM, ETC.
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel.
Symptoms of _________ follow abruptly stopping the use of a drug or medication that has the ability to produce a physical dependence.
Answer: WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
How long does it take for antidepressants to start having an effect?
Answer: 2-4 WEEKS.
Name the most common cause of mental health relapse that is most preventable.
Answer: Not taking medications as prescribed.
What are 2 ways of improving your self-esteem?
Answers: LEARNING NEW SKILL, NEW INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES, WRITING, SAYING GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF, ETC.
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp.
Anger is typically considered a secondary emotion. Name some primary emotions that can result in anger.
Answer: LONELINESS, CONFUSION, SADNESS, OVERWHELMED, WORRIED, ANXIOUS, ETC.
Name some possible outcomes of not taking your mental health medications as prescribed.
Answers: Relapse, SI, hallucinations, anxiety, insomnia, worsening depression, etc.
What is sometimes referred to as a stressor, is an action or situation that can lead to an adverse emotional reaction?
Answer: TRIGGER
Name examples of maladaptive, or negative, coping skills.
Answer: Substance use, self-harm, risk-taking behavior, etc.
How many adults in the U.S. live with a mental illness?
Answer: Nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (52.9 million in 2020).