Mental Health
This 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 Health
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
True.
Name two HEALTHY 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 type of meditation where you focus on the intenseness of what you are feeling or sensing at the moment.
Mindfulness
Fun Fact: Mindfulness meditation may be as effective at treating anxiety disorders as escitalopram (Lexapro), a commonly-used antidepressant, according to new research published in JAMA Psychiatry in November.
Certain strains of gut bacteria may be linked to depression.
True or False?
True
True or False: Children are too young to develop a mental illness like depression or anxiety.
False
Change requires us to ___________ and _______________.
Adjust and Adapt
While these particular things are compelling, they're not always reliable b/c they distort reality and may negatively affect how we behave.
Feelings.
TRUE or FALSE: You have to stay focused during meditation for it to work.
False: Accepting that your mind will wonder is beneficial and allowing yourself to do that. Just acknowledge it and bring yourself back to the meditation.
Increasing exercise, diversifying your diet, and taking supplements (pre/probiotics), as well as decreasing intake of processed foods, sugars, and red meat, can improve your gut health.
True
Focusing on good things from your day, or things that you are thankful for, is a coping strategy known as ________.
Gratitude
True or False: People with mental health challenges have to take special tests to get a job or buy a house
False
True or false: All stress is bad.
False. Some stress can be motivating and is a natural reaction your body has to certain events. It can sometimes give us an "extra push". When stress becomes too much to handle, that might be an indication to start making some positive mental health changes.
This type of meditation you spend time focusing on different parts of your body
Body Scan.
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
What is a panic attack?
Focusing on the mind (and breath) to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.
Meditation
The hospital, supportive family/friends, counselors, and therapists are all places you can go for support. There is also a suicide hotline you can reach at what number?
988
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.
This type of meditation focused on tensing and releasing different parts of your body.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation.
Irrational ways of thinking that aren’t helpful. Everyone has them from time to time, but when they become excessive, they can cause distress or negatively impact your quality of life. They include catastrophizing, personalizing, over-generaling, and mind reading.
Cognitive Distortions
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance are the five stages of _____________.
Grief (I'll double your points if you share examples of each stage)
True of false. You need to know exactly what you're going to say and how you're going to say it before you talk to a counselor
False. Counselors are there to listen to whatever is bothering you.
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/go with them. If it is serious (risk of harm to self or others) then tell a trusted adult.
This type of meditation is when you focus on a real or imagined place.
Safe Place Meditation.