Self-Care
8-10 Hours
What is the recommended amount of sleep each night?
ADHD
What is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder?
Teens should drink about 8 cups of this per day.
What is water?
The fear of social situations.
What is Social Anxiety?
The part of sleep where your brain typically creates dreams.
What is REM or Rapid Eye Movement?
Daily writing habit to organize thoughts and express feelings.
What is journaling?
DBT
What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy?
The nationwide crisis number for mental health in the U.S.
What is 988?
Feelings of sadness that coincide with the seasons changing (typically in winter and fall).
What is Seasonal Depression/Seasonal Affective Disorder?
This type of light from screens can negatively impact sleep.
What is blue light?
Practicing this type of breathing can produce a relaxation response.
What is deep breathing?
SAD
What is seasonal affective disorder?
This month is Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S.
What is May?
What is agoraphobia?
This part of the brain is underdeveloped in teen years and does not finish developing until about 25 years of age.
What is the frontal lobe?
This mineral found in sweet potatoes, kale, and bananas helps reduce stress.
What is potassium?
ANTS (found in CBT)
What are Automatic Negative Thoughts?
This therapy rule means information stays private unless there’s a safety risk.
What is Confidentiality?
Common symptoms of this can include fidgeting and difficulty paying attention to things that are not interesting or stimulating.
What is ADHD?
This part of the brain controls memory and learning.
What is the hippocampus?
These chemicals, released during exercise, are nicknamed "feel-good chemicals" and are associated with elevated moods.
What are endorphins?
TIPP
What is Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, and Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
This is the most common mental health disorder in the United States.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
A type of anxiety whose primary symptoms is elevated physical symptoms like shallow, fast breathing and sweating.
What is Panic Disorder?
Stress is mainly caused and regulated by this hormone.
What is cortisol?