Mental Health Careers
A mental health professional that studies human behavior and uses this knowledge to help individuals deal with problems of everyday living.
What is a Psychologist?
The hormone that is released during stress.
The 4 Key Elements of Mental Health.
What is Spiritual, Social, Psychological, Emotional?
Genetics, brain chemistry, chronic illness.
What are biological effects?
Sleep, Exercise, Proper diet, Meditation
What are ways to improve mental health?
A mental health professional that works under the supervision of psychiatrists or psychologists and helps patients and their families follow treatment and rehabilitation plans.
What is a Mental Health Technician?
These parts of the brain shrink with prolonged stress.
The ability to manage feelings and express emotions in healthy manner.
What is Emotional?
Unsafe communities, trauma, discrimination
What are environmental effects?
A long-term effect of prolonged stress.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
A mental health professional that is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating mental illness and can prescribe medication.
What is a Psychiatrist?
This part of the brain increases in size with prolonged stress.
What is the Amygdala?
The ability to form relationships and interact with the world around you. Meaningful connections and support systems. Healthy communication and boundaries.
What is Social?
Your body's physical, mental, and emotional reaction to pressure, demands, or threats, triggering hormones that prepare you to face challenges.
What is stress?
Challenge negative thinking, Practice gratitude, Set realistic goals
What are mental health exercises?
A professional that aids people who have difficulty coping with various problems by helping them make adjustments in their lives by referring them to community resources for assistance.
What is a Social Worker?
This part of the brain controls concentration, decision making, judgement, and social interaction.
What is the Pre-Frontal Cortex?
Clinically significant disturbances and diagnosable conditions that affect mood, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (e.g., anxiety, depression, schizophrenia).
What are mental illnesses?
Bullying, academic pressure, loss/grief
What are psychosocial effects?
Prolonged sadness, hopelessness, social withdrawal, and sleep changes.
What are warning signs of mental health challenges?
A trained professional who provides guidance and support to individuals, couples, or groups facing personal, social, emotional, or mental health challenges, helping them develop coping skills, solve problems, and improve overall well-being through therapy, advice, and goal setting in a safe, confidential space.
What is a Counselor?
This part of the brain controls memory, learning, and stress control.
What is the Hippocampus?
A mark of disgrace or shame associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.
What is a stigma?
Lack of sleep, poor nutrition, excessive social media, substance use
What are lifestyle effects?
An individual’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being, and the capability to manage stress, relate to others, make decisions, and cope with life’s challenges.
What is Mental Health?