Mental Health Disorders
This mental illness is often characterized by incredible paranoia and worry.
What is anxiety?
True or False! Mental illness is a result of personal weakness in character?
What is false? Mental illness is not a result of personal weakness. Instead, mental illnesses are caused by a combination of biological (e.g., family history of mental illness), psychological (e.g., severe and prolonged stress or abuse), environmental (e.g., birth trauma or head injury), or social (e.g., loss of loved one or unemployment) factors.
This form of self-care is categorized by relaxing of the mind and breathing techniques along with calming mental imagery.
What is meditation?
Self-care is different from person to person.
What is a fact?
16th President of the United States. Suffered from depression and anxiety attacks before being assassinated. "Four Score and seven years..."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This mental illness is often characterized by a lack of energy and a lack of enjoyment of previously pleasurable activities
What is depression?
True or False! Seeking counseling services means you have a mental health disorder?
What is False?
This form of self-care is characterized by a person using words of affirmation and care towards themselves.
What is positive self-talk/affirmation?
Anything which makes a person feel better is self-care.
What is a myth?
Canadian born actor living with depression. One half of dumb and dumber that wishes he wasn't such a "liar liar"and a grinch!
Who is Jim Carrey?
This disorder results in constant thoughts or fears that cause people to follow certain routines or patterns
What is OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)?
True or False! Substance abuse is commonly paired with a mental disorder.
What is True? Often, people who abuse substances suffer form of mental health issue such as depression, anxiety, or trauma etc.
You need about ___ hours of sleep each night to function best.
What is 8-9 hours?
Self-care is not necessary to living a healthy life and should only be employed when a person's life becomes disorganized.
What is myth?
Former 90's boy band member with a successful solo career. Lives with OCD and ADD but don't "cry him a river..."
Who is Justin Timberlake?
A depressive state disorder occurring due to less light exposure, particularly during cold seasons
What is seasonal depression?
True or False? You can tell when someone has a mental illness.
What is False!
Name 3 positive coping skills.
What is exercise, activities, talking to a friend, participating in leisure, sleep, going to a meeting, journaling, etc.?
Self-care does not have to be expensive.
What is fact?
This former longtime Lakers player who image is currently the NBA logo has openly discussed about his battle with depression and how counseling has contributed to his healing.
Who is Jerry West?
This is disorder is considered to be the deadliest mental health condition. Symptoms include trying to maintain a below-normal weight through starvation or too much exercise.
What is anorexia?
True or False! You have control over whether you are in a positive or negative mental health space?
What is True and False! There are many things you can do to make yourself feel better when you’re feeling out of sorts and a little blue. Exercise, nutrition, hydration and doing something you love are some ways for you to boost your mental health for the day. However, if you have a mental illness like depression sometimes your mental health space is out of your control. If this is the case, all you can do is do your best to take care of yourself.
Name one way to get better sleep.
What is Eating healthy, exercising regularly, music, TURNING OFF PHONE/or dimming light.
People need to set time aside in order to self-care.
What is myth?
This Atlanta raised rapper hinted at his battle with his mental health in his track called "Hardly" off of his "Monster" album.
Who is Future?