Mental Health
A condition that 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 illness
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
True
True or False: Learned emotions are emotions expressed by people in all cultures
What is False
List the 4 primary emotions
Sad, anger, happy, fear
Putting your own faults onto another person
What is Projection?
This is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and how you act. Examples; poor focus, poor appetite, crying and low energy.
Depression
True or False: Children are too young to develop a mental illness like depression or anxiety.
False
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.
Shame, love, guilt
Learned emotions
Refusing to recognize an emotion or problem
What is Denial?
A symptom of depression is a persistent ____ mood.
SAD or UNHAPPY
The ability to recover from extreme or prolonged stress
Resilience
What are 2 healthy coping strategies?
Nature, reading, art, moving, positive thinking, socializing, etc.
Fearful, worried, anxious are examples of someone who scores high on this personality trait.
Neurotocism/Natural reactions
Making excuses for actions or feelings
What is Rationalization?
Attaching negative qualities and beliefs about mental disorders
Stigma
A person who accepts nothing less than excellence
Perfectionist
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
Disciplined, dependable, and organized are characteristics of this personality trait
Conscientiousness
Returning to immature behaviors to express emotions
What is Regression?
Struggle to stabilize emotions and rapid shift from high to low expression of feelings.
Bipolar disoders
______ influences how you respond to stress
Personality
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 then tell someone else
During this stage of personality we begin to develop trust
0-18 months
Making up for weaknesses in one area by excelling in another area
What is Compensation?
True or False: There is only one form of depression?
False
Name 2 ways to build resilience
Take care of yourself, build support system, take action, help others, confide in yourself, put things in perspective, stick to routines
Ratio of people age 10-19 who experience a mental disorder
One in seven
According to Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, this basic need must be met before any other.
Physical needs - food, water, sleep
Behaving in a way opposite to the way you feel
What is Reaction Formation?