Anxiety/Depression
A normal feeling people experience when faced with a threat or when stressed.
What is Anxiety?
This is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder in childhood. Boys are more likely than girls to develop this disorder. People with this disorder are easily distracted by sights, sounds and other things in their environment.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? (ADHD)
Mental health issues are rare.
What is a myth?
One way to diminish or minimize stigma.
What are presentations, advocacy, talk about it?
True or False:
Not everyone will get a mental illness.
What is True?
Name one thing that can tigger depression in teenagers?
What is:
stress, grief, difficult life circumstances, change in hormone level, medical conditions
This disorder has two extreme mood swings from depression and sadness to excitement. People with this disorder experience recurrent episodes of these mood swings if untreated.
What is Bipolar Mood Disorder?
People with mental illnesses will not get better.
What is a myth?
A stereotype of mental illness.
What is crazy, psycho, nuts, lazy, violent.
Consuming a large amount of food, person feels loss of control, avoids weight gain by self induced vomiting.
What is Bulimia?
True or False:
Depression looks the same in adults and teenagers.
What is False.
People who have this disorder experience persistent, recurrent, intrusive and unwanted thoughts. They also try to stop the thoughts of anxiety by repeating ritualized behaviors.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? (OCD)
PTSD can develop in teenagers.
What is a Fact.
Another word for stigma.
What is: stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination
Symptoms of this disorder can be night terrors, emotional distress, anxiety, fear, reoccurring images or thoughts.
What is PTSD?
The leading cause of depression.
What is stress?
When someone has this disorder they experience delusions and/or hallucinations.
What is Schizophrenia?
If someone in your family has a mental illness, you are more likely to develop one as well.
What is a fact?
Societal prejudice that can prevent people in need from speaking out.
What is stigma?
What two factors contribute to mental illness?
What are environmental and genetics.
10% of new mothers are diagnosed with this disorder. Mothers with this illness find it difficult to cope with everyday life.
What is Postpartum Depression?
This disease causes self-induced starvation.
What is anorexia?
To meet with a mental health professional and he/she gives what you are experiencing a name.
What is a diagnosis?
Name 2 reasons why people hesitate to get help.
What is:
they don't want to burden anyone else, fear of being judged, don't know who to tell, don't think their problem is serious enough, it is hard to talk about, makes them feel vulnerable
A form of treatment of some mental illnesses which included exposure therapy and anxiety management.
What is cognitive behavior therapy?