Understanding Stress & Other Adverse Events
Factors that lead to stress.
What are stressors?
This process uses strategies to handle stressful situations in positive ways.
What is stress management?
When feelings of anxiety, sadness and fear decrease mental and emotional health.
What are mental health conditions?
A range of irregular eating habits are known as this.
What is Disordered Eating?
Healthcare professional who diagnoses mental illnesses and delivers therapy.
What is a Therapist?
Stress that comes from the constant presence of technology.
What is technostress?
An example of this is, is to not agree to activities too quickly.
What is to Set Healthy Boundaries?
Phobias and panic disorder are examples of this kind of disorder.
What are Anxiety Disorders?
When a person does not consume the nutrients needed for health and growth.
What is Malnutrition?
When a therapist meets with a group of people who have a common experience.
What is Group Therapy?
This stress encourages resilience and motivation.
What is eustress?
This relaxation technique involves examining your body for areas of tension.
What is Body Scan?
People with this have repeated and uncontrollable thoughts, feels, and behaviors.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Repeated episodes of consuming large amounts of food quickly and feeling out of control.
What is Binge-Eating Disorder?
This medication is used to treat ADHD by increasing the levels of norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain, which helps improve memory and attention span.
What are Stimulants?
At this stage, the body uses energy to maintain its stress response. Heart rate and breathing remain fast, which helps deliver oxygen and energy quickly to your body.
What is the Resistance stage?
MBSR is an acronym of these words that encompass acts of using relaxation techniques i.e. visualization.
What is mindfulness-based stress reduction?
This type of personality disorder can grow into antisocial personality disorder in adulthood.
What is Conduct Disorder?
OSFED is an acronym for eating behaviors that cause great distress, without meeting other criteria for other eating disorders.
What is Otherwise Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder?
These are the five stages of grief.
What are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance?
A stress related disorder that begins immediately after a stressful event occurs.
This relaxation technique combined with progressive muscle relaxation increases its effectiveness.
What is Deep Breathing?
Two conditions that affect health at the same time; for example, substance use disorders and other mental illnesses.
What are Co-Occurring Disorders?
Three strategies you can use to help a friend who may be going through a eating disorder.
What are: Practice what you want to say, Find a private time and place to talk, Share your concerns, Focus on the facts, Be prepared for a negative response, Encourage them to seek professional help, or Talk to an adult?
What is the number to call for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
What is 988?