Causes of Stress
Injuries, impairments or long-term health problems
What is physical?
Constantly thinking about sad or dark thoughts
What is rumination?
Another term for positive stress
What is eustress?
A physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of thinking, feeling and behaviour.
What is a psychiatrist
The type of questions you use when talking to someone about mental illness
What are open ended?
They way our brain interprets situations or behaviours
What is psychological?
Changing behavior to avoid the situation and difficult feelings
What is escape?
The process of adapting well in the face of adversity
What is resiliency
Considered a short term form of depression
What is situational depression?
The first step you can take with someone who is struggling with their mental health
What is talking to them?
Being able to afford rent
What is financial pressure
Unwelcome or involuntary ideas
What are intrusive thoughts?
Coping techniques that become very harmful instead of beneficial
What is maladaptive coping
The two phases of bipolar disorder
What is manic and depressive
A good technique to use when listening carefully to a person talk
What is repeating back what has been said?
A loved one passes but you can not attend since a big project is due. Your stress is being caused by these factors.
What is emotional and work?
The tendency to rely on someone or something to help cope with extreme anxiety
What are safety behaviours?
The phase of overly-joyful euphora for those with bipolar disorder.
What is the manic phase
The acronym PTSD stands for this mental illness
What is post traumatic stress disorder
An important thing to do first when you are responding to a crisis
What is stay calm
A person wanting to become a billionaire tomorrow so they can afford to pay their phone bills will experience these causes of stress
What is financial and unrealistic expectations?
Heavy drinking in order to help shut down any feelings a person experiences shows these types of maladaptive coping
What are substance abuse and emotional numbing?
The full name of the DSM-5
What is the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition
These are the 3 categories for symptoms of PTSD
What are re-experiencing, avoidance or emotional numbing, & anxiety and increased emotional arousal
Signs or symptoms that a teacher may notice if a student is struggling with mental health
What are decreases in school performance, and strong resistance to attending school