Symptoms
Medications
Causes
Coping Skills
True or False
200

A symptom of depression is a persistently ______ mood

What is sad/depressed/unhappy

200

Give the name of one antidepressant

What is: prozac, zoloft, paxil, celexa, lexapro, luvox, effexor, cymbalta, wellbutrin, elavil, limbitrol, norpramin, sinequan, tofranil, pamelor, aventyl, vivactil, nardil, marplan or parnate
200

Name one cause of depression

What are genetics, brain chemistry, certain medical conditions, substance use, stress and poor nutrition?

200

A natural way to get in shape and increase feelings of happiness is to ______

What is exercise?
200

Schizophrenia is a lifelong illness

TRUE

400

Name 2 symptoms of anxiety

What is feeling restless, wound-up or on edge, being easily fatigued, having difficulty concentrating, being irritable, having headaches, muscle aches, stomach aches or unexplained pains, difficulty controlling feelings of worry, having sleep problems such as falling or staying asleep

400
Antidepressants work by attempting to fix this

What is correcting imbalances in neurotransmitters

400

Name any of the three survival defenses

What are fight, flight, freeze?

400

These are people you could talk to about your feelings of depression/anxiety/suicide

What is your support system?

400

Suicide is currently one of the top 3 causes of death for those ages 40 and up

FALSE

However suicide does rank in the top five leading causes of death for ages 40-54 and top ten for 55+

Unintentional Injury 40-44

Malignant Neoplasms 45-64

Heart Disease 65+

600

This symptom occurs when you stop liking your favorite hobby/activity

What is lack of interest/pleasure

600

This type of medication is most frequently prescribed to treat anxiety but can also be addictive

What is Benzodiazepines?

600

This increases the risk of developing other general health, mental health and relationship problems. This can also involve feelings of sadness, anger, loneliness and guilt

What is grief and loss

600

Two ways to improve your self-esteem

What is learning new skills, new interests/activities, writing, positive affirmations, etc

600

About 20% or 50 million US adults live with mental illness

TRUE

800

Cognitive mental decline, confusion, disorientation, inability to speak or inability to recognize common things are all symptoms of what?

Dementia or Alzheimer's 

800

Antidepressants take this long before starting to have an effect

What is 2-4 weeks or 4-6 weeks depending.
800

About 60% of men and 50% of women experience this at least once in their life.

What is trauma?

800

The benefits of having good coping skills

What is ability to decrease symptoms of depression or cravings, better management of emotions, a better mood, or high self-esteem?

800

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental illnesses in America

TRUE

About 42.6 million US Adults have an anxiety disorder

1000
The name of a hotline you could call when experiencing symptoms of mental illness

988

1-800-273-8255

Oceans Hospital -

806-310-2205

1000

How many Americans take prescribed mental health medications?

1 in 5 Americans or 65.9 million Americans or 20% of the population as of April 2021

1000

Name one of the three neurotransmitters involved with depression

What is norepinephrine, serotonin, or dopamine?

1000

The name of the therapeutic model which centers on the importance of coping skills for healthy life functioning

What is the coping skills model?
1000

Only ten percent of adults with mental illness did not receive any mental health treatment last year

FALSE

56% of adults with mental illness did not receive any mental health treatment

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