Perception House Jeopardy

Famous People

100

Lady Gaga struggled with this mental illness (hint: think song Til It Happens To You)

PTSD

200

Abraham Lincoln struggled with this mental illness

Depression

300

Virginia Woolf struggled with this mental illness

Bipolar

400

After Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear he did this with it

Gave it to a woman in a brothel

500

Nikola Tesla had this mental illness

OCD

Diagnoses

100

Symptoms of this mental illness include:

Trouble concentrating, fatigue, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and helplessness, sleeping too much or too little, increased or decreased appetite, loss of interest, pessimism, suicidal thoughts or attempts

Major Depressive Disorder (depression)

200

This mental illness causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).

Bipolar Disorder

300

This mental illness involves a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears that lead you to do repetitive behaviors.

OCD

400

The following are symptoms of this mental illness:

• An intense fear of abandonment, even going to extreme measures to avoid real or imagined separation or rejection
• A pattern of unstable intense relationships, such as idealizing someone one moment and then suddenly believing the person doesn't care enough or is cruel
• Rapid changes in self-identity and self-image 
• Periods of stress-related paranoia and loss of contact with reality, lasting from a few minutes to a few hours
• Impulsive and risky behavior
• Suicidal threats or behavior or self-injury
• Wide mood swings 
• Ongoing feelings of emptiness
• Inappropriate, intense anger

Borderline Personality Disorder

500

A mental health disorder that is marked by a combination of psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania.

Schizoaffective Disorder

Willimantic

100

The Battle of the Frogs led to the building of

The Frog Bridge

200

What are the frogs on the Frog Bridge sitting on?

Spools of thread

300

The river that runs under the frog bridge is called

Willimantic River

400

The documentary made about Willimantic was called

Heroin Town

500

The company that used to own the historic mills in Willimantic was called 

The American Thread Company

AA

100

What is step 1?

We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become unmanageable. 

200

HALT stands for

Hungry, angry, lonely, tired

300

"_______ is the answer to all my problems." 

Acceptance

400

"________, ________, and _________ are the essentials of recovery."

Willingness, honesty, and open mindedness

500

AA first began in the state of..

Ohio

Drugs and Alcohol

100

Cirrhosis can be a long-term effect of using this substance

Alcohol

200

Loss of appetite, increased heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature; contracted blood vessels, increased rate of breathing, dilated pupils, disturbed sleep patterns, nausea, and hyperstimulation are all effects of this drug

Crack cocaine

300

During the Civil War, this substance was the drug of choice to alleviate terrible pain

Morphine

400

Carfentanil was originally developed to be used as

an elephant (or other large animal) tranquilizer

500

The following are effects of this substance

• Numbness of the extremities, slurred speech, and loss of coordination may be accompanied by a sense of strength and invulnerability.
• A blank stare, rapid and involuntary eye movements, and an exaggerated gait are among the more observable effects.
• Auditory hallucinations, image distortion, severe mood disorders, and amnesia may also occur.
• Acute anxiety and a feeling of impending doom, paranoia, violent hostility, a psychoses indistinguishable from schizophrenia.

PCP