Potential Diagnoses
A medical condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.
What is a mental illness?
The name of the month-long celebration that celebrates the history and strength of the LGBTQIA+ community that happens every June.
What is Pride Month?
This group is contacted if behavioral warning signs apply to you or someone you know and need help as soon as possible; particularly if the behavior is new or has increased recently.
What is the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline?
This proven way to calm anxiety inspired the concept of “5 3 7.” In for 5 seconds; hold for 3 seconds; out for 7 seconds.
What is Deep Breathing?
This woman is a comedian that had her own daytime talk show for almost 20 years. She came out on her show in the 1990s.
Who is Ellen Degeneres?
A common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how someone feels and how they act, often sad or uninterested.
What is Depression?
True or false, homosexuality was once considered a mental health disorder.
What is True? (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) removed the classification in the 1970s)
True or False; The hope that problems can be solved, plans or hope for the future, or belief that life has meaning can help prevent suicidal actions.
What is True?
The act of writing what you have done each day, sometimes including your private thoughts, feelings, and goals
What is Journaling?
The lead singer of the popular 1970s band, Queen. They passed of away of aids in the 1980s.
Who is Freddy Mercury?
A feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness. It might cause you to sweat, feel restless and tense, and have a rapid heartbeat. It can be a normal reaction to stress.
What is Anxiety?
The year Gay marriage was legalized in the U.S?
When was 2015?
This three digit telephone number will connect you with the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
What is 988?
The act of giving your attention to only one thing, either as a religious activity or as a way of becoming calm and relaxed.
What is Meditation?
This person popularized drag queens and drag competitions and brought it to modern media?
Who is RuPaul?
A state of abnormally elevated mood, energy, and activity that lasts for at least one week. It is a hallmark symptom of bipolar disorder.
What is Mania?
Gay marriage legalized in the U.S under this president.
Who is Barack Obama
True or False; any talk or action (even jokingly) suggesting suicidal ideation from a friend, colleague, family member, or yourself should be taken seriously.
What is True?
ASK,
BE THERE,
HELP KEEP THEM SAFE,
HELP THEM CONNECT,
FOLLOW UP
A group of people who have had similar experiences, especially difficult ones, and who provide help to each other.
What is a Support Group?
This popular Gen Z rapper came out after their critically acclaimed hip hop/country hit, "Old Town Road."
Who is Lil' Nas X?
A subtle change in behavior, withdrawing from friends, taking dangerous risks, mood swings, feeling empty, trapped, hopeless, or showing no reason to live.
What is Suicidal?
These raids took place in New York City in 1969 and was led by trans activist and icon, Miss Marsha P Johnson, which eventually led to the creation of Gay Pride as we know it today.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
This song title was released in 2017 by the musician Logic featuring the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number.
What is 1-800-273-8255?
A technique that asks you to find things you can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste (5 senses) to calm down when feeling anxious or distressed.
What is the "5-4-3-2-1" Coping Strategy?
This singer identifies as bisexual and has been involved in many LGBTQ+ rights and mental health causes over the years, including launching her own Born This Way Foundation to empower youth, prevent bullying, and improve mental health.
Who is Lady Gaga?