Psychosis Symptoms
This type of hallucination involves hearing things that other people don't hear.
What is an auditory hallucination?
How do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
What is spending time with family/friends, relaxing, or ______?
This is the fancy psychology term for negative thinking styles.
What are cognitive distortions?
This grounding techniques uses the 5 senses to help bring you back to the present.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
These medications are commonly used to help reduce hallucinations or delusions.
What are antipsychotics?
Believing something is true despite strong evidence against it.
What is a delusion?
What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?
What is turkey, stuffing, mac n cheese, mashed potatoes, or ________?
This is when you jump to the worse possible outcome.
What is catastrophizing?
What can be stressful about family gatherings and cause an increase in symptoms?
What are pressure to meet expectations, unresolved conflicts, being asked lots of questions, or different personalities?
This health professional can adjust medication doses and prescribe new options.
Who is a psychiatrist?
This symptom makes it hard to organize your thoughts or speech.
What is disorganized thinking?
This is a parade held in New York City every Thanksgiving.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade?
This involves finding the evidence for and against any negative thoughts or delusions you experience.
What is reality testing? OR What is challenging your thoughts?
Calling a friend or support hotline is an example of this coping skill?
What is reaching out for support?
Who are: Dr. Wojcik, Dr. Moukkadam, Dr. Isa, Dr. Sitara, Saumya, Michelle, Paige, Veronica, or _____?
Feeling suspicious that others want to harm/are out to get you.
What is paranoia?
This is the practice of naming what you appreciate today.
What is gratitude?
This is the skill of replacing unhelpful thoughts with more balanced ones.
What is reframing?
How can you cope with any symptoms over the holiday?
What is setting boundaries, getting proper sleep, avoiding drugs or alcohol, doing things you enjoy?
______ is when someone sees you in a negative way because of a particular characteristic (such as skin color, cultural background, a disability or a mental illness)
What is stigma?
This type of symptom includes lack of motivation, reduced speech, and a lack of emotions.
What are negative symptoms?
This is planning ahead for overwhelming situations.
What is a coping plan or safety plan?
These are examples of finding ways to help with your cognitive symptoms (difficulties with memory, attention/concentration, understanding information etc.)
What are: repetition, writing lists, setting alarms, asking for extra time, or _____________?
This is the mental health hotline that you can call for support.
What is 988?
________ is a mental health condition where someone has schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania
What is schizoaffective disorder?