Looks Like Drugs
Cultural Awareness
Person First
Now What?
Not Seen on TV
100
This is an instinctive cultural assumption about people when they will not look you directly in the eye, though there exists explanations for this behavior as a symptom of psychosis.
What is "guilt" or "lying"?
100
This is an old-school, demeaning way of referring to someone on the Schizophrenia spectrum.
What is a "schizophrenic" or "a paranoid"
100
For persons who are anxious and/or highly emotionally, meeting them at an emotional level is first priority as this level of cognitive functioning is not readily accessed to de-escalate.
What is "reasoning" or "logical thinking"?
200
Difficulty concentrating and extreme fatigue that shows itself in drowsy eyelids can present like this substance use disorder, though without the slurred speech.
What is "alcoholism"?
200
This is how you would properly refer to someone who experiences high energy, euphoria, and impulsive behavior followed by a depressed mood phase.
What is "a person with bipolar disorder."
200
In the example used to demonstrate psychosis, this would be an appropriate next step if the person with tactile hallucinations suggested that he douse himself in insecticide as his personal safety solution.
What is "that would be harmful for your skin. I recommend seeing a professional"?
300
Stimulant drugs can cause psychomotor agitation (e.g. pacing around, wringing of the hands, or ripping, tearing or chewing skin), which mimics this mental health symptom.
What is "mania"?
300

This is how you would properly refer to someone who experiences high energy, euphoria, and impulsive behavior followed by a depressed mood phase.

What is "a person with bipolar disorder."
300
These are symptoms of psychosis that may instinctively alarm police to want to intervene physically or forcefully.
What are "unpredictable agitation," "resistance to instruction," "reduced emotional expression," and "mimicking"?
300
In the movie Patch Adams, Dr. Adams makes what inappropriate move when working with someone who has schizophrenia by wielding an imaginary gun and shooting the squirrels that the individual is hallucinating. 
What is "playing along"?
400
These two drugs can cause auditory and visual hallucinations that may be mistaken for Schizophrenia.
What are "LSD and Psilocybin"? (PCP and DMT are other acceptable answers)
400
Rather than calling someone "mentally ill" and "criminal", these are corresponding non-stigmatizing ways of description.
What are "a person with a mental health condition" and "a person who committed a crime."
400

Concerning events of school and public shootings in the country, this is cited by the media as the shooters' reasoning as opposed to criminality.

What is "mental health issue"?
500
In religious sects, these may be interpreted as religious delusions.
What are "superstitions"?
500
Though the public fears violent outbursts and homicidality of persons with mental illness, these persons are most often the target of physically harmful behaviors.
What are "persons with mental illness themselves"?
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