Disorders
Name three common symptoms of depression.
Irritable, sad, or tearful mood, anhedonia, fatigue, insomnia, changes in appetite, feelings of shame or guilt, ect.
Name three different support groups.
AA, NA, HA, CA, CR, NAMI
This is an individual who uses a combination of personal experience and training in the use of therapeutic techniques to help support individuals in their recovery from addiction and mental illness.
Peer Support Specialist
Support System.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
Excessive worry, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, fatigue, and sleep disturbances are symptoms of what mental health disorder?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely.
This mental health profession has a masters degree and typically focuses on helping individuals connect with resources in the community like housing, treatment, assistance in applying for disability, ect.
Social Worker
What is the imagery coping skill?
Picturing in your mind a calm and peaceful place, real or imagined, that can help to take your thoughts off of stress and anxiety.
What stays in a corner but travels the world?
A stamp.
What are three common symptoms of PTSD?
Nightmares, flashbacks, panic attacks, hypervigilance, increased anxiety, social isolation, ect.
One of the 12 steps of AA asks the individual to "Make a searching and fearless moral inventory". Which step is this?
Step 4
This professional has a masters level education in a mental health field and helps people to learn how to cope with and manage their substance abuse and mental health issues using individual, group, and couples/family therapy.
Therapist/ Counselor.
Name two types of grounding techniques.
Deep breathing, splashing cold water on your face, listening to music, ect.
What kind of coat can only be put on wet?
A coat of paint.
Bipolar Disorder
What are the Eight Dimensions of Wellness?
Spiritual, Environmental, Social, Occupational, Emotional, Financial, Intellectual, and Physical.
This is a mental health professional that has a doctoral level of education in psychology and is able to assess, diagnose, and treat mental health conditions with individual, group, and couples/family therapy.
Psychologist
This is a mindfulness/ relaxation exercise that involves tensing and then relaxing different parts of your body. Typically starting at the head and then working your way down the body.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation.
What is brown and has a head and a tail?
A penny.
What does dual diagnosis mean?
Dual diagnosis referrers to having both a substance abuse and mental health diagnosis at the same time.
How long does it take for brain chemistry to stabilize during the post acute withdrawal process?
While the exact amount of time will vary on average this process takes between 12 to 18 months.
This professional is a medical doctor that specializes in the treatment of mental illness.
Psychiatrist
What is the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 coping skill?
Five things you can see, four things you can hear, three things you can touch/feel, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste.
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river.