Mental Health Basics
What is the term that refers to the health of someone's mind, including their thoughts, feelings, and actions?
Mental Health
What is the most important thing to prioritize in providing mental health first aid for yourself and the person experiencing the mental health crisis?
Safety
If your friend is exhibiting signs of a mental health crisis, what should you do right away, even if your friend asks you not to?
Tell an adult.
The help you can give to a friend with a mental health challenge or a friend in a metnal health crisis until a responsible and trusted adult can take over.
Our thoughts affect our feelings which can affect our ______.
Actions.
Taking care of your body and mind through healthy habits to improve how yo ufeel and function as well as express your feelings, and connect with supportive people.
Self-care.
True or false: A teen that self-harms must be suicidal.
False. While it needs to be taken seriously, self-injury is often used as a way to cope and doesn't always indicate suicidality.
What is the number for the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline?
988
A ____________ ________ ___________ is when a change in a person's thoughts, feelings, or actions disrupts their ability to study, work, do their daily activities, or have good relationships with others.
______ is an important skill to use when supporting others. It involves imagining how the other person must feel and being nonjudgemental.
Empathy.
What is the term for a sudden episode of high anxiety? About 1 in 5 people will have one in their lifetime.
Panic Attack.
True or false: Asking if your friend is considering suicide will put the idea in their head.
False. We know from research that asking won't raise their chance of suicide and sends the message that we care about the person and are worried about how they are doing.
__________ is going through or seeing a deeply distressing event that can feel overwhelming which can cause really strong feelings and reactions in your body, and can last a long time after the event.
Trauma
Teens with mental health challenges can get better. ________ means the steps it takes to fully live, work, and learn again.
Recovery
Name a warning sign of a mental health crisis.
Signs that they want to harm themselves or others, displaying overwhelming feelings, a change in their actions
When someone is unconscious, such as in the event of an overdose, it is important to put them in the _______ position to keep their airway open.
Recovery
The term for when someone views another person in a negative way or blames them because they have a mental health challenge. This can damage mental health and make it harder for people to get help.
Mental health stigma
The term for the ability to bounce back from hard times and learn from them to grow.
Resilience.
Name a warning sign of violence.
Isolating/withdrawal, threats, being obsessed with weapons and violence, posting online messages or images about violence, having been bullied, and/or bullying other people
What are the steps of the 5-step tMHFA Action Plan?
Look, Ask, Listen, Help, Your friendship is important