Diagnoses
Coping Skills
Famous People
DBT
By the Numbers
100

This diagnosis is marked by loss of interest or pleasure in doing things, change in appetite, and low motivation

What is Major Depressive Disorder?

100

This skill involves breathing in, holding, breathing out, holding.

What is deep breathing or square breathing?

100

This movie star starred in movies such as Titanic and Inception and also suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?

100

This skill involves choosing to not deny reality but accept it with one's whole being.

What is radical acceptance?

100

43.8 million Americans, or roughly 1 in 5, experience this in their lifetime.

How many people suffer from mental illness?

200

This diagnosis is generally marked by excessive worry or feeling tense and on edge.

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

200

This skill involves tightening and relaxing one's muscle groups as they breathing in and out.

What is PMR or progressive muscle relaxation?

200

This member of the British royal family, also the mother of Prince Harry and William, is also believed to have suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder.

Who is Princess Diana?

200

This skill says we should do the action that we do not want in order to get the opposite emotion.

What is opposite action?

200

About 6% of people will experience this disorder marked by severe response to a life-threatening event at some point in their lives.

What is PTSD?

300

This diagnosis requires someone to experience night terrors, flashbacks, or intrusive memories

What is posttraumatic stress disorder?

300

This skill involves reaching out to family and friends.

What is social support?

300

This actor starred in Dumb and Dumber and later opened up about his struggles with ADHD and depression.

Who is Jim Carey?

300

This skill marked by an acronym, says to rid distressing emotions we should do an activity, contribute, compare, change emotions, push away distressing thoughts, change our thoughts, and soothe our senses. 

What is ACCEPTS?
300

7.1% of adults in the U.S. suffer from this common mood disorder.

What is depression?

400

This diagnosis is marked by periods with extreme goal-oriented behavior, lack of sleep, and grandiose thoughts.

What is Bipolar I or II?

400

This skill involves closing your eyes and imagining to bring positive emotions.

What is positive imagery?

400

This author wrote the Harry Potter series but also suffered from depression and suicidal ideation.

Who is JK Rowling 

400

This skill says to be assertive in our communication, we should describe, express, assert, reinforce, be mindful, appear confident, and negotiate.

What is DEAR MAN?

400

$280 Billion was spent on this in the U.S. alone in 2020.

 How much was spent on mental health services?

500

This diagnosis is marked by extreme changes in emotion as well as fear of abandonment?

What is Borderline Personality Disorder?

500

This skill involves focusing all your attention on the present moment.

What is mindfulness?

500

This famous news reporter was the face of 60 minutes and worked their from 1968 to 2008. He also suffered from depression.

Who is Mike Wallace?

500

The 4 modules of DBT.

What is mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness?

500

According to Gallup, in 2022 22 percent of Americans reported going to see this type of professional.

What is a mental health therapist?