Mental Health Vocab
A condition that affect's a person's thinking, feeling, behavior, or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.
What is Mental Illness?
This disorder is characterized by an all-encompassing low mood and loss of interest in activities.
What is Depression?
A person who is physically sick goes to see a doctor; a person that is mentally sicks goes to see a...
What is a therapist/counselor?
A form of self-expression that can lead to personal growth through writing?
The role of this person on the EPEPE team is to share their lived experience and recovery story to help and support other indviduals during their recovery?
What is Peer Support?
A negative opinion about a group of people?
What is Stigma?
This disorder is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or behavior.
What is Schizophrenia?
These can be used to reduce stress and improve overall mental wellness.
What is coping skills?
This coping skills focuses on using the five senses.
The role of this person on the EPEP team is to provide employment skills and training along with monitoring symptoms and side effects related to job performance.
What is SEES?
The ability to tune into your own thoughts, feelings, and actions.
What is Self-Awareness?
A sudden overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
What is a panic attack?
What is the cause of a mental illness?
What is a chemical imbalance in the brain?
This coping skill allows people to use their own experiences to help each other through open dialogue.
What is support groups?
What is a case manager?
This is a measure of how much you like and love yourself?
What is Self-Esteem?
This disorder is characterized by depression and anxiety as well as flashbacks. It is common among victims of crimes and people in the military.
What is PTSD?
What is anything that causes stress?
What are stressors?
Expressing good things from your day/life is a coping strategy known as
What is gratitude?
What are the age requirements for the EPEP program?
15-30
Your body's physical responses to changes around you?
What is Bipolar Disorder?
This hormone prepares the body to respond to stress.
What is adrenaline?
Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia