SPMI
Intervention
Coping Skills
Myth or Fact
100

When someone experiences persistent and intense feelings of sadness for extended periods.

What is Major Depressive Disorder?

100

This form of therapy helps to identify and change elements of belief systems that lead to negative thoughts and behaviors.

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

100

Most adults need this many hours of sleep a night.

4hours

8hours

6.8hours

6.8 hours

100
1 in 5 American adults have experienced a mental health problem

Fact!

200

This bipolar disorder is characterized by at least 1 manic episode and may or may not have a major depressive episode. 

What is Bipolar 1 Disorder? 

200

Immediate, short-term counseling to stop critical emotional incident from getting worse.

What is Crisis Intervention?

200
Exercise is a great coping skill that is good for your mind, body, and _____.

Soul

Exercise helps you start healthy mentally, physically, and spiritually. 

200

Mental Health challenges are common.

Fact!

300

This spmi is characterized by thoughts or experiences that seem out of touch with reality, disorganized speech or behavior, and decreased participation in daily activities. 

What is Schizophrenia?

300

Future-oriented, goal-directed approach to solving human problems of living.

What is Solution Focused Therapy?

300

True of False. 

Talking to others about problems in our lives is a healthy coping skill.

True!

Talking to others allows us to share our emotions and problems so that we do not have to go through them alone. 

300

Personality weakness or character flaws cause mental health problems.

Myth!

400

A combination of symptoms of schizophrenia and a mood disorder.

What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

400

This technique offers real support through conversation, without becoming exhausted or frustrated in the process.

What is Supportive Listening?

400

True or False

Coping skills are used to avoid problems in our lives 

False!

Coping skills helps us work through our problems and emotions. 

400

All stress is bad stress.

Myth! 

500

This bipolar disorder is characterized as having a major depressive episode lasting at least 2 weeks and at least one hypomanic episode.

What is Bipolar 2 Disorder?

500

A directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping to challenge and explore ambivalence. 

What id Motivational Interviewing?

500

Charlene gets into a fight with her brother. She decides to leave the situation and go for a walk. Is this a good coping skill?

Yes!

Going on a walk and leaving the situation is a great way to reduce anxiety and calm down. 

500

Stopping psych medications "cold turkey" isn't dangerous.

Myth!