Depression
Changes in sleeping habits, appetite, sadness, feeling overwhelmed, feeling unwanted, feeling hopeless, thoughts of death or suicide, etc.
What are symptoms of depression?
Excessive worrying, nervousness, or unease, either for a short or extended period of time.
What is anxiety?
Ways you can help a friend with anxiety or depression
What is learning about depression and anxiety, encouraging treatment, realizing and accepting stressful periods by modifying your expectations, understanding that everyone experiences depression and anxiety differently, be supportive of them and support yourself, etc.
Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.—43.8 million people or 18.5% of the U.S. population experience ____________ each year.
What is mental illness?
Medications change your brain chemistry.
True. Antidepressants aren't "happy pills" or tranquilizers. In fact, they should help you feel like yourself again. Antidepressants actually change your brain chemistry, which may seem scary. But they can help make your mood more stable and even.
It is the second leading cause of death for those aged 15-34.
What is suicide?
Prolonged feelings of desperation or despair, excessive anxiety or panic, isolation or withdrawal, thoughts of suicide or self-harm, excessive use of alcohol or drugs, etc.
What are symptoms of anxiety?
Exercise, relaxation techniques (meditation, etc.), counseling, medication, eating well, limiting alcohol consumption, get involved, learn what triggers you, etc.
What are Techniques for coping with anxiety or depression?
The number of adults with mental illnesses.
What is 40 million.
One in how many people seek treatment? a) 1/2 b) 2/3 c) 1/3 d) 1/10
Answer: C. Explanation: Although most people with depression — even very severe depression — can get better with treatment, many people avoid getting help. Only about one-third of depressed people get treatment. And typically, people live with depression for almost a decade before doing that. But the sooner a person gets treatment — psychotherapy, medication, or other help — the more effective it is. A combination of treatments can also be quite useful.
The cause of depression: percent attributed to "Nature and Nurture."
What is 40% genetic, and 60% environmental
Environmental factors, such as stress, a traumatic event or fearing the outcome of a situation, genetics, an underlying medical condition, brain chemistry, use/withdrawal from an illicit substance.
What are causes of anxiety?
Exercise, getting plenty of sleep, eating healthy, setting boundaries, etc.
What is self-care?
The percentage of adults in the U.S. who experienced an anxiety disorder such as posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and specific phobias.
What is 18.1 percent?
Those who regularly practice mindfulness develop changes in how their brain functions that contribute to emotional regulation, concentration, and cognitive processing speed.
True
Average age for the onset of depression.
What is age 19.
Recurrent and sudden periods of intense fear that may include palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate; sweating; trembling or shaking; sensations of shortness of breath, smothering, or choking; and feeling of impending doom.
What is a panic attack?
Social support, diversion techniques, daily structure, building new habits, and managing emotions.
What are some coping skills for addiction?
The percentage or number of adults who have a substance use disorder that have a co-occurring mental illness.
What is 50.5% or 10.2 million adults?
How we feel about a situation determines how we interpret and think about it which then determines how we'll react.
False: How we interpret or think about a situation determines how we feel about it, which then determines how we'll react. After we interpret a situation with our thoughts and experience an emotional reaction, we respond with a behavior.
The neurotransmitters involved in depression.
What is serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
Feeling highly anxious and self-conscious around other people. Fear of being judged, humiliated, embarrassed or rejected by other people.
What is social anxiety or social anxiety disorder?
An important part of recovery from addiction. A template for clients to list coping skills, social support, and the possible consequences of relapse.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
The percentage of adults in the U.S. with a mental health condition who received mental health services in the past year.
What is 41%?
Personal or family history, poverty, unemployment, social isolation, drug and alcohol use are risk factors for depression.
True: Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the U.S. Current research suggests that depression is caused by a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors.