Healthy Habits
This free app for BU and BUA students offers guided meditation and mindfulness exercises for stress and anxiety.
What is Headspace?
What is the most common mental health disorder in the United States affecting anywhere from 1 in 10 to 1 in 13 people?
What is Anxiety?
How many hours of sleep do most teenagers need per night?
Bonus 100 points: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends limiting recreational screen time to this many hours per day for teenagers to support mental and physical well-being.
What is 8-10 hours?
Bonus: What is 2 hours or less per day?
True or False: Perfectionism can be a symptom of an anxiety disorder.
What is True?
Who is someone at school that you can talk to about mental health concerns?
What is a school counselor, teacher, or trusted adult?
This activity increases blood flow to the brain, releases endorphins, and supports cognitive function, making it a helpful way to regulate emotions.
What is exercise or walking?
What is a healthy activity that can help lower stress by distracting the mind and engaging the body?
What is exercise, listening to music, or engaging in a hobby?
What is one thing you should avoid before bedtime for better sleep?
Bonus: On average, how long do the effects of caffeine last in the body before wearing off?
What is screen time, caffeine, or heavy meals?
Bonus: What is 4-6 hours?
True or False: Prolonged or chronic stress can increase one’s risk for anxiety and depression.
What is True?
Name a free resource for mental health support available 24/7.
What is the Crisis Text Line [Text HOME to 741741] or the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline?
Spending time in this type of environment has been shown to reduce stress and improve mood.
What is nature or the outdoors?
This behavioral technique, discussed by Dr. Merson and Dr. Farley from CARD, encourages you to face something you are worried about or afraid of instead of avoiding it.
Bonus: In Inside Out 2, this new character shows up when Riley starts to worry about her future?
What is Opposite Action?
Bonus: What is Anxiety?
This type of nutrient takes longer to digest, helping you feel fuller for longer, which is why it’s recommended to pair it with snacks and meals.
What is protein?
Bonus 100: Name a snack with protien
Myth or Fact: Fear and anxiety use the same systems in the brain. 100 bonus points: What response do they both use?
What is Fact?
Bonus: Flight/Fight/Freeze Response
Name some barriers to seeking help for mental health?
What are stigma, lack of access, financial concerns, fear of judgment, shame, feeling like it won't be helpful?
This practice helps you stay in the present moment, cope with the present moment, and focus your attention by bringing your awareness to the present.
What is Mindfulness?
This part of the brain is responsible for anxiety and triggers the “fight, flight, or freeze” response to fight off real or perceived danger.
What is the amygdala?
Of these three caffiene drinks—12 oz black coffee, a 2 oz 5-Hour Energy shot, or an 8 oz Red Bull—this one contains more than the recommended daily caffeine limit for high school students?
Bonus for 100: According to health experts, this is the maximum recommended daily amount of caffeine (in milligrams) for a typical high school student.
What is the 2 oz 5 hour energy shot (200 mg of caffiene)
Bonus: What is 100 mg or less.
12oz black coffee=140-150 mg
8oz red bull=80 mg
Myth or Fact: Just 10 minutes of walking has been shown to temporarily improve mood and increase positive emotions.
What is Fact?
What could you do if you have a concern about a friend's mental health?
What is tell an adult, call 988, or seek professional help?
What are strategies like deep breathing, mindfulness, journaling to help you regulate your emotions (not necessarily solving or addressing the underlying issue)?
What are coping skills?
Lack of sleep and poor nutrition can increase the production of this stress hormone, making anxiety worse.
What is cortisol?
According to last week's speaker, Dr. Auerbach, these are the top three brain-related benefits of sleep?
100 points=1 correct answer
200 points=2 correct answers
500 points=3 correct answers
What are (1) brain clean up, (2) emotional regulation, and (3) memory consolidation (locking in what you've learned from the day)
These two areas of the brain, one responsible for memory and the other for focus, attention, and regulating mood, are most positively affected by regular physical exercise.
What are the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex?
What are some ways to break the stigma around mental health?
What is open conversations, education, and treating it generally like physical health?