Diagnosis
A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life?
What is depression?
David's father has three son's. Snap, Crackle and ___.
David.
T/F - Medication is the only treatment for mental health disorders?
False. Medication is used in conjunction with therapy and learning/practicing coping skills. These skills are great for maintenance and long-term.
This daytime talk show host and voice of an animated forgetful fish, opened up about her experience with bullying in Hollywood and depression.
Who is Ellen DeGeneres
True/False: Distraction can be an effective tool for reducing symptoms of depression by shifting focus away from negative or ruminating thoughts.
True.
A mental disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts, speech or behavior.
What is schizophrenia?
I am put in a corner and then I go around the world.
A stamp
What medication can help with mood swings, anger or impulse control?
British author who used writing as her coping skill for depression and became famous for a magical wizarding world.
J. K. Rowling
What is a coping skill and how is it beneficial to us?
Ways to think and act during an emotional response. Ability to decrease the symptoms of depression or cravings, better management of emotions, improved self-esteem.
A sudden overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
Panic Attack
I build bridges of silver and crowns of gold. What am I?
A dentist.
You have been on medicine for 3 days and don't feel any better, what should you do?
Continue with medicine for 4-6 weeks then contact doctor if nothing changes.
Australian born actor unexpectedly passed away in January of 2008. Diagnosed with depression and anxiety, is believed to have been undiagnosed Bipolar due to symptoms he experienced such as difficulty sleeping and racing thoughts. He put the smile in Batman: The Dark Knight.
Who was Heath Ledger
Name three grounding techniques that can help during acute anxiety or difficult thoughts and emotions.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Box Breathing. Meditation with Progressive Muscle Relaxation. Purpose is to become aware of your current presence.
What is Manic Bipolar.
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Footprints
Why should anxiolytics be taken for only a short time?
They can be addictive, and potentially dangerous.
Canadian born actor living with depression. One half of dumb and dumber that wishes he wasn't such a liar liar. Bruce Almighty!
Jim Carrey
What neurotransmitters are influenced using coping skills? These are often called the "feel-good" chemicals within our brain and are the targets of antidepressant medications.
Serotonin and Dopamine. Healthy coping skills can give us release of these naturally.
This diagnosis comes after a patient has recurring nightmares, unwanted memories, flashbacks, heightened reactions and depressed mood.
PTSD
What disappears as soon as you say it's name?
Silence.
Name an antipsychotic, what symptoms do antipsychotics treat?
Haldol, Risperdal, Zyprexa. Delusions, feelings of paranoia, hallucinations, thought disorders.
Famous painter who painted one known as Starry Night while in an asylum. Reported to have suffered from schizophrenia with bipolar and had hallucinations.
Vincent Van Gogh
Which coping skill uses journaling to identify and change negative thought patterns?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. "Shadow Journaling" "What's beneath the reaction?"