Psychosis
A person experiences these when they see, hear, smell, taste, or feel something that isn't there.
What are hallucinations?
Name 3 ways to cope with schizophrenia.
What are normalization, distraction, acceptance, mindfulness, relaxation techniques, positive self-talk, and cognitive restructuring?
This symptom of bipolar disorder can also be a mental health diagnosis of its own.
What is depression?
One symptom of mania is having ________ thoughts, during which thoughts come to a person so fast that they have difficulty keeping up with them.
What are racing thoughts?
The song "Manic" by Coleman Hell was a good representation of this mental disorder.
What is bipolar disorder?
When a person experiences psychosis, they will have to differentiate between what's ______ and what's ______.
What is real and not real?
Loss of stamina, energy, sleep, emotional expression, pleasure, and motivation are examples of _______ symptoms of schizophrenia.
What are negative symptoms?
Name 3 ways to cope with depression.
What are working on goals that are important to you, managing stress in your life, building a social support network, using medication effectively, avoiding drugs and alcohol, developing a relapse prevention plan, eating a healthy diet, exercising, having a routine, facing your fears, and staying involved in a treatment program?
Another name for the "high," or extreme happiness, that people experience during a manic episode is ________.
What is euphoria?
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day best describes which mental health diagnosis?
Someone with psychosis may be experiencing a _______ disorder if they have racing thoughts, fleeting thoughts, difficulty forming thoughts, and/or poor short-term memory.
What is a thought disorder?
Name 2 positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
What are hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorder?
If it is taking you over an hour to read a one-page letter from the bank, or you are getting distracted by any noises in your environment, you may be experiencing this symptom of depression.
What is trouble concentrating or concentration problems?
Increased goal-directed behavior is often aimed at trying to achieve extremely _______ goals.
What are ambitious or unrealistic goals?
The "Born This Way" songwriting activity was a way to practice building self-esteem using this coping skill for depression.
What is positive self-talk?
A person experiences this type of delusion when they have larger than life beliefs about themselves, such as thinking they are a celebrity or that they have superpowers.
What is a grandiose delusion?
Some individuals with schizophrenia may experience this symptom, in which they are physically present, but their brain is somewhere else. It can be described as having the "lights on but nobody home."
What is catatonia?
A person who breaks up with their boyfriend because they think they're a loser and that he shouldn't be stuck with them is experiencing thoughts of ________.
What is worthlessness?
If a person flies off the handle when somebody cuts them off in traffic or disagrees with anything they say, they are experiencing this mania symptom.
What is feeling irritable?
This Eminem song is one of the best representations of mental health relapse.
What is "Stan?"
These two components together lead to the development of a mental illness or mental health relapse.
What are stress and biological vulnerability?
A coping strategy for schizophrenia in which one directly checks out their belief or examines evidence for and against their belief is known as _______.
What is reality testing or cognitive restructuring?
When you blame yourself for having symptoms and think that you can't take care of yourself or be part of the community, this is called ________.
What is self-stigma?
A person thinking that they are an amazing artist and that their work should be selling for millions of dollars in galleries when they have little experience making art is an example of this mania symptom.
What is grandiosity?
Name one of the two songs we analyzed when discussing symptoms of schizophrenia.
What is "Hallucinating" by Elohim or "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell?