Mental Health 1
Doing this is an unhealthy way of coping with stress.
What is Substance Abuse, Emotional Eating, Self-harm, Isolation, Impulsive or risky behaviors.
What does the acronym PTSD stand for?
Post-traumatic stress disorder
A negative attitude towards mental health that prevents people from seeking help.
What is stigma
These can be used to reduce stress and feelings of anxiety while also improving our mental wellness.
What are coping skills?
This disorder is characterized by hallucinations and delusions.
What is Schizophrenia
These are considered personality disorders.
Borderline, Antisocial, Narcissistic, etc
These are warning sign and symptoms of a relapse.
This helps increase neurochemicals in the brain and can be used along with psychotherapy.
What are psychiatric medications.
Exercise produces this neurochemical that produces a "natural high".
What are endorphins
CBT stands for this.
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy
I am a coping tool that involves all 5 senses.
What is 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Technique.
This book is considered the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders.
What is the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual)
This metal is used to treat Bipolar Disorder,
What is Lithium
True or False: All people living with mental health problems are violent and unpredictable.
False
A disorder that has extreme intense depressive symptoms that alternate between manic moods
What is Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)
What is a Mental Health Disorder
This coping strategy includes expressing good things from your day.
Feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe.
Anxiety
This is the most common cognitive disorder.
What is Alzheimer's Disease.
These physicians specialize in treating mental disorders.
Who are psychiatrists
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
What is Panic Attack.
These are anxiety disorders.
Panic Disorders, Phobias, Social Media Anxiety, Social Anxiety
Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness can cause these other thoughts.
What is suicidal ideation.
This neurotransmitter has been found to be low in patients who have committed suicide.
What is serotonin.
Doing this can promote positive mental health.
What are mindfulness, exercise, going to church, socializing.
These are examples of coping skills
This is just as effective as medication for mild depression.
What is talk therapy
These are fixed beliefs that are not based in reality.
What are delusions.
This mental disorder is common in Veterans.
What is PTSD
The recommended maximum amount of alcohol consumption in a week.
What are 14 or less alcoholic drinks.
A person with this diagnosis has a hard time focusing, sitting still and finishing things.
What is ADHD.
I am the most commonly prescribed psychiatric drug class.
What is SSRI (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor)
This disorder occurs after the birth of a child.
The body's way of responding to threats is known as
The Four F's (Fight-or-Flight Response)
What does IADL/ADL stand for?
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living/Activities of Daily Living
Symptoms of this disorder include lasting and unwanted thoughts that keeping coming back or urges or images that are intrusive and cause distress or anxiety.
What is OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder).
The ability to bounce back from a hardship.
Resiliance
These are the two most common mental health disorder.
What are Depression and Anxiety
These techniques will help calm down a panic attack.
What is grounding techniques (Focus on your breathing, Stamp on the spot, Stamp on the spot Dive response)
I belong to the schizophrenia spectrum, but I am not schizophrenia. People with this disorder often have little to no interest in close relationships, may lack humor or not be interested in others, and are not likely to feel paranoid, hold bizarre beliefs or hallucinate. Who Am I?
I am Schizoid personality disorder