Mental Health History
What mental illness did many soldiers in World War 1 develope?
Shell Shock
True or false Mental illness can be genetic
True
Being thankful or expressing good things from your day or things that you are thankfully for is called.
Gratitude
What colour ribbon represents mental health awareness?
Green
what type of disorder is common among veterans.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
What major psychologist developed psychoanalysis.
Hint: Id, ego, super-ego, etc.
Sigmund Freud
True or False: Mental health problems are always obvious and easy to recognize.
False
This practice can give you a sense of calm peace and balance that can benefit both your emotional well being an your overall health.
Meditation
What month do we celebrate mental health awareness in Canada?
May
This disorder is characterized by hallucination and delusions.
schizophrenia
What was sea-bathing treatment?
It was a treatment that involved sending patients to the ocean/beach for "melancholia" (depression), "hysteria," or "nervous disorders". Also known as a sea cure.
It often involved drinking seawater, bracing sea air, and, most notably, cold-water immersion, where patients were dunked in the ocean, sometimes repeatedly. Or, for wealthier patients, laying on the beach relaxing.
True or false: all stress is bad
false
Good stress: ride a roller coaster, competing in a game.
This is a term meaning a negative impression of the discussion of mental health issues.
Stigma
What is the most common type of mental illness in Canada?
Mood and Anxiety disorders
"In 2013, an estimated 3 million Canadians (11.6%) aged 18 years or older reported that they had a mood and/or anxiety disorder." Government of Canada: Health.
A disorder that has extreme intense depressive symptoms that alternate between manic moods.
Bipolar disorder
What is the ancient meaning of the word Hysteria?
"Wandering Womb". It was believed that a woman's ailments were caused by her womb wandering throughout her body. The belief that women's mental health problems are caused by her uterus was popular until the 21st century (now).
True or False: Mental health and mental illness are the same thing.
False. They are related but distinct. Mental health is a state of well-being, while mental illness is a specific diagnosis.
What are the three types of stress?
Hint: a common saying about how we react to things
fight, flight, and freeze
In what year was homosexuality removed from the list of mental illnesses in Canada?
1973
What is the full name of OCD.
obsessive compulsive disorder.
In what state was the first psychiatric hospital in the USA established.
Virginia
True or False: Depression is more commonly diagnosed in women than in men.
True
Can animals have mental illness?
Yes. Many animals experience anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and PTSD.
In what year was the CMHA (The Canadian Mental Health Association) founded?
1918
This disorder occurs after the birth of a child.
Postpartum disorder