MENTAL HEALTH

Facts about mental health

100

_____ is diagnosed by a clinical interview with a mental health professional.

Mental Illness

200

This refers to the process in which people are able to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities.

Recovery

300

Scientists believe that symptoms of a mental illness are cause by this.

Chemical imbalance

400

____ are false beliefs one has despite having no  objective evidence to support it and/or despite objective evidence against it.

Delusions

500

____ are things people hear, see, feel, or smell something that are not actually there.

Hallucinations

Stigma

100

Refers to negative opinions, attitudes, and discrimination against an individual/group based on perceived characteristics.

Stigma

200

Stigma drives people to seek treatment. T or F

False. Drives people away.

300

This law makes it illegal to discriminate in the areas of employment, transportation, communication, or recreation.

American with Disabilities Act.

400

This act prohibits housing discrimination.

Fair Housing Act.

500

Name four strategies for responding to stigma

1. Education, 2. Correct information, 3. selectively disclose information, 4. be aware of legal rights.

People

100

This was a famous painter diagnosed with bipolar.

Vincent Van Gogh

200

This person was a prime minister diagnosed with depression.

Winston Churchill

300

This person was a famous mathematician diagnosed with schizophrenia.

John Nash

400

This person was the 16th president of the United States that was diagnosed with a mood disorder.

Abraham Lincoln

For bonus points: What disorder was he diagnosed?

500

This person is a famous female pop star that was said to have been experiencing the symptoms of bipolar.

Brittany Spears

Miscellaneous

100

The most common type of hallucination

Hearing voices

200

Eating and sleeping too little or too much is a symptom of

Depression.

300

Extremely high moods is called what

Mania

400

This is when a person LACKS energy, motivation, pleasure and expressiveness/emotional response.

Negative symptoms

500

Problems with concentration, memory, and abstract reasoning is known as what

Cognitive difficulties

Fact or Myth

100

People with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, are usually dangerous and violent.

Myth....(The truth is that the incidence of violence in people who have a brain disorder is not much higher than it is in the general population. Those suffering from schizophrenia are more often frightened, confused and despairing than violent.)

200

Depression is not a normal part of the aging process.

Fact... (It is not normal for older adults to be depressed. Signs of depression in older people include loss of interest in activities, sleep disturbances, and lethargy. Depression in the elderly is often undiagnosed, and it is important for seniors and their family members to recognize the problem and seek professional help.)

300

Depression and other illnesses, such as anxiety disorders, do not affect children or adolescents. Any problem they have are just a part of growing up.

Myth..(Children and adolescents can develop sever mental illnesses. In the United States, one in ten children and adolescents has a mental disorder severe enough to cause impairment. However, only about 20 percent of these children receive treatment. Left untreated, these problems can get worse. Anyone talking about suicide should be taken very seriously.

400

Mental illness has a cure

False. It has treatment.

For bonus points: What treatments exist for mental illnesses?

500

Addiction is a lifestyle choice and shows a lack of willpower. People with a substance abuse problem are morally weak or "bad"?

Myth...(Addicition is a disease that generally results from changes in the brain chemistry. it has nothing to do with being a "bad" person.)