Coping Skills
Name two of your own coping skills.
Medication is the only treatment method that works for mental health problems.
False
When is a shot better than a pill?
For rapid activation.
What is a hallucination?
Seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling something that is not real.
What are coping skills?
Ways to think and act in an emotional response.
What medicines help with mood swings?
Depakote, Trileptal, Lithium, Gabapentin
Mental health disorders are rare.
False. About 1 in 4 adults in America suffer from some sort of Mental Illness.
Why should anxiolytics be taken for only a short time?
They can be addictive, and potentially dangerous.
You have been on medicine for 3 days and you don't feel any better, what should you do?
Continue with medicine for 4-6 weeks then contact
doctor if no changes.
A sudden overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
Panic Attack
This coping skill requires the use of all of your senses.
What is grounding.
One cause of depression and other mental illnesses is an imbalance in what?
Chemicals in the brain, neurotransmitters.
DAILY DOUBLE. Which is better. Medicine, or coping skills?
Neither, they both are important and have different functions and values.
Impulsively buying things on Amazon and staying up for days and paranoia is commonly associated with this.
Mania/Bipolar disorder
Name a benefit of having coping skills.
Ability to decrease the symptoms of depression or cravings, better management of emotions, improved self-esteem.
DAILY DOUBLE. This form of psychotherapy helps a person learn how to recognize negative patterns of thought and replace them with healthier ways of thinking.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Name an antipsychotic, what symptoms do antipsychotics treat?
Haldol, Risperdal, Zyprexa. Delusions, feelings of paranoia, hallucinations, thought disorders.