Mental Health
these can be used to reduce stress and improve our mental health wellness
coping skills
The broad term used to describe a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood, these conditions can impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others
Mental illness
This is a therapeutic technique where you focus your awareness in the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting ones feelings, thoughts, and body sensation
Mindfulness
What are 5 programs at Mentis? (name them)
School based programs, Clinic, HMHA, Teens Connect, Housing Program,......
What does N.A.M.I. stand for and what is it?
National Alliance on Mental Illness. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
expressing good things from your day/life is a coping strategy known as:
gratitude or being grateful
What illness causes manic and depressive symptoms
Bipolar Disorder
This is a simple technique that is excellent for managing emotions. Not only is it effective, but it is also discreet and easy to use at any time and place
deep breathing
Mentis was founded after what Historical event?
WW2
What is the leading cause of disability worldwide?
Depression
Depression is the most common mental health challenge in the Unites States. It can change how a person thinks, feels, and acts and cause our body to feel sick too. And whereas sadness is a normal reaction to a loss, disappointment, problem or other difficult situations, if symptoms of sadness and depression last for more than two weeks and impact daily functioning at home, at school and at work it is important to get help.
what are four healthy coping skills
answers vary
Mental health __________ is when a person is viewed in a negative way for having a mental health diagnosis
Stigma
this type of meditation is where you focus on a real or imagined place:
What was Mentis' original name?
Family Services of Napa Valley
Which Grammy award winner and advocate shared that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and said: “I have a mental illness, and I struggle with that mental illness every day.”
True or false: all stress is bad?
False....(When can stress be good)?
What is the mental health hotline #?
988
True or False: you have to stay focused during meditation for it to work?
FALSE: accepting that your mind will wander is beneficial and allowing yourself to do so is okay. Just acknowledge it and bring yourself back to the meditation.
When was the Mentis name changed? (what year did it become Mentis)
2015
What year was Mental Health Awareness Month created in the United States?
1949.....Mental Health Awareness Month has been recognized and celebrated since 1949. President Barack Obama signed a proclamation confirming May as National Mental Health Awareness Month in 2013.
A mental disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disordered thoughts, speech or behavior
Schizophrenia
True of False? Around 1 in 4 Americans have a diagnosed mental illness
TRUE approximately 26% of Americans 18 and older are diagnosed with a mental illness. More than 50% will be diagnosed at some point in their lifetime.
This type of meditation is where you work on tensing different parts of your body:
(PMR) Progressive Muscle Relaxation
How long has Rob been at Mentis?
Since 1996
Who Am I?
Ernest Hemingway