Mental Health
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.
What is mental illness?
When a person uses food as a way to deal with feelings instead of to satisfy hunger.
What is emotional eating?
A mental health condition that is brought on by trauma.
What is PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)?
True or False: All stress is harmful.
False: stress can be positive, such as when it helps you avoid danger or meet a deadline. But when stress lasts for a long time, it may harm your health.
What is the most popular Honda model of all time?
Civic
TRUE or FALSE: More than 50% Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point in their lifetime.
True
True or False: Children are too young to develop a mental illness like depression or anxiety.
What is FALSE?
Name two things you can do to help a friend who thinks they may have a mental health problem.
Listen to them, spend time with them, encourage them to seek help, help them make appointments/go with them. If it is serious then tell someone else
An automatic physiological reaction to a stressful/frightening event. The perception of threat activates the sympathetic nervous system and triggers an acute stress response that prepares the body to respond appropriately.
What is the fight or flight response?
What is the name of the Lamborghini SUV?
Urus
This is a medical illness characterized by persistent sadness and a lack of interest or pleasure in previously rewarding or enjoyable activities
Depression
A type of depression that is brought on by the brain’s response to shorter daylight hours.
What is SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)?
Where can you go for support in a crisis?
What is hospital, supportive family/friends, therapist, call/text hotline
Suicide hotline: 988
Treatment Referral Routing Service: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
It's when you contract (flex) a group of muscles tightly, keeping them flexed for about 5 seconds, then release. Then you repeat the exercise several times, before moving to a different muscle group.
What is Muscle Relaxation?
What is the animal on the Porsche logo?
A horse.
How well you process, express, regulate and manage emotions.
What is emotional well-being?
Assistance from these (and being consistent in taking them) allow us to focus the mind to achieve a clearer and calmer state
What is psychiatric meditation
The main function of this professional is to aid in problem-solving, living arrangements and promote social change. They work with people to enhance their ability to function in society.
What is a Social Worker
A hormone that helps your body prepare for danger as part of the stress response.
What is adrenaline? OR What is cortisol?
Who owns Lamborghini? (Hint: this company makes the model Atlas)
Volkswagon
Having repeated episodes of sudden, unexpected, intense fear symptoms: heart pounding, having trouble breathing, or feeling dizzy, shaky, or sweaty
What is a panic/anxiety attack?
True or false: all stress is bad.
False. Some stress can be motivating and is a natural reaction your body has to certain events. It can sometimes give us an "extra push". When stress becomes too much to handle, that might be an indication to start making some positive mental health changes
A disorder that causes extreme ups and downs in a person’s mood and energy called depression and mania, respectively.
Biopolar Disorder.
This is a therapeutic technique where you focus your awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
What is mindfulness?
What number was on Lighting McQueen's side? (Hint: it's a number between 90 and 100)
95