mental health definitions
Diagnoses
To Be Well
What Is It?
Combo
100

These are used to reduce stress and improve mental wellness

What are coping skills?

100

Someone with this diagnosis feels very sad, has difficulty thinking clearly, and may lack motivation

What is Depression

100

Name 2 unhealthy ways of coping with emotions or stressors

What is substance use, SH, isolation, arguments, etc.

100

physician that specializes in mental health diagnoses

What is a psychiatrist 

100

Name 3 healthy coping skills

What are exercise, breathing skills, meditation, journaling, hobbies, grounding, etc.?

200

This is when the symptoms you are experiencing are given a name.

What is a diagnosis?

200

This diagnosis comes with feelings of deep fear and nervousness

What is Anxiety

200

Other than Mental wellness, name 3 other types of wellness. 

What is Physical, social, emotional, communal, or spiritual wellness

200

This DBT acronym is all about having difficult conversations and is found in Interpersonal Effectiveness

What is DEAR MAN?

200

This is one of the most common symptoms linked to stress. It is extreme tiredness and can also be a symptom of depression.

What is fatigue?

300

This is how many Americans experience mental illness

what is 1 in 5 Americans (or 20%)?

300

A sudden surge of severe discomfort that peaks, chest pains, chills, and feeling of loss of control

What is a panic attack

300

Name 4 causes of stress

What is work life, family life, friends, money, peer pressure, school, grades, etc.?

300

Seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, or smelling something that is not there

What is a hallucination

300

This illness includes rituals, compulsions, and obsessions and is an anxiety disorder.

What is obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?

400

This type of therapy provides coping skills in distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and mindfulness

What is DBT?

400

This diagnosis includes experiencing moods that alternate between depression and elation or mania 

What is Bi-polar Disorder

400

This disorder makes it very difficult for the individual to know the difference between what is real and what is not real. It may include hallucinations and delusions.

What is schizophrenia?

400

This unhealthy coping strategy involves separating from other people and staying alone

What is isolation?

400

This is something that causes an intense, negative emotional reaction; an painful memory to resurface, or a substance use urge to happen.

What is a trigger?

500

Negative, incorrect beliefs; stereotypes; and labels  are another name for this. 

What is stigma?

500

Name 3 Mental Health disorders

What is Anxiety, Depression, Anorexia, Bulimia, PTSD, OCD, Bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, 

500

This happens when a person with a substance use disorder returns to using a substance after abstaining for a period of time

What is relapse?

500

This diagnosis is when a person sees their body in an unrealistic way

What is body dysmorphic disorder

500

These thought processes distort reality in negative ways, leading us to think unclearly and make poor decisions. 

What are cognitive distortions?