mental health definitions
These are used to reduce stress and improve mental wellness
What are coping skills?
Someone with this diagnosis feels very sad, has difficulty thinking clearly, and may lack motivation
What is Depression
Name 2 unhealthy ways of coping with emotions or stressors
What is substance use, SH, isolation, arguments, etc.
physician that specializes in mental health diagnoses
What is a psychiatrist
Name 3 healthy coping skills
What are exercise, breathing skills, meditation, journaling, hobbies, grounding, etc.?
This is when the symptoms you are experiencing are given a name.
What is a diagnosis?
This diagnosis comes with feelings of deep fear and nervousness
What is Anxiety
Other than Mental wellness, name 3 other types of wellness.
What is Physical, social, emotional, communal, or spiritual wellness
This DBT acronym is all about having difficult conversations and is found in Interpersonal Effectiveness
What is DEAR MAN?
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?
This is how many Americans experience mental illness
what is 1 in 5 Americans (or 20%)?
A sudden surge of severe discomfort that peaks, chest pains, chills, and feeling of loss of control
What is a panic attack
Name 4 causes of stress
What is work life, family life, friends, money, peer pressure, school, grades, etc.?
Seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, or smelling something that is not there
What is a hallucination
This illness includes rituals, compulsions, and obsessions and is an anxiety disorder.
What is obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?
This type of therapy provides coping skills in distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and mindfulness
What is DBT?
This diagnosis includes experiencing moods that alternate between depression and elation or mania
What is Bi-polar Disorder
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?
This unhealthy coping strategy involves separating from other people and staying alone
What is isolation?
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?
Negative, incorrect beliefs; stereotypes; and labels are another name for this.
What is stigma?
Name 3 Mental Health disorders
What is Anxiety, Depression, Anorexia, Bulimia, PTSD, OCD, Bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder,
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?
This diagnosis is when a person sees their body in an unrealistic way
What is body dysmorphic disorder
These thought processes distort reality in negative ways, leading us to think unclearly and make poor decisions.
What are cognitive distortions?