MENTAL HEALTH FACTS
HOW COMMON IS MENTAL ILLNESS?
SUICIDE IS THE ________ LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG PEOPLE AGES 10 TO 24 IN THE UNITED STATES.
24TH
2ND
10TH
40TH
PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE ARE GENERALLY NONVIOLENT.
TRUE
IN FACT, ONLY 3-5% OF VIOLENT ACTS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.
WHERE IS SEROTONIN STORED AT IN THE BODY?
BRAIN
GI TRACT
SPINE
LUNGS
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (GI)
WHAT DOES THE LIME GREEN RIBBON SYMBOLIZE?
LIME GREEN IS BUILDING MOMENTUM AS THE NATIONAL COLOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
CAN MENTAL HEALTH CHANGE OVER TIME?
YES
Depending on many factors, a person’s mental health can change over time.
SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS COSTS AMERICA HOW MUCH IN LOST EARNINGS PER YEAR?
1 BILLION
1 MILLION
194 BILLION
400 BILLION
194 BILLION LOST WAGES ON AVERAGE PER YEAR.
IS ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IS STILL USED TODAY?
TRUE
SUCCESSFUL RESULTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE MANIA OR EXTREME DEPRESSION.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE BRAIN? WHAT DOES THE BRAIN CONTROL?
IT CONTROLS MEMORY AND LEARNING, THE SENSES (HEARING, SIGHT, SMELL, TASTE, AND TOUCH), AND EMOTION. IT ALSO CONTROLS OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY, INCLUDING MUSCLES, ORGANS, AND BLOOD VESSELS.
THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE 2001 MOVIE A BEAUTIFUL MIND EXPERIENCES WHAT MENTAL ILLNESS?
SCHIZOPHRENIA
WHEN & WHERE DID THE MENTAL HEALTH INDUSTRY BEGIN?
18TH-CENTURY ENGLAND
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS DECLARED_________TO BE THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF SHORTENED LIFE DUE TO A DISABILITY.
DEPRESSION
THE NEUROLOGIST WHO DEVELOPED THE PRACTICE OF LOBOTOMY* IN 1935 RECEIVED A NOBEL PRIZE FOR HIS WORK?
*(CUTTING INTO THE BRAIN IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE DISRUPTIVE EFFECTS OF MENTAL ILLNESS)
TRUE
António Egas Moniz developed the modern “leucotomy.” in 1935 where He drilled holes in the person’s skull and injected pure alcohol into the frontal lobe to destroy the tissue and nerves. He won a Noble Prize in 1949.
1936 Walter Freeman renamed the procedure the lobotomy. He modified the surgery by introducing the use of a surgical tool instead of alcohol, creating the prefrontal lobotomy.
1945, Freeman modified the procedure again and created the transorbital lobotomy, which he could perform quickly without leaving any scars.
WHAT PARTS OF THE BRAIN ARE IMPORTANT IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THE BRAIN AND BODY FUNCTION DURING TRAUMA?
FOREBRAIN, OR THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX, THE LIMBIC SYSTEM, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE BRAIN CENTER, AND THE BRAIN STEM.
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.”?
· CHER
· KELLY CLARKSON
· LADY GAGA
· RIHANNA
· LADY GAGA
WHO/WHAT MAKES UP THE LARGEST MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER IN THE USA
AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
40% of inmates report being told by prison mental health workers that they have a mental disorder.
WHAT IS A SURPRISING CAUSE(S) THAT INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SCHIZOPHRENIC DISORDER?
PREMATURE BIRTH OR BEING BORN IN THE WINTER.
ASYLUMS IN THE 18TH CENTURY OFTEN PRESCRIBED ICE BATHS, RESTRAINTS, AND ISOLATION FOR MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS?
TRUE
WHEN A PERSON EXPERIENCES A TRAUMATIC EVENT, ADRENALINE RUSHES THROUGH THE BODY AND THE MEMORY IS IMPRINTED INTO WHICH PART OF THE BRAIN?
AMYGDALA
IT'S PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM. THE AMYGDALA HOLDS THE EMOTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT, INCLUDING THE INTENSITY AND IMPULSE OF EMOTION.
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.
ARTIST VINCENT VAN GOGH AND AUTHOR VIRGINIA WOOLF LIKELY SUFFERED FROM WHICH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER?
BIPOLAR DISORDER
SCHIZOPHRENIA
DEPRESSION
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
BIPOLAR DISORDER
HOW MANY AMERICANS WILL MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION SOMETIME IN THEIR LIFE?
46 PERCENT OF AMERICANS
PSYCHOTHERAPY REDUCES DISABILITY, MORBIDITY, AND MORTALITY; IMPROVES WORK FUNCTIONING; AND DECREASES PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION.
THERAPY LEADS TO FEWER RELAPSES OF ANXIETY AND MILD-TO-MODERATE DEPRESSION THAN MEDICATION USE ALONE.
TRUE
LIFE EXPERIENCES AFFECT WHAT IN THE BRAIN?
MEMORY
COGNITION
NEUROPLASTICITY
REACTIVITY
NEUROPLASTICITY
When our senses are activated, when we learn something new, when we face stressful situations, or when we have many other kinds of experiences, our brains can change in structure and function.
Who Am I?
· I am a journalist, novelist and short story writer, who won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954
· My famous cat Snow White had six toes on her front paws
· Myself and many family members have experienced mental illness
· My book The Old Man and the Sea is required reading in most high schools
I AM ERNEST HEMINGWAY