Common Mental Health Issues
This condition is defined by excessive worry about multiple things, nervousness, dread about multiple, sometimes vague or unnamed things
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
In all cases, the BLANK takes an active role in therapy
What is the client?
These are used to increase levels of serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain to improve mood and energy
What are Antidepressants?
These are symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD - 3 potential answers)
What are muscle tension, poor sleep, and decreased concentration?
Excessive use of something that could be detrimental to oneself, society, or both
What is Substance Use Disorders?
This is considered the most widely used type of therapy
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
You wake up feeling down, tired, and unable to get out of bed every day. You're prescribed an antidepressant, but your auntie says all you need is this drink, a stimulant, and you'll be fine.
What is bunn/bunna/coffee?
True or False: The mental health issues discussed last week are the only mental health issues that exist.
What is false?
Low moods and other physical and behavioral changes persisting over time
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
Therapy that's based on the idea that behavior and mental well-being are rooted in childhood and past experiences
What is Psychodynamic therapy?
People in our community may (wrongfully) equate those with mental illness as being BLANK
What is crazy?
It is most useful to couple medication treatment with BLANK
What is psychotherapy?
You want to talk to your Eritrean/Ethiopian family about your mental health declining because of everything going on in life. They laugh and say, "It's because you're on your BLANK all day."
What is your phone? 🙄
According to your Eritrean/Ethiopian auntie, your mental health problems will disappear if you just BLANK.
What is "pray on it"?
This type of medication helps in treating attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy
What are stimulants?
To be diagnosed with a mental health condition, they have to cause a person these 2 things:
What are distress and dysfunction?
This condition may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a distressing event(s), impacting a person’s daily functioning
What is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
This is a specific type of CBT that helps people regulate emotions more effectively
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
This artist sings the following lyrics relating to mental health (bonus points for song name):
Hey Doc, do I tell 'em how I actually feel?
Or do I see a therapist and numb the pain with the pills
...
To all my with some melanin
Let your feelings settle in
If you feelin' worthless
You should probably go and tell a friend, yeah
Who is Amine (DR. WHOEVER)
This Ethiopian soccer player, the first woman to exceed $1M in transfer fees, is known to be an advocate for mental health
Who is Naomi Girma?