Mental Health (Diagnosis)
Symptoms
Coping Skills
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100
A condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.
Mental illness
100
Dealing successfully with difficult changes in your life
Coping (skills)
100
What is self-care?
Self-care means taking time to do things you enjoy, and taking care of yourself.
*When used consistently, self-care can reduce stress, relieve uncomfortable emotions, and improve physical health."
100
True or False: medication is the only treatment method that works for mental health problems.
False: medication can be helpful, but TBS, counseling, and lifestyle changes are also effective forms of overcoming mental illness.
100
What is brown and sticky?
A Stick!
200
Traumatic events such as an accident, assault, military combat or natural disaster can have lasting effects on an individual’s mental health. Many individuals will have short term responses to life-threatening events; however, some will develop longer term symptoms that can lead to a diagnosis of what?
Post-TRAUMATIC Stress Disorder (PTSD)
200
To cause an intense and negative emotional reaction:
Triggers
*BONUS: Name Two Common Triggers
200
What would help if someone is having a panic attack?
Relaxation techniques
Deep breathing
Journaling
Talking it out
Meditation
200
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
200
What previous OSU football player revealed his struggles with anxiety and depression through Twitter in 2022?
In March 2022, Harry Miller, a former Ohio State football player, made an emotional 736-word statement on Twitter. In this statement he shared his struggles with anxiety and depression.
*He is now an active metal health awareness advocate!
300
This diagnosis offers feelings of being anxious and nervous:
Anxiety
300
This 16th president of the United States suffered from feelings of hopelessness, loneliness, lack of motivation, anxiety and other symptoms of mental health disorders:
Abraham Lincoln
300
Expressing good things from your day is a coping strategy known as ________
Positive Affirmation (Gratitude)
300
True or False: Children are too young to develop a mental health illness, like depression or anxiety.
False! Mental health disorders can begin in childhood.
300
Why don’t pirates take a bath before they walk the plank?
They just wash up on shore.
400
A person with an obsessive need to think and act in a certain way:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
400
A sudden surge of severe discomfort that peaks, chest pains, chills, SOB, feeling of loss of control are common symptoms of:
Panic Attacks
400
Describe the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Strategy
A technique that asks you to find things you can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste (5 senses) to calm down when feeling anxious or distressed.
400
This daytime talk show host and voice of an animated forgetful fish has opened up about her struggles with depression:
Ellen DeGeneres
400
What do you call a fake noodle?
An Impasta! 
500
Name 2 Mental Health Disorders (Besides Anxiety and Depression)
Bipolar Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Schizophrenia
Eating Disorders
Disruptive behaviour and dissocial disorders.
500
What are the signs of Depression?
Extreme feelings of sadness, tearfulness, emptiness or hopelessness
Angry outbursts, irritability or frustration
Loss of interest or pleasure in most or all normal activities
Sleep disturbances
Tiredness and lack of energy
Over or Under Eating
Frequent or recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts or suicide
Trouble thinking, concentrating, making decisions and remembering things
500
Name 3 examples of negative coping skills
Avoiding issues (not talking them out)
Sleeping too much
Excessive drug or alcohol use
Impulsive spending
Over or under eating
500
What previous OSU football player revealed his struggles with anxiety and depression through Twitter in 2022?
In March 2022, Harry Miller, a former Ohio State football player, made an emotional 736-word statement on Twitter. In this statement he shared his struggles with anxiety and depression.
*He is now an active metal health awareness advocate!
500
Why do hamburgers go to the gym?
To get better buns!