Symptoms and Conditions
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.
What is mental illness?
The practice of being aware of the present moment.
Mindfulness
Emotion that often results from underlying feelings such as: loss, fear, or frustration.
ANGER!!!
Name three positive coping skills
deep breathing, mindfulness, physical activity, talking with therapist, drawing, letter writing, journaling...
The use of marijuana before what age may have an impact on brain development?
25
This is a common and serious mental illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.
Depression
Expressing good things from your day is a coping strategy known as ________
Gratitude
Name one physical/external sign of anger
Flushed face, clenched fists, yelling.
Name 3 things you can do to help a friend who thinks they may have a mental health problem.
Listen to them, spend time with them, encourage them to seek help, help them make appointments/go with them. If it is serious then tell someone else
Abuse of a substance to the point where your body or brain needs the drug to function properly
What is addiction?
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?
PTSD affects about 9 million U.S adults. A common myth is that PTSD is only experienced by individuals who have been involved in military combat. The truth is, any individual who experiences a life-threatening or traumatic event can develop PTSD.
Word meaning deliberately staying away from most people..
Isolating
Name three negative coping skills...
Substance use, self-harm, isolating, denying problem, etc...
People to talk to, share our struggles with or even one person we can be honest with
A support system
Smoking has short term consequences. It makes it harder to breathe and makes you more likely to get sick. Smoking also has _______________, such as Lung-disease, heart-disease and many types of cancer.
What are long-term consequences of smoking?
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
What is a Panic Attack?
Term for anything that causes stress...
Stressor
The most common mental health condition in the U.S.
What is anxiety?
The suicide and crisis help line number when experiencing a mental health episode
988
What month is National Recovery month?
September
Impulsively buying things on Amazon and staying up for days may be associated with what diagnosis?
Bipolar disorder
Word meaning, "the capacity to recover from difficulties" or "the ability to bounce back."
Resilience
SMART goals Stands for
What is SPECIFIC, MEASUARABLE, ACHIEVABLE, RELEVANT, TIME BOUND
Experts suggest incorporating activities and practices from five dimensions into your self-care routine. These five dimensions include: physical, mental, spiritual, ______ and ________.
Social and Emotional.
What is the term for when someone experiences a mental illness and a substance use disorder simultaneously?