Diagnosis
Symptoms of this are incessant and constant worry about things
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This artist used her 'poker face' for years to hide her mental health struggles with depression and anxiety
Lady Gaga
Some symptoms of this include trouble concentrating, remembering details, and making decisions, fatigue, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, pessimism and hopelessness, sleeping too much, irritability, restlessness, loss of interest in things once pleasurable, Suicidal thoughts or attempts
Depression
This group of medications are used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shifts, such as bipolar disorder type I or type II and schizoaffective disorder.
Mood stabilizers
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
This serious mental illness affects between 0.25% to 0.64% adults in the U.S. Common symptoms includes such as hallucinations (hearing voices, seeing things, or smelling things others can’t perceive), delusions, disorganized thinking, and feeling out of touch with reality.
Schizophrenia
What song is titled after a mental health medication, written by Seattle grunge rocker Kurt Cobain, who also lived with bipolar disorder?
Lithium
This is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions (shortness of breath, dizziness) when there is no real danger or apparent cause.
Panic Attack
In general, how long do mental health medications take to work?
4-6 weeks.
I build bridges of silver and crowns of gold. Who am I?
A dentist.
This is a debilitating mental health condition that occurs more at certain times of years than others
Seasonal Affective Disorder
What psychedelic rock artist are these lyrics from?
"Music sweet music
I wish I could caress caress caress
Manic depression is a frustrating mess
Oh!"
Jimi Hendrix
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme highs and extreme lows.
Bipolar disorder
These include the group of the most common pharmaceutical drugs for ADHD treatment and are somewhat controversial.
Stimulants
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom.
The DSM is a manual listing categories of psychiatric disorders and the criteria that must be met in order for a mental health professional to diagnose a disorder. What does DSM stand for?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
This American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer co-founded a pop group who signed with Capitol Records in 1962. He wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. His life was not always a day at the 'beach' as he also lived with depression and schizoaffective, bipolar type.
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys)
This is a common side effect of anti psychotic medications where one can't sit still and has an uncontrollable need to move
Akathesia
Name the 4 major medication categories commonly used to treat mental illnesses.
Antidepressant, Anti-anxiety, anti psychotic, mood stabilizers
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp
This condition occurs when a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years but the symptoms aren't serious enough or long enough to be considered a mood episode
This legendary performer and civil right activist sang a mix of jazz, blues and folk music in the 1950s and '60s But she was not always 'feeling good'. She diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the late 1980s.
Nina Simone
This symptom is an extreme state of unresponsiveness and lack of movement which can occur in a number of different mental disorders, particularly schizophrenia and depression.
Catatonia
What does SSRI stand for?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
What starts with the letter P and ends with the letter E and has a 1000 letters in it?
Post Office.