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This organization is the nations leading community based non profit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all.
What is Mental Health America (MHA)?
This is an important part of overall health & wellbeing
What is mental health?
True or False
Mental Health can be treated
What is True?
Mental illnes can be treated. Research shows thet people with mental illness can get better & many recover completely
This is the contact number for GSU Counseling Center
What is 404-413-1640?
This technique requires use of all five senses to calm distressing thoughts.
What is grounding?
This organization is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
What is NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)?
Poor mental health increases the risk for chronic physical conditons like
What it is heart disease, stroke or cancer?
True or False: Internet Gaming Disorder is listed in the DSM-5
What is True?
In the DSM-5, five of the nine diagnosis criteria (preoccupation or obsession, withdrawal, tolerance, loss of control, loss of interest, continued overuse, deceiving, escape of negative feelings, functional impairment) must be met within a year to be diagnosed as IGD
Suicide Prevention is a 1-2 hour educational program designed to teach lay and professional "gatekeepers" the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to respond.
What is QPR (Question, Persuade & Refer)
This number can be called 24/7, 365 to speak with mental health professional.
What is GCAL Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL) 1-800-715-4225?
This is a training, movement building and grant making organization dedicated to the healing, wellness, and liberation of Black communities.
What is BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health). BEAM envisions a world where there are no barriers to Black Healing.
This is the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder.
What is Anxiety Disorder?
True or False: A copay must be collected at the GSU Counseling Center for services
What is False?
This organization is changing the perception of mental illness in the African-American community by encouraging people to get the help they need; focuses on stigma/self-stigma reduction and building trust between Black people and the mental health field.
HINT: The famous actress/Founder has included her name in the title.
What is the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation?
This person works as part of the treatment team and can prescribe medication to address mental health symptoms
What is a psychiatrist?
The mission statement of this Atlanta, GA based movement is: We exist to empower and educate communities on mental health and wellness.
What Silence the Shame?
The handbook used by health care professionals in the United States and much of the world as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders.
What is the DSM-5?
True or False: Counseling services are only available to students at the Atlanta campus
What is False?
How many counseling sessions are allowed per student
What is 8 individual or couples sessions?
This GSU resource can be used to improve mental & physical wellness
What is Recreational services?
This is a safe online community to share anonymously and connect with others who understand what you are going through (Supported by Georgia State University Counseling Center).
What is Togetherall?
How many mental health disorders are listed.
What is 157 ?
True or False: A person may start to show symptoms of mental illness by age 14.
What is True?
Mental illness can strike anyone at any time in their life. In fact, more than 350 million people across the world – of all ages and from all communities – suffer from depression. But half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14, according to the World Health Organization (WHO
This explores thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and seeks to improve an individual's well-being.
What is psychotherapy?
Counseling Center services can be accessed on how many GSU campuses.
What is 6 campuses (Atlanta, Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Newton, Clarkston & Decatur)