Mental Health Facts
Which month is Mental Health Awareness Month?
What is (May)
What does DBT stand for?
What is (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
What is the first step to managing anger?
What is (Awareness; Admit that you are angry, to yourself and/or to someone else)
The deeply held beliefs that influence how we interpret our experiences.
What is (Core beliefs)
I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
A bank, US military, or The Government
Anxiety and ______ are almost identical physiologically (aka brain thinks they are the same thing).
What is (Excitement)
This is a distress tolerance skill that is designed to keep pain from turning into suffering.
What is (Radical Acceptance)
What are the stages of grief?
What is (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance)
What is a Cognitive distortion? Name one OR more different Cognitive distortions.
Irrational thoughts that can influence your emotions.
Catastrophizing, labeling, magical thinking, jumping to conclusions, disqualifying the positive/filtering, magnification, minimization, "should" statements, all-or-nothing/black and white thinking, mind reading, fortune telling, personalization, emotional reasoning
What can't talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
1 in ____ Americans has experienced some form of mental illness.
What is (1 in 5 of Americans (20%) have experienced some form of mental illness (if you think this is a low percentage you may be right- so many people never get diagnosed or treated!))
This is a state of nonjudgmental awareness of what's happening in the present moment, including the awareness of one's own thoughts, feelings, and senses.
What is (Mindfulness)
Three different types of anxiety.
What is (separation, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety, panic disorder, OCD, agoraphobia, other specific phobias)
HALT is a Coping method. What does each letter stand for? What two things does it increase for us to improve mental health?
Hungry, Angry, Loneliness, Tired
When one or more of these areas are out of balance, it is more likely we will struggle with mental health and overall well-being as a result.
Important because it helps increase **self-care** and **self-awareness** to improve our mood and mental health.
What begins with an "e" and only contains one letter?
An envelope
What mental health disorder is the leading cause of disability worldwide?
What is (Major Depressive Disorder)
What are the three "minds"? Which should we aim to use and why?
What is (emotion mind, logic mind, wise mind; we should aim to use wise mind because we are able to recognize and respect our feelings while responding to them in a logic/rational manner.)
Name two types of neurotransmitters.
What is (dopamine, serotonin, GABA, norepinephrine, acetylcholine)
What are the 4 types of Communication? How would each communicate if their food was wrong at a restaurant?
Passive, Aggressive, Passive-Aggressive, and Assertive.
Passive- says nothing
Aggressive- yells at the server
Passive-Aggressive- says nothing and leaves no tip
Assertive- speaks up nicely/respectfully and tells server their order is wrong
Footsteps
What percentage of people who seek proper treatment for mental health disorders witness a significant reduction in symptoms?
What is (70%-90%)
What are at least 5 different ways to practice mindfulness?
What is (Mindfulness meditation, mindful eating, mindfulness with music, mindful walking, doing a body scan, and "5, 4, 3, 2, 1" mindfulness)
Name at least 5 Fair Fighting Rules.
What is (Ask yourself why you feel upset; Discuss one topic at a time; No degrading language; Express your feelings with words; Take turns speaking; No stonewalling; No yelling; Take a time-out if things get too heated; Attempt to compromise or come to an understanding)
What are the 5 stages in the Cycle of depression, anxiety, and anger?
Triggering event, Negative thoughts, Emotional response, Physical symptoms, Behavioral response
What is it that no one wants, but no one wants to lose?
A lawsuit.