MH Conditions
Sadness, change in appetite, isolating oneself, low motivation, lost of interest, fatigue or hypersomnia, and poor concentration...
Depression
You have to be depressed all of the time to have depression.
What is False?
People die by suicide every 30 seconds, 30 minutes, or 3 hours?
What is every 30 seconds?
In through your nose, out through your mouth.
What is deep breathing?
This daytime talk show host and voice of an animated forgetful fish has opened up about her struggles with depression.
Ellen DeGeneres
Nervousness, restlessness, poor concentration, increased heart rate, breath changes, sweatiness, insomnia or hypersomnia, increased appetite, muscle aches or soreness...
Anxiety
There were more COVID deaths than suicide attempts on 2020.
What is False?
1 out of 4, 1 out of 10, or 1 out f 20 have a mental health disorder.
What is 1 out of 4?
Being away from the group to calm your body, your thoughts, and try to change your feelings.
What is time and space?
Considered one of the smartest men to ever live, this man was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Although, he'd now likely be diagnosed with Autism.
Albert Einstein
Poor attention to detail, trouble following directions, poor concentration, poor memory, losing things, clumsy, restlessness, trouble waiting turn, impulsivity...
What is ADHD?
Other people can make me feel a certain way.
What is False? Our feelings come from our thoughts, so others do not have the power to make us feel bad unless we allow them to.
Only 1 in 3, 1 in 5, 1 in 8 African-Americans with a mental health condition receive care for it.
What is 1 in 3?
Appreciating or being thankful, even for the small things.
What is gratitude?
This female superstar who is married to Jay-Z has struggled with depression.
Beyonce
Intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, nightmares, loss of memory, hypervigilance, excessive startle response, and negative emotional state (depression, anxiety, etc)
What is PTSD?
Talking to someone about suicide will increase their chances of committing suicide.
What is False?
Generally, African-Americans are more or less likely to commit suicide to compare to any other race?
What is less likely?
Writing down thoughts and feelings about what you experience.
What is journaling?
This 16th president of the United States suffered from depression and anxiety attacks.
Abraham Lincoln
An intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. Hint: Think of spiders!!!!
What is phobia?
Therapists have to tell my parent/guardian everything that we discuss in therapy.
What is false?
Black people with more severe mental health conditions (schizophrenia, bipolar, psychosis) are more or less likely to be incarcerated than people of other races?
What is more likely?
This strategy is used to pay attention to the present moment. Hint: Sometimes we close our eyes to do this.
What is mindfulness and meditation?
This deceased creator of a major tech and phone company had ADHD.
Steve Jobs