PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST
THE LANGUAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH
EXTRA: DON'T LET WORDS DEFINE YOU
100

 When you say people who smoke instead of smokers, you use language that prioritizes the person over the illness, disability, or condition. We call this what kind if language?

What is PERSON-FIRST LANGUAGE?

100

 In person-first language, someone is not mentally ill they have a ________.

What is a MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION?

100

Some view COs as hacks others view COs as heroes. This is an example of differing ­­­­­­________________ of corrections officers in which a belief or opinion of the same group is not consistent and is based on how things seem.

What are PERCEPTIONS?

200

Person-first language is widely thought of as being very important to us to maintain an environment of what?

Dignity

Respect

Hope

All of the above

What is ALL OF THE ABOVE?

200

A person does not commit suicide, they ____________.

What is DIE BY SUICIDE?

200

When you say guard instead of officer, you are using an inaccurate ________which perpetuates incorrect perceptions and negative stereotypes that officers are not professional law enforcement officers but babysitters and turnkeys.

What is a LABEL?

300

True or False:

Putting the person first when describing someone with a disability or disease can positively influence the images and impressions, we form about them.


What is TRUE?

300

You may be tempted to call someone in one of the dorms you supervise Bipolar, when in fact they _______is the correct language.

What is HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?

300

In the past, females were hesitant to attempt to be corrections officers because they believed that corrections officers “have to be big and muscly to do the job”.

This____________ is no longer as prevalent as more women opt for a career as a correctional officer.

What is a STEREOTYPE?

400

Communicating with first-person language requires what?

An advanced educational degree

Prior experience 

Empathy

What is EMPATHY?

400

It is especially important when discussing mental health conditions that you see the person, not the _________.

What is CONDITION?

400

A __________is a discrimination against an identifiable group of people, a place, or a nation.

_________ about people with substance use disorders might include inaccurate or unfounded thoughts like they are dangerous, incapable of managing treatment, or at fault for their condition.

What is a STIGMA?

500

True or false: 

Language can change how we think and how we view the world.

What is TRUE?

500

Which labels should be avoided when discussing mental health?

Psycho

Crazy

Lunatic

All of the above

What is ALL OF THE ABOVE?

500

In 2020, two lesbian correctional officers sued the Michigan Corrections Department for not intervening when they were targeted by coworkers due to their sexual orientation. This is an example of _____________.

What is DISCRIMINATION?