Diagnoses
A common mental health condition characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest or pleasure in activities.
What is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)?
A type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing negative thought patterns and behaviors to improve mental health. It is based on the premise that our thoughts, feelings, and actions are interconnected and can influence each other.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
A state of mind that combines logic and emotions to make decisions and understand situations.
What is wise mind?
A technique which involves noticing what's happening in the present moment, without judgement.
What is mindfulness?
Not everyone experiences cognitive distortions.
What is false?
A mental health condition characterized by excessive, persistent, and uncontrollable worry about various events or activities.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
A type of therapy that promotes acceptance of current emotions while also working towards change. It is organized into 4 modules: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy?
This skill helps change your body chemistry to reduce feelings of being overwhelmed.
What is TIPP?
Self-soothing techniques that help you focus on the present moment and away from distressing thoughts or feelings often uses the senses. Examples: Notice the texture, color, and weight of objects; Listen to soothing music; Smell something, like flowers or food; Take a short walk and focus on your steps; Hold something cold, like ice
What are grounding skills?
You can practice grounding techniques anywhere, at any time, and without others knowing
What is true?
A mental health condition characterized by distinct episodes of mania, which are extreme mood swings involving elevated energy, euphoria, and rapid thoughts, lasting at least a week or requiring hospitalization, often accompanied by depressive episodes as well
What is Bipolar I Disorder?
A type of psychotherapy that focuses on accepting negative thoughts and feelings as a normal response to certain situations and committing to actions that align with your values.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
A behavioral technique that involves doing the opposite of what your emotions tell you to do.
What is opposite action?
CBT skill where you are intentionally engaging in positive and enjoyable activities to enhance your mood. Typically, these are activities you used to enjoy but may have stopped since becoming depressed.
What is behavioral activation?
Attachment styles are considered a fixed trait and are not able to be changed.
What is false?
A mental health condition that involves a disconnection from reality through the form of hallucinations and/or delusions.
What is Schizophrenia?
A type of psychotherapy that helps people understand their own and others' mental states. The goal is to improve a person's capacity to think about thinking.
What is Mentalization-Based Therapy?
This skill is intended to help us develop effective interpersonal communication that will help us get our needs met and develop healthy relationships with others.
What is DEARMAN?
An information gathering exercise, the purpose of which is to test the accuracy of an individual's beliefs (about themselves, others, and the world) or to test new, more adaptive beliefs.
Hint: CBT skill
What are behavioral experiments?
About 1 in 5 American adults experience a mental health condition in a given year.
What is true?
A mental health condition characterized by intense, unstable emotions, impulsive behaviors, and difficulty regulating one's emotions. It is often accompanied by feelings of emptiness, fear of abandonment, and self-harm.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
A type of structured psychotherapy that primarily focuses on treating individuals who have experienced distressing, traumatic events using bilateral stimulation.
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)?
Accepting what is not under your control and embracing what is happening in a non-judgmental way.
What is radical acceptance?
Gradually facing a feared object, situation, or activity in a safe and controlled environment with the goal that you confront your anxiety and learn that it is not dangerous.
What are exposures?
Support groups are similar to group therapy in that they are both led by licensed mental health professionals, such as therapists and psychologists.
What is false?