Diagnoses
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder is a condition of excessive worry about everyday issues and situations. It lasts longer than 6 months. In addition to feeling worried you may also feel restlessness, fatigue, trouble concentrating, irritability, increased muscle tension, and trouble sleeping.
True or False: Everybody experiences depression and anxiety in their lives.
True, common situations such as a death or a change in life can trigger depression or anxiety. The trigger and length of time are important factors.
Some people have negative opinions and attitudes toward people who have symptoms of mental illness.
What is stigma?
(IMR Module 2. P. 93)
Family, friends, advocates, treatment team, support groups.
What is a support system?
What animal has the highest blood pressure?
Giraffe
Major Depression Disorder
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal day-to-day activities, and sometimes you may feel as if life isn't worth living.
Percent of people that develop Schizophrenia
a. 1%
b. 3%
c. 5%
About one in every one hundred people or 1% develops schizophrenia at some point in their life.
True or false: People diagnosed with a mental illness are violent and dangerous.
False, people living with a mental illness are often not violent or dangerous.
Learning about your individual cycle of relapse and identifying a plan to carry it out.
What is a mental health wellness plan?
What is a group of cats called?
A clowder
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder of extreme mood swings ranging from depressive symptoms to manic symptoms.
Percentage of people that develop depression at some times in their lives.
Depression is one the most common psychiatric disorders. About 10 to 15% of people develop depression.
What is self-stigma?
Shame, negatives thoughts or feelings, lack of knowledge or isolating themselves from a greater community because of mental health symptoms.
True or false: Medications are the only way to manage mental illness.
False, medications are a part of addressing mental health but also needed are a support system, stress management, a purpose, structure, healthy leisure and self awareness.
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a ?
Lima bean
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling. People with schizophrenia require lifelong treatment.
True or false: All mental illnesses are hereditary.
False, some mental illnesses are hereditary while others are developed from traumatic situations.
The nation's largest mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
What is NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness)?
A type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps people learn how to identify and change the destructive or disturbing thought patterns that have a negative influence on their behavior and emotions.
What mammal has the most powerful bite?
Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic mental health condition characterized primarily by symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or delusions, and symptoms of a mood disorder, such as mania and depression.
(NAMI.org)
True or false: Those with a mental illness are unable to lead a fulfilling, productive life.
FALSE, with the appropriate medication and treatment options, those living with mental illness can achieve any goals they wish to pursue.
True or false: You have legal rights that protect you from discrimination due to a mental illness.
True, there are two major laws that protect against unfair treatment: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
A treatment designed for individuals who struggling managing and regulating their emotions.
What is dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)?
What type of farm animal can sunburn?
Pig